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Toddler ’tude: Pimpfants pushes tyke-trash style
Boston Herald ^ | 5/3/06 | Beth Teitell

Posted on 05/03/2006 5:49:15 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but bring back the ‘‘My grandma went to Florida and all I got was this lousy T-shirt” kidswear. Anything’s better than the latest attempt to fashion victimize children: Pimpfants wear. As in ‘‘pimp” plus ‘‘infant.” Britney wannabes - rev up your credit cards, there’s a double-wide load of styles to choose from. There’s the winsome ‘‘Baby Beater” tank tops, the mini basketball uniform with ‘‘Jr. Pimp Squad” across the jersey or the T-shirts that read ‘‘My Mom Is a MILF.” (I’d explain MILF, but this is a family newspaper.) Speaking of families, parents who dress their kids in Pimpfants might as well start saving for pole-dancing lessons - and therapy sessions - now. I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure the kids aren’t begging for the stuff. ‘‘But mom, all the other toddlers have ‘Pimpfant’ onesies.” Where does such design genius come from? I had the pleasure of speaking with the brainchild behind Pimpfants Inc. yesterday, as one Jared Parsons explained his eureka moment. A former skateboarder, he was shopping for clothes for his first son, who’s now 5 and quite a fashion plate. ‘‘I wanted him to dress how me and my friends dress,” Parsons said, ‘‘but it’s hard to find baby clothes like that.” Gee, I wonder why. Parsons and his friends use the word ‘‘pimp” to mean ‘‘styling,” he explained, and just as he was wishing he could buy his infant some styling clothes it came to him: Pimpfants. ‘‘Wow,” he said to himself, ‘‘that’s a really good idea.” How good? Well yesterday, after word of Pimpfants wear hit the Drudge Report Web site, the server got more hits than it could handle. Parsons sounded so nice I almost felt bad asking him about, you know, matters of taste. ‘‘We are getting a lot of positive feedback,” he said. And those who are horrified at the thought of a child wearing a shirt that says ‘‘pimp”? It’s simply a matter of understanding the new lingo. ‘‘A lot of people have trouble thinking of the word ‘pimp’ without associating it with someone on the street.” Funny, that. Meanwhile, Parsons said he plans to introduce some new, top-secret designs at a trade show in - where else? - Las Vegas in August. I don’t know about you, but I’m hoping for some chewing tobacco in strained-pea flavor, a baby-bottle cap based on those beer hats that hold two cans and deliver the goods via hose to the wearer’s mouth, and a mullet toupee for the baby without hair. If I had a bit more gumption, I’d put together a Pimpfant-wearing infant rap group. You know, TWA - Toddlers With Attitude.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: pimpbaby
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To: 6SJ7


Even scarier, these parents thinks there is nothing wrong with this crap.....it's innocent "fun"!


21 posted on 05/03/2006 6:21:19 AM PDT by dcnd9
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To: Comstock1

T-Shirt Hell has some unbelievably tasteless stuff.

(But I do have to agree. Some of those baby shirts are pretty funny. 'All mommy wanted was a backrub".

("Now that I'm Safe, I'm Pro-Choice" should be given to all Liberals who have newborns. )


22 posted on 05/03/2006 6:24:09 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: dcnd9

23 posted on 05/03/2006 6:27:04 AM PDT by petercooper (Cemeteries & the ignorant - comprising 2 of the largest Democrat voting blocs for the past 75 years.)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

YO Yo yo....Sup? You got to be down with the shorties, nome sayin? You know you got to keep yo pimp hand strong and what not.


24 posted on 05/03/2006 6:29:26 AM PDT by Fred911 (YOU GET WHAT YOU ACCEPT)
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To: mother22wife21
Wonder if they will make pants that say "Juicy" or the rear. Or how about "Pooper".

I recall seeing a very young teenaged girl at an amusement park with shorts that read "Bootylicious" across the back. Ugh!

25 posted on 05/03/2006 6:32:25 AM PDT by Toby06 (Make illegal immigration illegal!)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Founder and CEO, Velvet Jones.


26 posted on 05/03/2006 6:34:43 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Support American sovereignty - boycott employers of illegal aliens)
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To: FearlessFreep

"Might as well put curb feelers on their strollers."

Not to mention those spinning wheels that keep spinning when you stop.


27 posted on 05/03/2006 6:53:32 AM PDT by Pessimist
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To: Toby06
There is so much wrong with that fashion trend that it's hard to know where to start. Suffice to say, parents that allow that should not be surprised when a pedophile's attention lands on their child.
28 posted on 05/03/2006 6:53:35 AM PDT by mother22wife21 ("When preferences become principles then anything anyone chooses to do will become acceptable...")
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

The "I" in MILF stands for "I'd", which is really f'ed on your own baby's shirt.


29 posted on 05/03/2006 6:56:52 AM PDT by rattrap
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To: edpc

I see you caught that too.


30 posted on 05/03/2006 6:58:13 AM PDT by rattrap
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

OH MY WORD!

I had no idea what MILF meant so I googled it....

RAGE! RED HOT RAGE!


31 posted on 05/03/2006 7:10:40 AM PDT by eeevil conservative (DemonRATs- the CULTURE OF TREASON!)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Yeah, well, this crap's been around since the 80's. All the little girls wear then was the Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, 'early slut' look. It has only gotten worse. When American parents simply REFUSE to buy this trash for their little darlins, we might see some change, but too many parents either don't care, or they want their kids to 'look cool', so they'll buy it.

No thanks.

32 posted on 05/03/2006 7:15:49 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Don't you love it when you see entire families, from infant to adult, wearing their colors?


33 posted on 05/03/2006 7:53:01 AM PDT by VOATNOW1 (Boycott for ever)
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To: LongElegantLegs

Hey, Legs, what's up? You're missed by a lot of folks.


34 posted on 05/03/2006 9:13:06 AM PDT by Maximus of Texas (On my signal, pull my finger.)
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To: Comstock1

"All mommy wanted was a backrub"

ROFL


35 posted on 05/03/2006 2:21:19 PM PDT by yhwhsman ("Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small..." -Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: eeevil conservative

Don't be too worried. Milf also means mother I love forever.


36 posted on 05/06/2006 2:21:03 PM PDT by knowledge1
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To: Toby06

As a teacher, I made a young lady (11th grade) take off and put on another shirt. Her tee-shirt said "want a lick" across her breasts. I find this so offensive, but the young men loved it.


37 posted on 05/06/2006 2:27:54 PM PDT by jonsie
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To: knowledge1


Maybe the mother is a member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Although, that's really no better.
38 posted on 05/06/2006 2:31:21 PM PDT by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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