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Dior iPod case 37

Posted by Hemos 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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  • Double the fun (Score:2, Funny)

    by quantax ( 12175 )
    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.

  • I bought one for my sister (Score:3, Informative)

    by d0n quix0te ( 304783 ) on Thursday March 21, 2002 @12:25PM (#3200617)
    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 :-)

  • strange......... (Score:1, Insightful)

    by tuanjim_2001 ( 534921 )
    First I have to say "where is the hole for your ear buds?" Second it looks like fucking pleathor. I'd go for one that is simple black leather with a belt clip. Slip it in with an open top. Nice functional and to the point. But hell, I don't work for Dior so mine would cost a whole lot less.
    • (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.

  • like a belt clip! :)

    • Hmmm... well, since this is coming from Dior, I guess they'd have to sell you a full accessory kit with 15 different clips for the various widths of belts that you will certainly be wearing to remain fashionable...

      "Fashion: a form of design so horrible that we have to change it every six months."
      (After Dark screen saver module c.1991.)

  • Reputations. (Score:3, Funny)

    by saintlupus ( 227599 ) on Thursday March 21, 2002 @01:46PM (#3201288)
    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.)
  • I found it on Colette's online store here [colette.tm.fr] 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.
  • "hansel, the MP3s are in the computer"

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

  • "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 [macsales.com] 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.

    • Anytime you own anything with a "swivel belt clip", its time to think about how you got to that point in your life.

      Either that, or suicide.

    • My Pod Protector looks like crap (Score:1, Informative)

      by Anonymous Coward
      And I don't think it's an exception. The case is very tight width wise. So tight, in fact, I can't get the thing off. The seams are on the corner of the case which is poor design because the case can't be aligned properly - when something as bulky as a seam is attempted to be lined up with the exact corner of an item (inside of tight quarters) it's bound to fall to one side or the other. So the case is rotated around the vertical axis, like if your underwear was rotated around you. Doesn't look good. It also is too tall ("baggy at the bottom") and it leaves little black pieces of fiber (leather, I'd think) on the open part of it which make the white face of the iPod look dirty. In fact, the black leather of it doesn't very classy at all - I'm sure it's real leather but it isn't particularly supple, and the stitching done on it puts see-through holes in it, magnified by the whiteness of the iPod underneath. It's the only case I've seen so far that leaves the jog wheel open for use with the case closed, which is a great feature, but mine is really a pretty shittily-made product. I had problems with the only other accessory item I bought from OWC but their memory was cheap and works fine, AKAICT. I'd stay away from them for any consumer accessory that carries their name on it but I'd definitely buy hardware upgrades from them and possibly one of those spiffy laptop cases.
  • Proof that an extremely high-paid fashion designer can still make something that's both expensive AND fugly. As if we needed more proof of that.
  • ..it looks just cute in shiny black leather. But I'm personally waiting for the plush and pink versions. Can anyone tell me when we can expect these ?

    (Yes, I'm just jealous as I just can't afford an iPod at the moment =) )

    • I've got my iPod in a leopard pattern case that I picked up from XtremeMac [xtrememac.com] at MacWorld SF in January. It's not pink, but it was cute and girly enough for me to favor over the plain black ones. I'm pretty sure they've also got a light purple and a demin case...
  • 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?
  • ..for a status symbol? Heh. ;)

    Well, that's certainly a costly case, though I think I'd much prefer the pocket, since its free. In my opinion, housing your iPod in a fancy case will just make it more likely to be stolen than being secreted away within a pocket.

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