01 April 2008 Tuesday
the whole point of a raincoat
why does J.Crew hate hoods?
slated in consumed at 01:05 PM
Dear J.Crew,
you know (to the sadness of my wallet) that I love you.. but what the HECK is the point of a raincoat withOUT a hood!?
Is a raincoat that doesn’t keep the rain out supposed to be avant garde?
That doesn’t even make sense! Yes your coat is cute. But even a removable hood would have been a good call. No hood? On a “raincoat”? I know I’m a fan of hoods in general, but there’s a place where a hood definitely belongs, and that’s over my head when things are falling down on top of it! Like rain! If I didn’t like you so much, this would be cause for us to part ways for good. ::frustrated at the impracticality and stupidity of a completely-hoodless raincoat, without offering alternatives::
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Comments on the whole point of a raincoat
Um. I kinda love this post. I’d like to say that it’s manly laughter, but the truth is that it makes me giggle.
cuzzie, i still havent wear that lovely top you gave me…i just cant…it look so lovely…let me just frame it up…;p..and this thingy about the hood..its ROTFLOL!…
Well…’glad you like it.. but it’ll look much better on you than in a frame.
The thing about the hood — I’ve been paying more attention lately, and it’s weird… From what I can tell, “nice” (non-sport — not the kind you wear for hiking/camping/water rafting) “rain“coats are apparently just typical buttoned coats with water-resistant fabric/coating, and they generally seem to lack hoods.
Am I the only one who thinks that the first thing a “rain”coat should do is keep the rain from me, and that the first place the rain likes to fall is on my head? And that if I’ve troubled to wear a raincoat then I shouldn’t HAVE to carry an umbrella? If Fashion is just hooked on the look of a collar, then there should be smartly-made coats with detachable hoods that become collars. I know they exist. But I haven’t found one yet. And I’m displeased and have lost a small grain of hope for humanity.
And btw, “April showers bring May flowers” but here we are in the midst of April and when I look for raincoats from some of my favorite stores, there are none to be found. Not even questionable hoodless ones.
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