What the Best Dressed Dogs Are Wearing This Season - Designer Collars for Dogs

Just as with designer handbags for women, when purchasing designer collars for dogs the buyer is paying for the designer name as well as the quality materials and craftsmanship that goes along with it. With more and more designer handbags being purchased each year, why not designer collars for dogs?

Here are the latest must haves that the best dressed dogs are wearing this season.

Designer Collars for Dogs - Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton offers two styles of designer collars for dogs. Both are buckle collars made of natural cowhide leather with goldtone hardware and the famous LV monogram. One features a leather bow and retails for $290; the other includes a Louis Vuitton identification tags and is $240.

Designer Collars for Dogs - Gucci

Gucci makes three designer collars for dogs. The first one is an adjustable web and chain collar with gold plated brass hardware and sells for $220. The second one is a red and green web collar also with gold plated hardware and is $265. The third one is made of silver guccissima leather (leather that has been stamped with the Gucci monogram) and nickel hardware. This collar features a leather bow and a crystal Gucci charm and retails for $295.

Designer Collars for Dogs - Swarovski

The Swarovski Louvre designer collar for dogs is made of calf leather and is available in pink, green or turquoise. The buckle is inlaid with Swarovski crystals. Also included is a gold plated Eiffel tower charm with a gold plated chain. The cost is $148

Designer Collars for Dogs - iLove Dogs

You might think the designer collars for dogs described above were a little bit expensive. But I have saved the most incredible and outrageous collars for last.

The La Collection de Bijoux collection of fine designer collars for dogs is presented by i Love Dogs. No rhinestones, crystals or gold plated metal for this collection. These collars are made of platinum, 18K white gold and real diamonds.

There are six designer collars in this collection. The most costly collar is the Amour, Amour collar. It is crafted of authentic crocodile leather and platinum hardware. The 52 carats of diamonds, including a 7 carat diamond centerpiece, are set in 18K white gold. The cost of this designer collar is $3,200,000. This is no typo; this collar really costs over 3 million dollars!

Another designer collar in this collection is the Chéri collar. This collar is made of ostrich leather and platinum hardware with 25 carats of diamonds, including a 2.7 carat heart shaped diamond centerpiece set in 18K white gold. The retail price is $498,000. Almost half a million dollars!

Visit the i Love Dogs website at http://ilovedogsdiamonds.com/collection/collection.html to view the entire collection.

Designer Collars for Dogs - Beware of Fakes

Just like designer handbags, when purchasing designer collars for dogs the buyer should beware of inadvertently purchasing fake or replica designer collars.