A revolutionary idea

[cleolinda]

...is what I have this afternoon for you. So. It's bitchfuck cold across most of the eastern seaboard, correct? Well, all this Lord of the Rings watching has given me an idea.

What we need to bring back is cloaks.

Think of them as all-over coats. I'm tired of putting on a coat and still having my legs freeze. I'm not saying we need velvet cloaks, or those grey elfy things the Fellowship wear, or even Victorian froufrou opera capes lined with satin. This ain't yer mama's cloak. I'm saying we need to get--let's say, Old Navy--to put out some performance fleece cloaks. For colors we'll have heather grey, India ink, snowflake, ultramarine, incarnadine, mochaccino, and ponderosa pine. Or you can think up even stupider color names; it's all the same to me. We can put cargo pockets in 'em if you want, or line 'em with faux rabbit fur. You can have convertible sleeves-to-armholes. Zippers and detachable hoods and shit, I don't care. All I know is, I'll be able to stand on the fourth floor of the Humanities building, which is set up like a cheap concrete motel--one big outdoor balcony running around a complex of classrooms--in head-to-toe fleece on a night with a tearing wind and I won't feel a thing.

Comments

[darthtall.livejournal.com]

Dude, that would rock. I tried on this soawesomeohmygod cloak at the Renaissance festival a couple years ago, and had I not been insanely broke, I would have bought it, despite the fact that I only spend about a month in North Dakota during the winter now.

[frodosgoosegirl.livejournal.com]

Oooh cloaks. Good idea. I actually have one. It's a hobbit cloak that doubles as a jedi cloak. But it's not cool enough to wear any other time than the midnight premiere of lotr. And it's not even that warm.

[sprunkle.livejournal.com]

Cloaks, much like hoodie sweaters with the kangaroo pouches, allow you unfettered scratching access. You can scratch wherever you want without fear of social ostracization. I think this idea could take off, Cleolinda!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

See, this is what I'm sayin'. Get Tommy Hilfiger to invent us a new cloak line for the winter season and go to town.