July 16, 2007

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

In search of the Alpha Mom.
Posted by Ann Althouse at 1:14 PM
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7 comments:

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

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