Just Less than two months after Levi’s® presented the Redwire™ DLX spring/summer 2007 collection, the Jeans are hitting the stores now.

The Redwire™ DLX is available in US and Japan in two different styles and two colors for men and for women.

One model is named Carrot, has the Slough fit and tapered leg. The Capri Redwire DXL is based on the Knee Knocker models with Slough fit as well.

Both Redwire™ DLX models have the iPod® docking cradle built into a hidden side pocket. A red wire (yeah, that’s why they call it Redwire) connects the cradle to the Jeans. Retractable headphones are fixed in a housing on the waistband.

The removable joystick is part of the watch pocket which controls the standard functions of the iPod like play, pause, track forward/back and ..read more

The winter season is over, no more iPod Jackets and other Wearable Electronic winter gear.

Levis, a well known contributor to the Wearable Electronic trend – think about the ICD+ Jacket, co-developed and designed between Philips Design and Levis – has not less than eleven new styles of jeans and trousers for men and women in their collection for the spring/summer 2007 season.

That’s excellent news for us iPod addicted folks that need iPod compatible outfits after we got used to that over the last winter season.

This new collection for 2007 follows the successful retail launch of the Red Wire DLX jeans in Fall 2006. It is also highly noticeable that next to the high product sales, Levi Strauss has reported that the Fibretronic enabled products have added US$5 billion of brand ..read more

The Levi’s RedWire DLX aka iJean is another clothing item that tries to integrate the iPod usage in an unobstrusive and fashionable way.

This is one of the first pieces of apparel offered by a mainstream brand to integrate the iPod technology.

The iPod is connected inside a side pocket. The jean is machine washable once the iPod is removed. The “Hip” remote control is externally designed into the jeans’ watch pocket to enable operation of the iPod. Standard control functions like play/pause, track forward, track back and adjust the volume control are possible without removing the iPod from the pocket.

A retractable headphone unit has been built directly into the jean to help prevent tangles and efficiently manage the iPod earphone wires.

The RedWire part of the type name is explained by the red ribbon ..read more