Vogue advertises $830 netbook sleeves

Spotted in this month's Vogue, this utter insanity: ensconcing your $349 Dell Inspiron Mini 9 in an $830 Goyard netbook sleeve. Aren't sleeves supposed to cost less than the computers they protect?

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[#1 posted by PaulR , December 30, 2008 5:21 AM]

There are no $40,000 jewel-encrusted Dell netbooks available. So this rich people's way of reminding us that they ARE different from you and me.

[#2 posted by steve rimjobs , December 30, 2008 5:36 AM]

I guess you could argue that the sleeve will outlive several netbooks.

[#3 posted by dculberson , December 30, 2008 5:48 AM]

Putting a price limit on fashion? You pleb!

[#4 posted by TJ S , December 30, 2008 7:06 AM]

I have come to understand, that in the same way that regulars to this site have a sometimes inexplicible love for gadgets, some women have the same love for bags.
I do not understand why, mind you. I've just come to accept that these women exist, and that my wife is one of them.

[#5 posted by urshrew , December 30, 2008 7:48 AM]

$830 for something that is not very attractive? That's the true fashion failure.

[#6 posted by Anonymous , December 30, 2008 2:22 PM]

Sounds like black pearls to me.

[#7 posted by IWood , December 30, 2008 9:40 PM]

THE SIGN OF RECOGNITION of a Goyard creation is the excellence of the finish, immediately evident to the initiated. Each detail of fabrication speaks of the very special attention paid to quality and whispers absolute exclusivity.

There you have it, with the excellence and the quality and the exclusivity. Buy it.

[#8 posted by mistermb , December 30, 2008 10:48 PM]

I'm wondering when the diamond encrusted sleeve to protect the sleeve will come out.

[#9 posted by Evil Jim , December 31, 2008 1:06 AM]

Made by the same slave children as your $5 T-shirts. Enjoy!

[#10 posted by acx99 , December 31, 2008 2:37 AM]

It's OK. Dell will sell you a 40$ laptop bag to protect the expensive sleeve

[#11 posted by Anonymous , December 31, 2008 4:51 AM]

Women love bags for the obvious reason: Scrotum envy.

[#12 posted by Downpressor , December 31, 2008 8:10 AM]

package costing more than the contents, isnt that what fashion is all about?

[#13 posted by Anonymous , December 31, 2008 10:36 AM]

I read a lot of vogue and "the last look" is a feature they do every month that shows the most extravagant and expensive (and often useless) things they can find. I don't think they are advertising or pushing this bag, just showing how far couture can be taken.

[#14 posted by Anonymous , January 5, 2009 10:27 AM]

No no no, you put these sleeves *inside* the protective netbook.