Apple and Kim Kardashian introduced their first collaboration this week, taking the Beats Match Professional wi-fi earbuds to new, nude-toned heights.
In hues so impartial they might make even Sir Jony Ive blush, Apple mentioned the buds will are available in three flavors: “moon,” “dune” and “earth.” They’ll debut on Apple.com on August 16 and “in restricted portions” at some Apple Shops and third-party retailers the following day.
If this collab tugs at your coronary heart strings, the Kardashian-approved buds will set you again $200, or $20 greater than the usual Beats Match Professional price these days. The minimal colours are all that’s new, and so they seem to have been plucked proper out of a lookbook for SKIMS, the shapewear firm Kardashian launched (and rapidly rebranded) in 2019.
Left to proper: Beats x Kim buds circumstances in “earth,” “dune” and “moon” hues. Picture Credit: Apple
“Because you’re sporting one thing each day, I needed them to have the ability to mix in,” mentioned Kim Kardashian in an advert for the buds. “I’ve by no means seen any tech merchandise, particularly headphones, be in impartial colours.”
Apple acquired Beats from Dr. Dre and music government Jimmy Iovine again in 2014 for a cool $3 billion.
‘The place can I discover them?’
That includes the identical innards that launched in November 2021, Apple mentioned it’s going to promote the special-edition buds in 9 nations. Right here’s the place of us can choose up a pair (listed alphabetically).
Australia: David Jones
Canada: Apple.com, Amazon and SSENSE
China: Lane Crawford and WeChat
France: Apple.com, an Apple Retailer in Paris (Champs-Élysées) and Galeries Lafayette
Germany: Apple.com, an Apple retailer in Berlin (Kurfürstendamm) and Zalando
Japan: Apple.com
Switzerland: Zalando
UK: Apple.com, Amazon, an Apple Retailer in London (Regent St.) and Selfridges
U.S.: Apple.com and Amazon, in addition to at Apple Shops in Los Angeles (on the Grove, Tower Theater and third St. Promenade places), New York (fifth Ave. and Soho), Miami (Aventura) and Chicago (Michigan Ave.).
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