Monster releases Butterfly fashion earphones from Vivienne Tam


Thursday Monster Cable Products introduced the latest in its line of premium audio ear phones. The Butterfly is an exclusive design from Vivienne Tam.

Tam is a fashion designer in New York City with designs inspired from her Chinese heritage. Monster isn't the first tech company to collaborate with Tam. HP a couple years ago released a netbook with Tam's designs.

The in-ear speakers feature a gold-brushed finish and colorful butterfly image. The ear phones come equipped with multiple-sized ear tips for comfort fit and Monster's cable clip to help cables remain untangled. The earphones also feature ControlTalk remote controls for music playback and hands-free calling. The cable includes a high resolution microphone to work with the iPhone, in addition to controlling iPod functions. The ControlTalk is supported on the iPod Nano 4G/5G, Classic 120 GB, Touch 2G, Shuffle 3G, and iPhone 3GS.

As with Monster's other fashion/celebrity music headsets, they are not a budget product. The headphones have an MSRP of $199.95, and the ship date was not disclosed.

Butterfly by Vivienne Tam High Fashion In-Ear Speakers with ContolTalk