$5,000 Chanel Headphones Give Beats a Run for Their Money

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I travel a lot so I have a routine. As soon as I am settled in my seat on the plane, the first thing that happens are the headphones come on. (Sorry seat mate.) My preferred headphones are my Bowers and Wilkins which set me back about $399. I will say that even by my standards that’s not cheap, but when you rely on them so much, it’s a worthy investment. (Especially when I’m listening to Ariana Grande’s new track.)

But when Beats debuted with their $1,200 state of the art headphones, that changed the game, thanks to Dr. Dre (and Apple). Now Karl Lagerfeld is giving them all a run for their money, partnering with the tech company Monster to create the state of the art sound with his signature quilting design and case.

Last March at the Chanel show in Paris — which was a replica of a supermarket but amazingly stocked with every mock Chanel household item you could think of — I remember seeing the models coming down the runway with Chanel-chained shopping baskets and quilted headphones. Finally those headlines have landed and will be in stores mid September. But they will set you back nearly $5,000.

Will you play the price to listen?