Christian Louboutin, whose signature red-soled stilettos shod Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City, is a big fan of an iPhone-controlled toy.*
In one of those evergreen profiles the New York Times runs where a notable talks about their uber-cool gadgets (for Louboutin it’s the iPhone toy), cinematic obsessions (Bollywood) and imbibing habits (bourbon sour) he had this to say about what he’s currently “piloting:”
My business partner gave me a drone, a small helicopter you pilot with an iPhone and also it has a camera so you can see what it sees on the iPhone. Great fun. I fly it outside in Portugal. It’s wonderful to oversee gardens. It costs $300 from the company Parrot. Great gift, by the way.
Cool, eh?
*Yeah, here at Cult of Mac, we look for the Apple in every random story we read. (Cherchez la pomme?)
Via NYT
Nicole Martinelli is a San Francisco freelance writer who heads up Cult of Mac Magazine, our weekly publication available on iTunes. You can find her on Twitter and Google+. If you’re doing something new, cool and Apple-related, email her.
6 responses to “High-Flying Shoe Designer Loves iPhone-Controlled Helicopter Toy”
wahoo ,I just got a $829.99 iPad2 for only $103.37 and my mom got a $1499.99 HDTV for only $251.92, they are both coming with USPS tomorrow. I would be an idiot to ever pay full retail prices at places like Walmart or Bestbuy. I sold a 37″ HDTV to my boss for $600 that I only paid $78.24 for. I use BidsBug.com
Getting really desperate for content is more like it. This blog used to be about hardcore Mac fandom, and now it’s grasping at anything
Meh.
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