A few months ago I already went into the subject of headphones as fashion item. When I saw the newest headphones born from a collaboration between Skullcandy and Roc Nation I was immediately sold, just by looking at the couple of photos available.

The Roc Nation Aviator headphone is clearly retro inspired and totally drool worthy.

I was never really into Skullcandy headphones as they targeted the teenagers and fans of the rock genre in my opinion. So I never really stood still in the store and give them a second look. With the collaboration with Roc Nation they are expanding to a whole other audience and hopefully more headphones will come out of this collaboration.

If I was still hearing I would totally buy an Aviator headphone, I’m a sucker for modern gadgets with a retro look. They come in black, white and brown of which I really like the black one. The brown would do too if it wasn’t combined with gold. Plus Aviator can be folded and stored in a case, perfect for carrying around in my canvas bag with camera and books without it being damaged.

Release date is set in June, no mention of the price yet but if I must take a wild guess I would say they will cost between $200 and $300. If the headphones turn out to be of sturdy quality it’s money well spend. I will be keeping an eye out to see when they are in shops here next month.

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