Apple Made A $230 Crossbody… Sock

Yeah, that’s a fancy iPhone sock.

If you were confused astir Apple releasing a crossbody iPhone strap, past you’re going to find its caller iPhone Pocket moreover much perplexing. The Pocket is really a knitted bag, though it mightiness beryllium much apt to picture it arsenic a sock designed to snugly encase your iPhone, alternatively of conscionable sticking it successful your purse aliases pocket.

This constricted version collaboration pinch Japanese designer Issey Miyake tin beryllium yours for an eyewatering $229.95. That’s for nan crossbody type disposable successful blue, brown, aliases black. A shorter type is disposable successful further colour options (including vivid orange, yellow, purple, pink, and turquoise) for $149.95, which tin beryllium hooked complete your limb aliases tied to a bag.

Apple says nan 3D-knitted creation was inspired by “a portion of cloth” (yes, really), and was calved from nan thought “of creating an further pocket” that accommodates “any iPhone” and mini mundane items. That intends it tin transportation much than Apple’s $59 crossbody iPhone strap.

“The creation of iPhone Pocket speaks to nan enslaved betwixt iPhone and its user, while keeping successful mind that an Apple merchandise is designed to beryllium cosmopolitan successful artistic and versatile successful use,” according to Miyake Design Studio’s creation director, Yoshiyuki Miyamae. “iPhone Pocket explores nan conception of ‘the joyousness of wearing iPhone successful your ain way.’”

The iPhone Pocket will beryllium disposable to acquisition online starting November 14th, and from a fistful of Apple Store locations successful nan US, France, Greater China, Italy, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and nan UK.