Toby sent me this picture of someone who won the ugly sweater contest wherever he was at yesterday-
Well it seems like the whole ugly sweater contest has officially jumped the shark. You wanna know the precise moment when the formerly cool ugly sweater contest fad jumped the shark? Well let me tell you- It’s when cottage industries all over the place started producing “Official Ugly Sweaters” for mass marketing in department stores.
The whole point of Ugly sweater contests was to find one from way back in your closet or your dad’s closet, or a thrift shop. Anyone that goes out and buys an ugly sweater new off the rack that was actually designed as being an “Ugly Sweater” does not deserve a win.
In my opinion the all time ugliest sweaters were those Coogi sweaters worn by sportscasters in the 90s-
Second point of reference determining that The Whole Ugly Sweater Contest Has Lost It’s Cool Factor?
Every single sports franchise coming out with their ugly sweater jersey-
OVER. DONE. STICK A FORK IN IT.
I’m not saying there should never be another Ugly Sweater Contest. What I Am Saying Is That Anyone That Buys An Officially Designed And Marketed AS AN UGLY SWEATER from the Get-Go Sweater, They should Not Be allowed to win the contest. Has to be vintage or get out of here with that new off the rack designed-as-an-ugly-sweater Ugly Sweater.
So Toby find that woman who took home whatever the prize was for winner of the Ugly sweater contest at your party and strip her of that title. She doesn’t deserve it. Only way she brings home the title in that contest is if no one else shows up in an ugly sweater at all.
Poll Time-
Good Morning Gloucester 
I sort of like the first one seasonal! Dave:-)
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Not so fast. Yes there were copycat crap jobs but Some of the authentic Vintage Coogi sweaters were works of art, I recently sold mine on eBay and got all my money back. I also wore crazy Hawaiian shirts giving seminars back then. Back Then they had the D.I.L.LI.G.A.F attitude.
My wife also likes vintage clothes from Bananas.
As to manufactured ugly sweaters, I completely agree. Merchandising crap is not my thing either.
Cheers
Jim
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At last someone finally nailed it. I mean really, making an ugly sweater defeats the whole purpose. And frankly, they aren’t that ugly. They could even be considered almost cool in a geeky nerdy way. And there are good purposes for some of those sweaters, similar to the one in the photo. Grandmothers find them most useful. So do elementary school teachers. The ugly factor is present in something totally unexpected-predictable does not equal ugly.
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