Pocket protector, meet your cousin: the iPad suit

Apple products often spawn ecosystems of product categories to facilitate their existence. The iPod and iPhone, for instance, gave birth to speaker docks, FM transmitters and protective cases. And now an ecosystem of products is materializing for the iPad: they include cases of all sorts, bean bag lap rests and, yes, clothes. Suits, to be specific.

Upscale Manhattan tailor Mohan's Tailor Shop, which boasts a clientele including Barry Bonds, Walt Frazier and Gary Carter, recently unveiled a custom made suit with a jacket pocket to accommodate the iPad (as reported in the WSJ). The impetus for it was the result of several customer requests for the feature; since its unveiling, the tailor says it has received about "100 calls and scheduled several dozen appointments with customers over the next several weeks" for a fitting.

Mohan's must be pulling off some magic of its own to fit Apple's "magical" device in a jacket pocket. At 1.6 pounds, I'm guessing the iPad may pull one side of the jacket lower than the other, thus necessitating some kind of counterbalance.

Personally, I'd rather just use a bag.

[via Cult of Mac]

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Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/06/03/ways-to-carry-the-ipa…

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ChuckEye

The rest of us will just wear Scott eVests...

June 07 2010 at 5:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jackbush316

Really nice suit, gentleman for iPad, or iPad for gentleman? the British style of iPad!

More fun and iPad news on
http://www.ipodandiphone.net/news/index.php?category=iPad-News

June 07 2010 at 11:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ben Oakes

> I'm guessing the iPad may pull one side of the jacket lower than the other, thus necessitating some kind of counterbalance.

Pssh, just buy two iPads.

June 07 2010 at 9:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

J Wood

Where's his bluetooth earpiece?

June 07 2010 at 8:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David Winograd

I'm not surprised that this is coming from Mohan's, a wonderful custom tailor who made suits for my son and I. Their cost is high for Hong Kong product but their quality is exception, They turns out design and build of the line garments

There must have really been a call for this. If Mohan is making it, it'll be balanced, elegant and not some quick kludge. These guys do exqusite work. I sure expect and balance issues to all ready pockets to be slightly weighted on the opposite since of he garment People should the bee able to falk fine.

If Monhan's did, I'm sure they got excitied.They know their busines, saw a new optiion that they copyed. I'm sure that were was a lot of call this,and Mohan' would would be the suit to buy.

June 07 2010 at 7:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

iballz

iBallz for iPad ship out tomorrow!
cant wait!
:) http://www.iballz.info

June 07 2010 at 3:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

iballz

iBallz for iPad ship out tomorrow!
cant wait!
:) http://www.iballz.info

June 07 2010 at 3:53 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Charles

Look! It's PC with an iPad!

June 07 2010 at 1:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Aquatic

I want an iPad belt clip holster please.

June 06 2010 at 10:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jimbo

Cops wear guns and body armor all day long and they bitch a lot less than you typical nerd/dork.

"OMG it weighs 1.5 pounds! It is so heavy!" Whiny bitches....

June 06 2010 at 8:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply