Okay, so I saw this article in the Wall Street Journal and I had to bark with laughter. Seriously? The snood? Any dog lover worth her weight in biscuits knows that the snood has been around for decades…for dogs.
I’m not kidding you about this. Freshly-groomed show dogs — or pet dogs with long ears or fur around their ears — get their style all funky when they take a drink of water or eat out of their bowls. Their ears flop into the food/water, and you end up with gunk and crusties all over their grooming job. Getting it out is like trying to untangle a six-year old’s knotted hair. No fun. Enter the snood. It tucks the ears up securely, letting pooch eat and drink and owner not freak out.
So…all the gals in Paris and New York are wearing snoods now. Do we dare draw parallels between the world of high fashion and the show ring at Madison Square? Oh, we dare.
Just when you thought that was weird enough, it gets better. According to the article, designers don’t like the name snood. Too provincial. They’d prefer “infinity scarf.” Now you look at that photo, above, of the springer spaniel in her infinity scarf. Look at the thoughtful, dreamy look in her eyes. I kind of think she’s considering it an infinity scarf more than a snood.
It works for me. Kate Moss could totally go Best In Show with an infinity snood, don’t you think?
