(AP Photo/Ed Ou)
Via HotelChatter.com
As a non-fan of clothed animals, I’d file this photo, and its accompanying Feline Fashion Show, under “creepy.”
However, stepping past the initial reaction - and my slightly paranoid fear of dressed four-legged friends, it’s a clever way to market a traditional hotel with an offbeat mascot - a 13-year-old cat named Matilda, promote a worthy cause (North Shore Animal League) AND sell $20 martinis.
But I can’t help thinking that the photographed feline was hoping for a glamorama outfit that was a wee bit more slimming…
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August 14th, 2008 - 10:45 am
Whatever we may feel, the public clearly likes anything to do with pets. Sales of all kinds of pet gear and supplies have been skyrocketing for years.
And in my years of newspapering, I can tell you that either a cute or a sad pet story was sure to get huge reader response.
We’d get more calls and e-mails over a mistreated dog than we would over a murdered baby.
August 15th, 2008 - 2:13 pm
I guess they had to dress that cat up, since without its fur it was naked. Yeesh!