Wow Julie Bindel you really hate … everything
One of my entries from two January’s ago was the subject of a column by a woman named Julie Bindel at The Guardian (check out some of her other posts. She really does hate everything). Basically, she found my entry on The Snug Tug scarf look (I don’t even know where that name come from. maybe someone who was at Hugo’s that night can shed some light) and decided to make a blog entry out of it. What follows in red is what Julie wrote about her disdain for the Snug Tug:
Why do I hate it? Because:
1. Everyone does it, and you all look like sheep.
2. It looks ridiculous, and does not keep your neck warm
3. It is so obviously a high street fashion statement which makes those
who do not follow it feel as if they are still in Brutus jeans and twin
sets.
I travel a lot in central and eastern Europe, and everyone there
also seems to be following the Snug Tug. Can we not think for ourselves
anymore? Are there people right now standing by the mirror practicing
the knot, being too self conscious to ask anyone else in case it
provokes a “What! You don’t know this season’s knot?” type-response?
Those who have met me, or seen me on TV, will be aware of the fact
that following the latest fashion is not a priority for me (sorry for
the self referral, but as this is not a feminist rant, I need to give
the resident misogynists on CiF something to pick up on, such as how
women like me go around in dungarees all the time). But I have never,
ever felt so filled with rage at a latest fashion as this. I am not
certain why it causes me such high blood pressure. Am I alone? Please
help me.
Look at this entry from a Snug Tug scarf appreciation website, which might persuade you to join my “Down With Smug, Snug Tug” protest group:
My friend Ash’s friend Jamie taught a bunch of us this technique at
Hugo’s in Northampton (of all places, I know) on Friday night. We were
all wowed by the style, even fabulous scarf-knitting guru Kelly
admitted to its charmingness. I have since adopted this method for all
of my scarves. It works better on some than others. On the long, skinny
pink one that Kelly knitted for me I folded it twice for an interesting
look. Disclaimer: Please don’t be an idiot and choke yourself by
cinching it too tight.
Today I saw 3 people at the bus stop (two women and a man), of
varying ages who obviously did not know each other. They were all
wearing scarves in that way. I imagined wilfully ignoring the advice
above, and pulling each knot extremely tight, until everyone of them
swore to go back to wearing their scarves the old-fashioned way. If you
are an offender, and you see me glaring wildly at your throat, I would
suggest you run the other way.
I wish everything I wrote invited such rage. I can’t imagine getting flamed for something as stupid as the way I learned how to tie a scarf a couple of winters ago. The comments are even funnier, because some people were all “meh?” My favorite comment of all:
“It’s not a “Snug Tug scarf appreciation website” it’s one post, nearly
two years old, on a blog, and you pinched the instructions from them
without crediting them. Naughty Grauniad!”
Thank you commenter named
Actually, I’m thinking of renaming this blog The Snug Tug Scarf Appreciation Website. or STSAW for short. What do you think?
pop culture | sighclub November 5, 2006
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By Jennifer A, November 6, 2006 @ 9:34 am
Holy shamoley! That’s wild. For the record, I do the snug tug, yet I was completely unaware that it was any particular style. I figured out on my own that it was the only way I could get the damn thing to stay on my neck!
By ash, November 6, 2006 @ 11:25 am
That’s awesome. And Julie’s an idiot. It was a way to keep the scarf snug around your neck, and your neck warm. Maybe she’s doing it wrong. It’s also not a fashion statement — it’s simply practical. A fashion statement is wearing it around your head like Luke Skywalker on Hoth. Actually, that’s a fashion mistatement. Did I just sound like a gay star wars dork there? Is there even such a thing?
By ash, November 6, 2006 @ 11:29 am
Can I just say again that that’s awesome? Thanks. THAT’S AWESOME!
By Brittnie, November 7, 2006 @ 9:43 am
What a fucking bitch! AND, yes it does keep your next warm!!!
By jbo, November 7, 2006 @ 10:00 am
Good Christ what an unpleasant person. That is the blog that I always avoided having. It’s just too easy to be that way.