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Apple Gives Custom Apple Watch With Gold Link Bracelet to Designer Karl Lagerfeld
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Agreed. The Link was far less appealing to me in person. I have had a chance to try one on yet, but at least visually the temptation is much reduced.
You probably can't go wrong with virtually any combination, but gold still seems tacky and gauche. Still, Karl's new Watch seems to go quite nicely with his gloves and the Lambo or Bentley coupé.
Apple has lost its way
Yeah, more and more people are using its products and liking them and its making more and more money...definitely lost its way.
If you go far enough ahead in time, you stop working.
The watch seems like a nice product. Next generation will probably be better. Those who buy this generation will have it. Those who don't will still have an extra $600 in their pocket (price of SS42 with Sport Band, which I'm guessing will be average price point). I'm not terribly excited about the extra $600. I know what that can do. But I am interested in seeing the watch in action.
For a while, i used to live in an appartment that overlooked his photo shooting studio ( i live in Paris ) . He handles most of the photography himself and he is quite good as a photographer actually.. Used to bump into him all the time in the street. Very alien looking guy, he wears the same clothes all the time, like a signature look. He is known to be a big Apple fan. I Remember him saying on tv that he owned 100 iPods ( the very first model that came out ), one for every style of music he listened to.
He is considered a bit tacky now among "fashion heads" though...
( and that gold aWatch looks really tacky , but then again i find that gold looks tacky on men )
He is considered a bit tacky now among "fashion heads" though...
( and that gold aWatch looks really tacky , but then again i find that gold looks tacky on men )
Since you decided to it would be ok to "attack" me personally, then I guess I can do the same.
First, I was under the impression that the "think different" motto was based on a certain philosophy of how the company should be viewed by the public. Apple has always prided itself on being both a tech company and aligning itself with the views/values of the liberal arts/humanities. I believe that's how Steve Jobs, one of the founders of the company, always described it. So I always viewed Apple as trying to purposely not align itself with mainstream culture that fixated on gold watches, sparkly hats, or shoes with lights in them. It was about creating well built products that people would want to buy for their family and friends. They were expensive, but practical, because they were of the highest build quality, lasted a long time, and had a high re-sell value. There has clearly been a shift, I think. Now we have plastic iPhones, gold iPhones, computers, watches, and advertisements in fashion magazines whose products are only worn by the very wealthy. The Genius Bar is being changed, I think, to something more "mainstream," i.e. more commercial, less techy. The marketing of the watch product is not about its function, but the look, whose wearing them, and a persons "status" based on which model they purchase.
So no, it's not just about "thinking different" as to what the rest of the market is doing. I always thought "think different" was more of a motto the company strived to achieve based on the underlying values of the phrase.
In regards to the "money" part and the rant about living in great socities, yay capitalism, all of that.. Totally agree. Apple should be pursuing opportunities to make more money. But they should not be pursuing avenues strictly for short term gain and potentially sacrificing, in the end, everything the company stood for from the very beginning. To do so could in the long term be potentially damaging, by lowering the value of the brand and turning it into every other corporation that chases the all mighty dollar as quickly as possible. In Apple's unique situation, sticking to what has gotten them to this point just seems like the better approach. I don't think it's wise to potentially alienate their loyal customer base by releasing unfinished products, and chasing after the select few who would be influenced into purchasing an unfinished product by seeing certain "celebrities" wearing it. I always thought one of the main purposes of the watch was meant to be centered around health, anyways? Yet, we see no testimonials from doctors, no pictures of doctors wearing the device, nothing. All we see are celebrities who provide relatively nothing of value to society, and are the elites. /RantOver.
Perhaps I just tend to think about things a little deeper than you do, though, so maybe that's where the difference of opinion lies.
Did you order an Edition? If not, then don't worry, Karl didn't get the one that was coming to you.
You're right to a degree and so am I : ) Money is an essential element of for profit companied.
But ask yourself. Why don't companies generate profit? In most cases it's because they fail to attract or keep their customers...or they are chasing some elusive business plan fantasy like a lot of startups do.
Sounds like you will disagree but fundamentally business is all about people. Certainly the economic climate has a tremendous impact and provides what seems to be an exception to a very fundamental principle. Also finances must be functional for any business to work, that's a given. In my experience any entity solely 100% focused on money....absent any desire to benefit people is evil. This mindset that business is only about money is very limiting at best.
I beg to differ, this Space black model with the Milanese loop looks like hell! https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/587734707024060417 lol
What are you talking about.
GOLD IS BEST! GOLD IS BEST!
Say it with me.
GOLD IS BEST! GOLD IS BEST!
You know, the very first iMacs were all plastic, some were flowered, some looked like candy, etc... It wasn't an all aluminium world like today. And there is a video out there begore the launch of the first iMac where you can see Jobs saying that as computers will become more and more alike technically, looks and design is what is going to make a difference, and he used as an example... gasp... watches...
Steve was actually much more fashion conscious than you think..
This seems a little harsh I think. The examples always repeated by pundits as the "greats" we're the original Mac, the iPod and then iPhone. The years between those products were significant and there were tons smaller successes in between such as iMac and I'd throw the iPad in there as well.
Nilay Patel is going to be jealous of that glove.
think again. it's being worn by an old white man. he'll have nothing to do with it.
The wealthiest of entertainers are give expensive things for free while the common stockholders (owners of the company) get nothing unless they sell their shares. Something is really twisted about that v
It's unfortunately the way things work in capitalist societies. Think of it : the less you need that money , the more likely the bank will lend it to you.. Money always flows towards people that needs it the least.
They've never needed celebrities before because they've never competed in the fashion industry before. Smartphones, laptops, desktop computers - the 'look' and 'fashion' of them isn't quite as key as with a watch. If anything I think that this shows that Apple is very cognizant of the market that they are taking on and the fact that they have to approach it from the fashion angle and not just 'here's a cool watch that does stuff' that techies geek out over.
Is this guy alive or dead, it's hard to tell. Anyway what a wonderful gesture by Apple to give such a needy person a gold watch. It makes me feel all warm inside, you can tell they're not in it for the money.
I wonder why they didn't give one to Donatella, she must be really pist.
I wonder why they didn't give one to Donatella, she must be really pist.
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