Hello Fellow Travelers!
Again, this week I thought I would write about something important: This Week: Why Brain Tumors? Then I heard about this:
What was it you ask? I both saw and heard Chip Wilson. And just who is Chip Wilson? A reasonable question. Chip Wilson is a soon-to-be ex-purveyor of high-end yoga attire. I still believe that the original gift-that-keeps-giving, Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford, will give this Grinch a Very Merry and set himself ablaze like a yule log (on crack) in some alcohol-drug fueled incident. (Before you judge, I only expect Ford to have his eyebrows slightly singed. Because, let's call it here, once you freely admit to smoking crack, you're pretty much done. With everything. Call it holiday hope!) Back to the subject... Perhaps the douchiest (I don't know if that's a word, but it should be if it isn't) comment of 2013 was coughed up by ol' Chip Wilson, purveyor of overpriced/undersized yoga clothes. He actually said in an interview, on camera, "Not all women can wear our clothes; their bodies don't work! " Excuse me? What did he just say? Oh no, he didn't! Oh, yes, he did! In the Paula Deeniest moment of 2013 (the Paula Deen year), Mr. Wilson made a remark on television sitting next to his wife and business partner that was so offensive I had to hear it three times. What did Bobo the Chipper say? "(Our clothes) don't work on some women."
There are three areas you don't touch or ask a woman and live to tell about it. You never ask a lady her age. You never touch a woman's hair. And you never, ever, comment on a ladies' size! Ever! No comment positive, or God forbid, negative, in any way should ever be made! Everyone knows this! Everyone except one blissfully unaware founder of a yogawear company! Mrs. Wilson (we'll see how long she remains Mrs. Wilson) looked as stunned as the interviewers when ol' Chipper started in on his "our clothes don't work on some women" malarkey. The only way this irrefutable "law of life" could be any more irrefutable would be if you were trying to sell expensive yoga pants to females in a double digit size! Now the hackles of all females are up! And the plus size girls? They are not shopping at Lululemon in droves. I had never even heard of this brand or store (LuluLemon), and I intend to start a boycott on general principle. $100 for stupid yoga pants? Where do I sign? Where do I never shop and tell everyone I know never to shop? Lululemon, that's where! Lululemon, where I won't be spending a ridiculous amount of money; where I'll tell everyone online to not part with dollar #1 at Lululemon.com, for the rest of my life! Big mistake, Mr.Wilson. Huge! Who's with me? Who isn't? I thought so!
To add insult to insult LuluLemon founder Chip Wilson was on TV defending his companies' decision to use a different fabric in making their pants. Their customers were not happy with the change and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson took to the airwaves to bring their answers directly to their customers when Mr. Wilson made those unfortunate remarks. The Chipster issued some half-baked, half-assed, half-hearted, half-something that was supposed to serve as an apology. It appeased absolutely no one but started a whole other firestorm of debate over whether or not it was appropriate or sufficient (it was neither) but that's a bell you can't unring; it really doesn't matter what he says.
I have to admit it's been a long time since anyone offended me in such an "in your face" manner. Message received! That dude threw down a gauntlet practically insisting I don't purchase anything from Lululemon. Maybe the economy has recovered while I've been trying to, and Lululemon doesn't want my business. Good for them! It seems stupid and short-sighted to me, but maybe they're trying some new, reverse marketing campaign known only to themselves, so... Good for them! Remember, it's Lululemon, and their founder actually verbalized the following: "The selection in sizes over (12) is less because in the larger sizes the thighs rub together!" OK, I hate him. Chip Wilson is pretty despicable and clueless. He's no Hitler! I've been watching Hitler all week and feel more convinced than ever that there was Hitler and then there was everybody else, usually German...
Again, this week I thought I would write about something important: This Week: Why Brain Tumors? Then I heard about this:
What was it you ask? I both saw and heard Chip Wilson. And just who is Chip Wilson? A reasonable question. Chip Wilson is a soon-to-be ex-purveyor of high-end yoga attire. I still believe that the original gift-that-keeps-giving, Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford, will give this Grinch a Very Merry and set himself ablaze like a yule log (on crack) in some alcohol-drug fueled incident. (Before you judge, I only expect Ford to have his eyebrows slightly singed. Because, let's call it here, once you freely admit to smoking crack, you're pretty much done. With everything. Call it holiday hope!) Back to the subject... Perhaps the douchiest (I don't know if that's a word, but it should be if it isn't) comment of 2013 was coughed up by ol' Chip Wilson, purveyor of overpriced/undersized yoga clothes. He actually said in an interview, on camera, "Not all women can wear our clothes; their bodies don't work! " Excuse me? What did he just say? Oh no, he didn't! Oh, yes, he did! In the Paula Deeniest moment of 2013 (the Paula Deen year), Mr. Wilson made a remark on television sitting next to his wife and business partner that was so offensive I had to hear it three times. What did Bobo the Chipper say? "(Our clothes) don't work on some women."
There are three areas you don't touch or ask a woman and live to tell about it. You never ask a lady her age. You never touch a woman's hair. And you never, ever, comment on a ladies' size! Ever! No comment positive, or God forbid, negative, in any way should ever be made! Everyone knows this! Everyone except one blissfully unaware founder of a yogawear company! Mrs. Wilson (we'll see how long she remains Mrs. Wilson) looked as stunned as the interviewers when ol' Chipper started in on his "our clothes don't work on some women" malarkey. The only way this irrefutable "law of life" could be any more irrefutable would be if you were trying to sell expensive yoga pants to females in a double digit size! Now the hackles of all females are up! And the plus size girls? They are not shopping at Lululemon in droves. I had never even heard of this brand or store (LuluLemon), and I intend to start a boycott on general principle. $100 for stupid yoga pants? Where do I sign? Where do I never shop and tell everyone I know never to shop? Lululemon, that's where! Lululemon, where I won't be spending a ridiculous amount of money; where I'll tell everyone online to not part with dollar #1 at Lululemon.com, for the rest of my life! Big mistake, Mr.Wilson. Huge! Who's with me? Who isn't? I thought so!
To add insult to insult LuluLemon founder Chip Wilson was on TV defending his companies' decision to use a different fabric in making their pants. Their customers were not happy with the change and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson took to the airwaves to bring their answers directly to their customers when Mr. Wilson made those unfortunate remarks. The Chipster issued some half-baked, half-assed, half-hearted, half-something that was supposed to serve as an apology. It appeased absolutely no one but started a whole other firestorm of debate over whether or not it was appropriate or sufficient (it was neither) but that's a bell you can't unring; it really doesn't matter what he says.
I have to admit it's been a long time since anyone offended me in such an "in your face" manner. Message received! That dude threw down a gauntlet practically insisting I don't purchase anything from Lululemon. Maybe the economy has recovered while I've been trying to, and Lululemon doesn't want my business. Good for them! It seems stupid and short-sighted to me, but maybe they're trying some new, reverse marketing campaign known only to themselves, so... Good for them! Remember, it's Lululemon, and their founder actually verbalized the following: "The selection in sizes over (12) is less because in the larger sizes the thighs rub together!" OK, I hate him. Chip Wilson is pretty despicable and clueless. He's no Hitler! I've been watching Hitler all week and feel more convinced than ever that there was Hitler and then there was everybody else, usually German...
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