High tech meets high fashion

Hair accessories made a statement in so many fall 2013 fashion collections, and soon there will be headband headphones, thanks to a CES debut from the latest celebrity to get into electronics: reality television star Snooki. Embellished with bows, feathers, flowers and rhinestones, the headphones disguised as headbands are part of the Snooki Couture by Nicole Polizzi collection, a partnership with audio accessory company iHip that also includes earring earbuds, tech cases and rhinestone-encrusted cellphone handsets that range from $24.99 to $59.99.

Hair accessories made a statement in so many fall 2013 fashion collections, and soon there will be headband headphones, thanks to a CES debut from the latest celebrity to get into electronics: reality television star Snooki. Embellished with bows, feathers, flowers and rhinestones, the headphones disguised as headbands are part of the Snooki Couture by Nicole Polizzi collection, a partnership with audio accessory company iHip that also includes earring earbuds, tech cases and rhinestone-encrusted cellphone handsets that range from $24.99 to $59.99.   (Snooki Couture by Nicole Polizzi / Snooki Couture by Nicole Polizzi)

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From digitally printed textiles to stylish tech gadgets and even wearable computing, the ever-growing partnership of fashion and technology is catapulting the design world into a whole new dimension.