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 This means you can carry this thing around and blast your iPhone playlists while everyone else thinks you’re spinning out-of-date compact discs.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)

Kanye started this trend, and you’ve seen everyone from A-Trak to Paris Hilton rocking a pair. They’re the ubiquitous Shutter Shades–that is, redesigned Alain Mikli shades that first hit the scene in the ’80s.

Let’s face it: every hip-pop trendsetter wants a pair of shutter shades. Up until now, the problem has been that they were extremely exclusive and therefore expensive. A pair of these shades could have cost you more than a thousand bucks.

But now, enter ShutterShadesOnline.com, the premiere boutique for these so-called “shutter shades” that come in 6 colors and a variety of sizes. SSO retails these ’sunglasses’ for just $25 big ones… so cop a pair while they’re still in stock!

P.S. SSO recently made an appearance at the Bread and Butter fashion trade show in Barcelona, Spain… Kanye’s shutter shades trend has officially taken the world by storm!

LG, the company behind the Chocolate Phone, is set to unleash a sexy new cell phone in the UK dubbed the “Viewty“. The Viewty, or KU990, features a beautiful touch screen interface and a five-megapixel camera (amazing considering most phones these days are shipped with a 1.3 or 2.0 megapixel lens). And get this: you can upload the videos you take directly to Youtube.

The camera on the back comes with a Schneider Kreuznach lens, autofocus and manual focus, image stabilization and LED photo light, and can shoot video at up to 120 frames per second.

While we haven’t received any more technical specs on the phone, we’ve been told that the device will debut on the UK’s 3 network. Pricing TBA.

Check out Pharrell’s new sunglasses–dubbed the “Millionaires”–at a Louis Vuitton store near you. Supposedly they’ve been re-released in several colorways. These look pretty dope… but no idea on what they cost.

Spotted @ SandraRose.com.