Pet Fashion Week Part 3
August 27th, 2008
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Are you ready for some extravagance? Some crystal-encrusted, fine Corinthian-leathered, feather-trimmed, triple-milled, hand crafted, mountain spring filtered extravagance?
Welcome to Pet Fashion Week.
How do I make sense of the many wonders I encountered? It was overwhelming. Let’s start with the most basic of all dog accouterments … the dog collar. That simple band of fabric or leather.
Or not:
Bam!
Collar options ran the gamut … being part raccoon, I’m drawn to all things shiny, but I tend towards these types of collars for Zeke and Sum:
I ordered two of these Mascot collars, below, for them after attending last year’s PFW. Awesome, ain’t they? (Hey, Jeff - when are we going to work together?)
I love these dog tags (right now Z&S are saddled with those boring DIY tags from PetsMart) … this company, Rockin’ Doggie, also makes some incredibly cool people jewelery:
Now, a comfy dog bed is a necessity, not a luxury. I’m not talking about one of those flat hunter green fake sheepskin pieces of crap. I mean a soft, sink-down-and-start-dreaming dog bed. The options were plentiful - so many gorgeous beds:
Ok, this bed takes the style-factor into account, but I’m not sure about comfort (and clean-ability):
These were the closest things I saw to plain, stainless steel food bowls:
La-di-da!
This was Pet FASHION Week, so I must address the fashion element. Friends, let’s just say that I didn’t understand everything I saw. Like this, for example:
Some of the stuff was uh-mazing, some was frivolous, some was creepy. I’ll refrain from pointing out which was which and let the pictures do the talking:
Finally, let’s finish up with some random stuff.
High-end dog shampoos:
(Thanks for the brownie, Lani dude!)
Fancy dog bags:
Custom art:
And some surprisingly fashion-forward dog-themed jewelery:
Whew. I’m exhausted.
But wait, there’s more! I still have one more dispatch from PFW … I was given a sample of a product I’ve seen on TV. A few of my clients have asked me about it and now I finally get to try it on Zeke and Sumner (after I put it together in “9 easy steps”). They did a demo for me and it looks like it delivers … I know you’ve seen the commercials too. Curious? Stay tuned …
