The $1500 iPad Case, Courtesy of (Who Else?) Chanel

We reported on the Gucci iPad case when it came out, noting that for the price ($230), it was a relative steal and could double as an envelope clutch. Gawker reports that couture houses are jumping on the iPad case bandwagon, with Chanel’s being the priciest at $1,555.

We don’t know why, but almost anything that Chanel puts out make us weak in the knees, including this iPad case. Never mind that the iPad is a third of the cost of its case, but how’s that different from carrying a designer bag whose contents are not worth much? (Maybe we should take this line of logic to therapy or a money management counselor.)

Some might see a Chanel iPad case as an ostentatious extravagance–we just see it as another form of quilted Chanel genius.