Sunday, May 20, 2007

you look smokin'

Do you know that Marlboro brand cigarettes make clothes? You probably don't because it's not available or even heard of in the U.S. But in Aachen of all places, that seat where Charlemagne crowned himself emperor of the Franks in 800 AD, I saw a shop hocking the casual, modern western-themed clothing. Complete with stetsons. Have to say that at least the clothes didn't look cheap. They certainly weren't.


It's amazing what a trip to Europe will reveal. A cigarette company wants to help those Europeans who got hooked in the first place because they wanted to look like American cowboys by supplying them with the rest of the look. Isn't that thoughtful?