Seriously, let’s not be so all grownup around here. Why don’t they make garanimals for all ages of children?
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve dressed my children in what I thought were perfectly matching outfits only to have my wife come home and act as if I’d dressed them in a rugby helmet and a tu-tu.
So why are garanimals only for little ones?
I’m not saying there’s got to be zebras and tigers on everything we wear but maybe just on the tag so that I know bear goes with bear. Lion with lion. There’s got to be a market for this kind of thing? Stay at home Dads, colorblind women, etc…(I’m only saying etc. because I can’t think of any more groups of people who’d be interested.)
I wouldn’t even be opposed to Garanimals for adults. Why not? I can’t be fretting over whether plaid goes with khaki. I just look and say “Bear goes with bear” and my fashion worries are over.
So this is my open plea to garanimals. Please make way bigger sizes. It will help my marriage greatly and a lot less raised eyebrows.
July 19, 2009 at 1:42 am
Huh, I never knew that brand had that feature, I only knew their clothes never seemed to fit any of my kids.
July 19, 2009 at 3:02 am
Ever since I got married 25 years ago, I have asked for Garanimals for men. All of my sons inherited their father's fashion sense. They get dressed using the "what's on top" method: What's on top in the shirt drawer must match what's on top in the pants drawer.
July 19, 2009 at 4:02 am
If you're wearing a helmet in rugby that's a bigger problem than mis-matched clothes. Why not just put a target on your back saying "hey, 11 & 12, come and get me – I'm delicate"?
July 19, 2009 at 4:23 am
I would love to have garanimals for everyone. Women included. There are some fashion/color challenged women out there, you know.
July 19, 2009 at 4:52 am
When my mom went to college her little sister– the girly girl– wouldn't let her pack without first going through EVERY SINGLE ITEM and sewing color codes onto the tags. She was then threatened with death and/or dismemberment if she mixed them wrong. I think the orders were to wear only matching threads, unless the item was coded black, which could be worn with anything but another black item. Something like that.
A batch of fabric pens and doing the laundry, then asking your Lady Love for her mighty fashion skills, might solve it…. or get you hurt….
July 19, 2009 at 5:29 am
Colour-blindness is a X-chromosome recessive gene, so men are much more likely to be colour-blind then women. Perhaps this explains some things.
July 19, 2009 at 7:56 am
That's a cute idea. Hey, it could work in two ways.
1. It would help those who so want to wear what's IN and be acceptable, it would relieve the agony of having to worry about what goes with what.
2. It would also help those already are wearing things and no one has the guts to tell them, "OMG! Who told you that goes that?!"
Yeah, I like the Garanimals concept for those who really don't know how to dress and/or really don't know what is now and totally today.
Matt
July 19, 2009 at 8:03 am
Denise – July 18 2009 10:02pm – hey, that's me! Works fine (and I am one of those 1 men in 7 who is colour-blind).
But picking up 'whatever comes up in rotation' can be risky, as Dilbert tells us:
http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2006-09-09/
July 19, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Fortunately, they do have them for the clergy; clerical dress. (Which you know is a very good thing if you have ever seen any of my brothers in mufti.)
July 19, 2009 at 2:24 pm
When my son asked me why priests wore black in front of a priest – I said:
1. Because it reminds them that they should die to themselves
2. Because God knew they wouldn't have wives to help them match
He looked at the priest who said – YEP!
July 19, 2009 at 6:49 pm
The Air Force lovingly sent my husband to Saudi Arabia for 15 months. Part of his job was going to be socializing with imporant Saudi people. Before he left we had to buy suits, sports coats, casual yet dressy pants, etc. I gave every shirt a number, every pant a letter and just called the ties by their colors. In his planner I wrote by code what went with what. I kid you not, in the middle of bible study my cell phone went off and my husband was calling from half a world away to see if his shirt, pants, and tie really matched! I've never let him live it down and it gave the other women in the bible study a great laugh for the morning.
He's once again half a world away in Iraq and thankful that ABUs don't have options.
Thanks for the post. It really brought back a great memory.
In Christ,
Debbie
July 19, 2009 at 11:58 pm
If memory serves, there was a company that was way ahead of garanimals, and it made clothes for men. I used to have a few Wembley ties that would say "wear with blue or black suit" or "wear with brown suit" on the tag. indispensable to the average man, and especially for an engineer.
July 20, 2009 at 2:20 am
Every morning, growing up, my Dad would call down the stairs, "Jule, what am I going to wear today?" and my Mom would run up and lay out his clothes on the bed while he showered. On the only occassion I remember that my Mom was not there to pick out his clothes, my Dad wore two different plaids (it was the 70s). He said they were the first shirt and the first pants he saw. Sooooo embarrassing! Another nice memory.
Kate