Levi's iPod Jeans -- break the bank, look like a dork
By Paul Miller 
posted August 8th 2006 7:55PM
posted August 8th 2006 7:55PM
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Give me my cargos anyday! :)
Now when they mug you for your iPod, you'll have to lose your pants too.
How long before your i(>whatever
How long before your iWhatever goes through the wash?
(Last attempt didn't work so well)
how can i complete my wardrobe with just a pair of pants? where's the rest of it? ishirt, ihat, isocks, ishoes, and personal fav. iundies.
I am a sofa king we todd dead.
on ilounge.com they say the price will be 250 dollars
HAHAHAHA! Bill Gates is crying as he hands the specs for Zune over to Levis right now..... "Sorry Mr. Gates, but no one's even seen a Zune yet, why would we make pants for it?"
"Now please leave, we're expecting Mr Jobs any moment now...."
Wife spit out wine from mouth upon seeing pic. I guess I win this round of spending!
I don't get thats the difference of this special pair of Levi's iPod Jeans, and putting your iPod in your pocket.
Good Gravy what's next? iCondoms? iPantyliners?
These are perfect for those dorks that wear their bluetooth wireless cell phone earbuds around the grocery store.
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@ sean: $250 for a pair of jeans? Um, no thanks. Guess I'll just continue to slip my iPod into my regular old pants pockets. And yeah, those jeans look extremely dorky.
I put my 'pod in my bookbag. So how about no thanks? lol
I, for one, welcome our dorky ipodish overalls.
Rofl! Lame^3. Once for the red cord, once for the headphones, and once for the controls.
"I don't get thats the difference of this special pair of Levi's iPod Jeans, and putting your iPod in your pocket."
The difference is it makes you an easier target for theft.
hmm do I was 10 pairs of normal jeans, or some iJeans? wow... really tough decision there...
Just out of curiosity, I wonder how exactly you go about washing electronic clothing such as this...
iPuke v1.01
Products like this make ME embarrassed to wear 501's from the same company.
Where's the left-handed version? At $250, there better be a left-handed version, or someone is dying.
finally apple fan boys will be recognizable even if they don't show off their ipods.
Next iPod parfume to make them recognizable by visual impared, too!
I think consumerism and Ipod mania have gone a bit too far. Who really needs and iJean or whatever it's called?, this is something superfluous, hence unnecessary and unworthy of purchase.
I love the ridiculous picture pose. The girl's like grabbing the guy's butt as he controls HER iPod, even though the headphones for his are trailing to his ears.
Great! Mix that with the F5 Bluetooth jacket, we just need Mylo Boxers and we're set!
Can you say "Jumped the shark?" ugh....
Wow, People are obsessed with this iPod Fashion. The sad thing is it will sell.
Apple sackriders ae gonna eat that up.
Wow I can totally see some disphit in my highschool spending $200 (or whatever they will cost) for a pair of these.
Is there an option to where the control pad is placed. Because we can think of a much happier place to control your ...... music! yeah, music.
what about cutting out a circle in your jean pocket and save yourself $200?
"Fashion" is about making you look like a dork. Ever see those things they make models wear on the runway? You hear about people in china buying suit jackets with a short sleeve so that everyone can see how expensive their watch is. These jeans will appeal to the same people, tho practical people like us would just wear the dang mp3 player around our necks like Flavor-Flav's big clock if showing it off was the goal.
For some people, being able to drop stupid amounts of money on useless things is their way of showing their status. Fortunately I spend all my money on beer.
Hahahaha. That bright red ribbon is pretty stylish, man.
This is stupid... Yeah, it does make you an easy target for theft, but more importantly it makes you an easy target for a beating.
Oh well. I stopped buying Levi's a long time ago. They're uncomfortable.
these jeans are far, far worse than "the homer", the car designed by homer simpson. i'll bet that even the designers don't want to wear the jeans.
Or… You could just wear your NORMAL jeans, and put your iPod in the front pocket, like I do every day of my life… and it doesn’t cost me a dime. Fancy that?
That way if you get mugged, and someone is trying to get into your jeans, you KNOW what they’re digging around for.
These will be hot amongst the MySpace kids.
I would only buy these if they made them look like a hobo had been sleeping in them for a month or two, wait, A&F holds that market.
i'm really curious about the washing of these jeans...
not to mention... is it really THAT hard to have your ipod with you when you have a normal pair of jeans??
lol. myspace kids lol.
Now instead of someone stealing your iPod, they steal your pants too. so your left not only crying because your iPod got stolen, but also because your pants-less
No one I know would be caught dead in Levi's, even with this gimmick. If you're going to drop $200 on a pair of pants, do it on some 7 for All Mankinds.
The real point of these jeans is neither to look good nor to have a handy way of carting your iPod around. The point is to broadcast the message, "Hey, I can afford to spend $250 on a pair of jeans, and I'm so hot, I can even get away with getting REALLY DORKY ones at that price!"
It's the same idea as male peacocks' tails--they're hugely impractical, and make them big predator-targets, but if the guys can somehow manage to survive until they're old enough to breed, even with that kind of wasteful display, then they've proven that they're really hot stuff, right? Of course, peacock tails, unlike the iPod jeans, are actually pretty . . .
Fantastic.
More stupid, costly things for iSheep fashion victims to buy. And it makes the losers easier to spot.
Two things;
1) I give it till labor day before some stupid rapper wears these in a video to show how cool he's suppose to be.
2) If that rapper is Fergie and she has the click wheel repositioned to the crotch,and uses it to scratch like a record then(and only during that seen) will these be cool.
superfreak: "No one I know would be caught dead in Levi's, even with this gimmick. If you're going to drop $200 on a pair of pants, do it on some 7 for All Mankinds."
That's because everyone you know are mainstream losers that probably own an iPod anyways along with the current trend in pants, like "7 for All Mankinds". $200 on SFAM? Please! Spend that $200 on some REAL GOOD DENIM.
and btw, Levi's LVC & "Big E" collection will ALWAYS be better than any "7 for All Mankinds" you could ever find. Now go watch MTV, VH1, and some movies and buy whatever your favourite celebrity is wearing.
...back to these jeans, they are made for the iPod generation that (in the typical uneducated manner) buys whatever is currently trendy and subsequently iPod related. It goes well with the other substandard, overpriced iPod and it's accessories.
Aww! The style is horrible and the price is even worst for a pair of Levi's., These are not the only "iWear" items i've seen, just yesterday i was Underwear shopping and i encounter a website selling $22.00 a pair "iboxers" with a pocket for your ipod, Now thouse ARE very stupid.
I'd rather buy Lucky jeans...they're so comfy! And look less dorky.
OK, that's extremely lame. Just put your iPod in your pocket.
What is important is whether I like the look and feel. And if you can throw in functionality, then that's an added bonus. If they fit right and look right to me, then that is what matters. People will always want to put labels on someone for wearing something different as it is easier to spend time critiquing someone else than spending time on themselves.
I stopped being a fan of Levi jeans because I had this idea that all their jeans fit like their 501s. I was wrong. I do like Levi's low rider slim stretch jeans. The 514's fit perfect. I bought a black pair while I was visiting in Montreal and now wear them more than my former favorite G Star jeans.
I don't have an ipod, so I'm not remotely interested in buying ipod jeans. But they look like low riders to me. The white stitch is different. Although I always thought Apple would eventually get rid of the wheel console and just put in a big touchscreen sorta like a tiny OQO.
There are times when I wish I had an ipod. The ipod jackets never really impressed me because I am pretty particular with jackets. However, these look like my favorite style of jeans. I don't think a pair of jeans would make me buy an ipod, but who knows....it just might. But I doubt these jeans will be anything more than a nice display in a store...brand recognition marketing. Besides the next generation ipod will probably be completely different.
I have unententionally left a $20 bill in my jeans from time , to time. And that was heart breaking enouph. Let alone a $500 device. Lets be intelligent people.
hmmm...thats funny what if you had to remove your electronics at the airport...would your pants buzz?
You are all haters. Why don't you go cry in the corner until you can think of something that's even a half decent way to exploit consumerism. That and think of the possiblities - sure ijeans may be a bit superflous, but that doesn't make them a totally worthless exercise - it could lead to all kinds of interesting mixes into clothing - like devices to measure you temperature placed in jackets of mountain climbers to help warn them of overexposure and other interesting things...