Useless: The Bathing Suit That Can't Get Wet

In these tough global economic times it's amazing to see items such as the $1,050 Herve Leger swimsuit (pictured above) hit the market, especially considering the designers advise whoever buys it not to wear it in water. Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of a swimsuit?

This monetary travesty got us here at GlobalGrind thinking about the other massive wastes of money we've seen lately. Check out a handful of items we thought of that have made capitalism look bad.