I wish I was blazed when I first saw this…

If the Apple iPhone isn’t your thing… or you’re against the Blackberry Bold because you hate AT&T (I do too, but still made that sacrifice to cop the two aforementioned phones), then lookie here what we have in store for you: the Motorola Calgary Cell Phone, scheduled for a 2009 release on our favorite carrier, Verizon Wireless. This phone is in a whole new league of its own. While we don’t have specs on it just yet, it looks like it features both a touch screen and a tactile keyboard, all in one sexy titanium package. No word on pricing either, but considering our current recession and Motorola’s drastically fading market share, I’m going to guess this’ll drop at $149. Time will tell…

More information on the Motorola Calgary @ BGR.

Kanye rocks what looks like a varsity-meets-bomber jacket from his forthcoming Pastelle clothing brand, set to drop sometime next year. Fly.

If you remember, Kanye was caught wearing a Pastelle jacket this past July in Paris. Here’s a shot of the piece:

More previews of potential Pastelle clothing items below:

The good folks at PastelleClothing.com think this jacket might be an up-and-coming Pastelle piece.

You gotta admit, this bow-tie is fly. I’m adding this to my wishlist.

I’m guessing the piece being advertised here is the rather plain looking collar-less jacket.

Rihanna rocks a fly two-toned hoodie with rainbow accents over the hood.

SET TO DROP: Early ‘09. PC reports ‘Ye has plans to launch Pastelle in Chicago first, followed by New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Alright, our economy is in the shithole. That said, it’s often hard to justify–I don’t know–a $250 scrap of leather to protect your precious new iPhone 3G or any pair of shoes over $100. But wait. There are two exceptions.

1). As pictured above, Louis Vuitton’s fly Damier Graphite Sneakers ($595) will impress just about everyone in the urban-hipster NY scene. The “checkers” are subtle enough so you don’t feel trashy rocking anything blatantly LV, yet easily identifiable as a high-end LV product. Not going to lie, it looks like the good folks at Louis V took some notes from our Parisian friends, Lanvin. The shape of the shoe, laces, and even front resemble a pair I just purchased a few weeks ago at Barney’s for $630. Which pair’s hotter? That’s up for you to decide.

2). Also pictured above, LV returns to the scene with a new iPhone case. Thank the lord. (semi-sarcastic) The first two cases the company introduced were severely flawed. The first was the classic monogram canvas style, which means a). it looks fake and b). in my opinion, is just plain ugly. The second, dubbed “taiga leather” felt like plain plastic, and was maybe a little to understated for my willing-to-spend-$250-to-protect-something-that-costs-$199 self. Well, look no further. The new Damier Graphite iPhone Case ($250) satisfies both your need to look fly without looking classy, as well as your desire to protect your baby iPhone from scratches and smudges

Both products are available online at eLuxury or at your local Louis Vuitton boutique.

HOLY. SHIT.
THIS IS INSANE!!!!!!!!!
BLUEPRINT 3!!!!!

This nifty ’80s retro boombox is an iPod dock in disguise. This means you can carry this thing around and blast your iPhone playlists while everyone else thinks you’re spinning out-of-date compact discs. For $220, would you cop this? To purchase: www.UrbanOutfitters.comEDIT: If you care, I found the same boombox at Buy.com for $50 cheaper. 

As the summer season draws nearer, it’s time for us guys to step our game up. Here’s one way to: cop one of Yves Saint Laurent’s t-shirts off the Spring/Summer ‘08 line. Mind you, we caught Kanye West rocking the logo shirt on the right way back in ‘06, but it hasn’t been played out yet. (I’ve yet to run into anyone rocking this in NYC at least) Another option is the fly-as-hell “Cruise Shirt,” pictured left, which resembles the uniform of a ship crew member.

How much will these shirts set you back? The Cruise Shirt (left) currently sells for $330 and the Logo Tee (right) sells for $285 exclusively in YSL boutiques and on YSL.com.

While these shirts may break the bank, keep in mind they’re 10x flyer than Ed Hardy at only double the price–talk about a steal!

I have to admit–we here at KilledThat.com are treehuggers. Yes, we do take pleasure in copping new Lanvin shoes and driving SUVs, but we start to worry when people start telling us global warming will bring us closer to 10 foot pythons or send New York City underwater in 50 years. So imagine our excitement when we heard about the new Chevy Volt.

What is it you ask? A futuristic car with the two most ballerific features we’ve seen in a while–er, never seen before:

There are two things that make the Volt’s E-flex drivetrain noteworthy. First, it is a series hybrid, which means power is fed directly to the motor, not the battery. It can be plugged into a household electric socket and charged fully within about six hours. Completely charged it can drive roughly 40 miles on electricity alone. According to GM, more than 75 percent of Americans live within 20 miles of where they work, meaning the Volt would get them to the office and back on 100% electricity with no direct emissions.

If the battery does run down, the 1.0-liter, three-cylinder gas engine acts as a generator to charge the battery and provides enough power to for up to an additional 600 miles.

The second significant aspect is that the gasoline-driven generator engine can easily be replaced with an engine that runs on E85, diesel, bio-diesel, pure ethanol or even a hydrogen fuel cell. People would then be able to chose their engine based on fuel availability and prices in their region.  (via TreeHugger)

So guys, get rid of your Range Rovers and X5s…get ready for the Chevy Volt. (No word on pricing yet)