When fashion meets technology it usually means one cool, must-have piece of clothing especially if it integrates an ever so popular device like the Apple iPod. We've seen stuff like this in the past. Recently we did a story on the snowboarding glove cum iPod remote controller, here's another similar gadg, um, jacket.

The Kenpo Jacket for iPod features a 5-button controller built into the sleeve. Giving users access to the following controls: play/pause, track forward, track back and volume up/down. The self powered system requires no batteries and can be machine washed or dry cleaned without damage to its fabric control system.

The jacket is compatible with all iPods that utilize the 9-pin connection (that's 3rd Gen and up excluding the iPod nano and 5Gen iPod) although Kenpo is offering a mail order replacement for free to work with the latter two.

The jacket comes in Silver and Black and is available online for $275. Via PDA Live / Kenpo.