travelweasel

Everyone in Seattle owns, and usually carries around, three items: a rain coat, an umbrella, and a pair of rain boots. And you should see the variety they come in! Sold in every shop, on every street corner.I was impressed by the fashion sense of Seattle-ites. Well, impressed considering the conditions, and the conditions are Rain. It isn’t always pouring rain in Seattle - if it was, people probably just wouldn’t go outside. It’s more like walking around in a cloud. Sometimes it’s misty, and sometimes the mist coagulates to make little rain drops. So there isn’t a good excuse to stay inside, but it’s a good idea to be prepared for precipitation. And the good people of Seattle are. I personally hate these rubberized rain necessities. I think they’re ugly, and I don’t think that ugliness should be ignored or covered up by bright flowers or polka-dots. I think the ugliness of rain gear should be embraced by designs that make the items more ugly so that they can perhaps become so ugly that they’re actually interesting to look at. It’s like trying to hide a bad smell with air freshener - it just makes things worse. You might as well just smell the smell for what it is. Not sure if that made any sense, but my point is that the most fashionable people in Seattle wear rain gear that is deliberately ugly. 

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