Saturday, March 22, 2008

Husky.

Children's department store, downtown Brooklyn.

There are kinder, gentler ways to advertise clothing for large children, no? I'm sure they were strained to come up with a euphemism for fat, but if I'd been a big kid, I think I would rather have been called just fat instead of husky. Husky implies a rough nature, gruff voice, and (if a woman) manliness. I have not been into this store, but I imagine the "husky" section to be a wonderland of XXL camouflage pants, gun or animal-themed T-shirts that fall to one's knees, and oversize sweats with stretchy elastic. Poor kids.

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