cool dino rain boots, or: man why they gotta make all the cool stuff for kids?
okay, SO WHAT IS THE DEAL?
it’s no seldom occurrence that we all see an accessory / item of clothing that we covet but can’t actually possess. usually we “suffer” this because of paltry funds (or whatevs), but it stings even more when what i want is designed for the opposite sex or for beings in a far distant age range – specifically, that which belongs to little tykes.
in other words, i’m witnessing a lot of age-ism in “fashion” lately.
EXHIBIT A:
an awesome pair of dino rain boots belonging to a tot. as soon as i laid my eyes on these, i knew with conviction that they were meant for me. so how come 1) i’ve never seen them before and 2) even if i could buy them, they’d only fit my big toe ?!
in general, i’ve seen plenty of adorable rain boots made only for kids, like the classic delightful frog ones.
while the children are traipsing out and about with little frog eyeballs sticking out of their boots, us “ladies” are relegated to the same ol’ atrocious, saccharine options such as these (zzzzz):
at the very least, i can always fall back on the classic, rugged (but sexy) wellies. whew.
EXHIBIT B:
a fantastically awesome hoodie with a sassy and stylish print featuring some wicked fauna: scorpions, lizards, and one of my faves: bats! bonus – it looks like dinosaurs from afar. is there any reason why old navy couldn’t make this for a 26 y.o. woman? (granted, a 26-year-old- woman with a stunted childlike mentality) i don’t want some fleece zip-up $hit with old navy insignias plastered all over the sleeves. i want one with nicely rendered bats on it.
EXHIBIT C:
the tried-and-true lion costume for halloween, except this one is sweet. i wouldn’t just wear this to halloween festivities. hell, i’d wear the jacket to your parents’ house, to the bodega, to the park while walking the dog, cuz it looks warm, snuggly, inviting. check out the paws and inventive use of felt for the mane! peggy tried it on and i wanted to pounce on her right there and then, it was so meltingly cute. old navy saves only the good stuff for kids and dogs. thanks a lot, old navy. THANKS. guess i’ll trudge on over to the “spirit” halloween store to peruse what’s available for my age bracket…lots of costumes that are pathetically imbued with banal sexual innuendo. booorrrring.
oh yeah, and over the weekend we went to the venerable berkeley institution vik’s chaat house. the last time i was there, i was still a wee college student. i almost cried tears of joy and paroxysmal pleasure when i took my first bite.
October 16th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
please remove the following words from your blog to avoid being convicted of thesaurus rape:
paltry
conviction
traipsing
relegated
saccharine
trudge
peruse
imbued
banal
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paroxysmal
i’ll let ‘meltingly’ slide.. this time
October 16th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
you could make your own lion costume. go for it!
October 16th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
don’t pay no nevermind to eric over there. he’s just jealous of your sesquipedalian tendencies. I feel you on the tots duds, at least they started making frogeye galloshes in bigger sizes. ah, and I have a parrot outfit that you can borrow. the hoodie part is the beaked head…
October 16th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
Sister your writing skills are beyond words. You are so talented. No one I know can fit wit, humour, and spice all in one package. You are spectacular.
October 17th, 2007 at 1:38 am
can’t wait for animal-attire to pick up in the fashion industry. walking around the city would be like… jogging man, homeless man, businessman, LIONWITHALLIGATORFEET on her way to work. what!? that’d just make my day.
October 17th, 2007 at 1:53 am
thanks for giving me halloween costume ideas. welcome back jerk.
October 17th, 2007 at 1:53 am
Gatorboots! I once saw a yellow umbrella that had an extra section that would fold out into the bill of a duck and there were eyes on normal part of it. of course it was kid sized so I feel you! vik’s! my co-worker has been telling me about that. He’s Indian and says it’s the best in the bay.
October 17th, 2007 at 9:15 am
maybe it’s just as well that a piping hot serving of a vik’s chola bhatura doesn’t exist in combination with kid-fashion creativity made for adults. it occurs to me that very little in life would be meaningful next to slurping down a mouthful of tangy/spicy chickpea magic while wearing fierce t-rex rain duds.
October 17th, 2007 at 11:36 am
yay!
i WISH i had the wherewithal to make my own halloween costume. i’m envious of ppl who plan months in advance. i guess i’ll only have the memories of my glory days (when i dressed up as the joker and catwoman) to sustain me.
thx for the comments everyone.
seriously though, i’m glad i’m not the only one here with a fixation on animal hats / jackets / etc.
October 18th, 2007 at 3:55 am
Kid’s trippin’ mad balls.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Dude! I’ve totally been in search of cute Dinosaur galoshes for over a year now! I feel your pain sista. Every time my feet get soaked in the vile filthy rain the pisses down to cover New York Shitty, I think, “Gosh! Everything would be better if I had cute galoshes…” but alas… ::sigh::
I had no idea you were blogging now! That’s awesome, you are amazing and talented and we love you! ::Mauwah::