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Dior iPod case

Posted by Hemos on from the consumerables dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "How cool is the iPod? Cool enough that Christian Dior is selling an iPod case. It was designed by Dior Homme's Hedi Slimane, because he didn't know where to store his own iPod. It's black leather."

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  1. Double the fun by quantax · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not only can I get ripped off for an iPod, I can get ripped off of for a designer carrying case for it too! Such amazing innovation. Im not normally someone to complain, but this definately does not belong on slashdot. If I wanted to read about tech fashion accessories that are overpriced, I'd read Wired.

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  2. I bought one for my sister by d0n+quix0te · · Score: 3, Informative
    I got one for my sister when I was in Paris. Trés bien. Most guys will not appreciate it but women love this stuff..


    BTW, if you are at Collette, they have some super cool laptop briefcases for the titanium one made by Alfred Dunhill and another by Ermenegildo Zegna. This will set you back by $1500-2000 (the price of an iBook), but IMHO it is well worth it in certain upper echelons. Some of us geeks are Consuls :-)

    1. Re:I bought one for my sister by jeffehobbs · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well la-dee-freakin' da.

      There's no way you're a "geek" -- a geek would have spent that $1500-2000 on extra CPUs, GBs of RAM and TBs of hard drive space.

      ~jeff

    2. Re:I bought one for my sister by morcheeba · · Score: 2

      A little off topic, and please don't consider this a flame, but here goes...

      Alfred Dunhill designs some cool stuff, including this carbon fiber pen and a decent line of watches, but I refuse to buy anything from a guy who sells deadly addictive drugs as fashion accesories. Yeah, I know he probably got started with that line when it was cool, but he's still raking in the blood money. I'm not sure what the proportion of smoking is among the geek community (I suspect its lower than average), but since we're the ones that tend to go for his high-tech materials, I wonder if he has totally alienated other geeks, too.

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  3. Harbingers of style? by rjamestaylor · · Score: 2, Funny
    • (High on Hedi's current playlist: '80s hits from The Smiths, Blondie and The Clash.)
    I predict the emminent collapse of Christian Dior as a harbinger of fashion. Call it a hunch. Those living in the past cannot plan for the future.

    All kidding aside, the way Apple products look elegant is matched by the way Apple's hardware and software elegance - sleek, smooth and functional. I'm not surprised those with an eye to elegance are moving to Apple's latest offerings.

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  4. How about something useful... by niftyeric · · Score: 2, Insightful

    like a belt clip! :)

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  5. Reputations. by saintlupus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, this will certainly fix those people who think that Apple equipment is for dilletantes and rich yuppies.

    Er, maybe not.

    --saint
    (The world's only poor white trash Apple user.)

  6. Available from Colette's Online Store by Ford+Fulkerson · · Score: 2

    I found it on Colette's online store here At 185.15 it can hardly be considered cheap but the first production is limited to 50, so it could become a quite unique item.

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  7. too late for zoolander by cosmo7 · · Score: 2

    "hansel, the MP3s are in the computer"

    "they're inside the computer??!!?"

  8. You just don't know where to put it... by Binky+The+Oracle · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I love my iPod, but you just don't know where to put it," he said. "So I had no other choice than designing the case."

    This is funny enough that I don't feel I really need to make a comment. I will say, however, that I really like the Pod Protector I bought from Other World Computing (OWC).

    Fits like a glove, has a nice swivel belt clip, and it's only $30. It's no fashion accessory, but then I'm normally using my iPod at the gym and shiny black designer leather doesn't go so well with a profusely sweating, rich, yuppie elitist.

    Oh wait... maybe it does.

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  9. $163 is a little too expensive, but by sg3000 · · Score: 2

    I'd like to see more designer cases like this (maybe a little cheaper). I got a leather case for my iPod, but I'm not really happy with the way it looks. I feel like one of those people that takes a great looking European sports car and sticks a chunky, black nose bra on it.

    I wish someone could come up with a protective case that complements the look of the iPod. Is white leather possible? Maybe something that doesn't look like it was stitched by angry home-ec students?

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  10. NO NO! it is good! by johnpaul191 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    it's great..... granted there is something unsettling about non-nrrds having such cool toys (when i do not!), but there is also something pretty crazy about designers like that making a case for such a specific product. ignoring the price debate, the ipod is a REALLY rad device. using it as a walkman is just the beginning.... and the more Apple sells, the more of those neat little hard drives Apple buys. more money will go into developing them (hello multiple micro laptop drives). also if Apple keeps tweaking them every 5 months (as it seems is their current revision schedule) these "elite" people will have to sell their "outdated" devices on ebay.... sooner or later i will have one/some. granted it might have "happy birthday princess" laser engraved in the back, but i'll cope.

    amyway, my rambling point is that i personally think it's a silly case, but i can't really see anything being a bad situation that leads to more Apple products being sold. there are people that want stuff like this.
    yes, i am a stockholder too, but i have less than $1,000 worth of shares and do see this post making them so valuable that i can retire at 30.