Althouse: "Young, hip, professional, busy, prosperous enough to spend $500 on wool for a sweater."

July 16, 2007

Eli Blake said...: Hey, you can get decent sweaters for less than that if you know where to look, or you can anticipate them becoming available.

For example, I expect that very soon the McCain campaign will be having a fire sale on sweaters.; 7/16/07, 1:55 PM
Icepick said...: I first read that as "preposterous enough to spend $500 on wool for a sweater". Makes more sense that way....; 7/16/07, 3:20 PM
hdhouse said...: particularly in the summer...now that is disposable cash.

i think about the civil war guys marching around in wool uniforms in georgia....yucckos; 7/16/07, 4:58 PM
ricpic said...: I always wanted a reindeer sweater.; 7/16/07, 5:05 PM
Ann Althouse said...: $500 and you still have to knit it to get a sweater.; 7/16/07, 5:46 PM
Jennifer said...: If these prices are an indication of what happens when a hobby goes trendy, I sure hope cross stitching stays dorky forever.; 7/16/07, 6:11 PM
Galvanized said...: Just what I thought -- you pay $500 and STILL have to knit your own sweater! Are they assuming that these women don't value their money or their time? Alpha moms are smarter than that.; 7/19/07, 11:21 AM