NO SHAME: Snuggie at NYC Fashion Week

It’s alarming to me that I had to find out via NPR that the Snuggie had an exclusive fashion show for Fashion Week.

Why is it alarming?

1. I heard about it on Wait Wait! Don’t Tell Me… I’m not a news snob, but consider the following: This is the same program I tuned into to hear updates about Obama, the ACORN scandal and learned about astronaut pee …which means that this over-sized, formless fleece monster has become engrained enough in society enough that it glided in on it’s fuzzy sleeves into a radio show that also talks about progressive health care.

Snuggie, I hate you.

2. Um, SNUGGIE had a fashion show!? Um, I wasn’t aware that snuggies were worn in public unless you were trying to look like bad Halloween costume versions of the following: a) Socrates b) members of the Jedi Council c) the Pope.

So yes, here are pictures I found of this “super exclusive event” across the internet. There have been some ..interesting things shown at Fashion Week in the past, but I never thought NYC would unveil a show in a couture setting that was self proclaimed as ”a blanket with sleeves”.

Even on a humor level I can’t get into it… probably because I despise the Snuggie. It’s not even funny to me anymore. I’ve seen, oh I don’t know — a cloak or a muumuu (which, thankfully, doesn’t even pretend to be sexy) on the runway and I can deal, but I can’t handle people grinning in their slouch socks. Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t I supposed to be the person with the blanket and slouch socks this week? I’m supposed to be the one enjoying watching ridiculously skinny, over-made women walk around in crazy couture from the comfort of my couch.

Let’s make some phone calls: wires were crossed. No where in the description of Fashion Week did I ever get a WTF Blanket warning.

Apparently children and pets were also dragged into the shenanigans because THE SNUGGIE HAS NO SHAME.

Enjoy:

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