They call it conformation for a reason.
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Well, the dogs within in each breed all look pretty much the same, too.
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There must have been a sale on that dress by the Hotel Pennsylvania where a lot of the show folks stay during Westminster. 🙂
I am so dog-centric. I didn’t realize they were wearing the same outfit until I read the comments. Here I am looking & looking at the dogs & trying to get the joke. I didn’t even glance at the handlers. X-D
ditto Anna.
I have learned a lot from this blog but that was a cheap shot not worthy of the mind of the person who took it.
Handler’s attire should be IRRELEVANT!!!!!!
It’s just a funny little observation! The outfit is actually quite nice. But it does boggle the mind if you run the odds of two handlers wearing the same outfit both getting to the Group round and being back-to-back so that they can appear in the same photo.
It’s called a joke, Jen.
Like the joke that goes: “how many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?” Answer: “That’s not funny.”
If two male handlers showed up in the same attire no one would notice. But it’s a joke that two females do. Go figure.
Personally, I’d prefer if everyone did their showing in coveralls with a blue work shirt to make sure attention goes to the dog. I gave up showing, among many other reasons, cause I hate to doll-up. And that is one (conservatively) dolled up outfit, or should I say, two matching dolled up outfits.
That’s because men almost always show up in the exact same attire. In fact, the more formal the event the more conformity there is among men’s outfits. It’s not funny because it’s not unexpected and because men don’t make a huge deal out of it.
And the answer to that question is ZERO, because a feminist who blames all men for mostly harmless cultural behaviors that are propagated by women doesn’t change anything.
How many Feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
12!
One to blame the phallo-centric culture for suppressing women through the creation of artificial light.
One to blame the man who invented lights that burn out so often.
One to deconstruct the light bulb as a phallic symbol.
One to conclude that “screwing it in” is a metaphor for rape.
One to blame men for not changing the bulb themselves.
One to blame men for historically changing the bulbs instead of allowing a woman to do it.
One to blame men for creating a society that discourages women from changing light bulbs.
One to blame men for creating a society where women change too many light bulbs.
One to advocate that light bulb changers should have wage parity with electricians.
One to alert the media that women are now “out-light-bulbing” men.
One to take pictures for her blog to document that men are unnecessary.
And…
One to change the bulb.
This is why show people are such a joke to so many… We need to stop taking ourselves so seriously… I love this picture, I was trying to get a picture of the outfit that was worn by at least 5 different people on the Monday of the Garden while they were standing next to each other. Male handlers pretty much dress the same as each other all the time.
I find it amusing considering the caption, in no way was it presented as a joke, more as irony.
Oh, puh-leeze.
Both of those women are wearing attractive, appropriately fitted dresses. The joke is that they are wearing the same dress; ‘conformity’, get it?
As for the handlers attire being ‘irrelevant’, yes, it is supposed to be, but I can guarantee you that the show community gets as big a laugh out of handlers wearing, shall we say, unflattering or inappropriate outfits as outsiders do.
Even the male handlers get in on it. I remember this win quite clearly (note the caption):
http://www.afghansofgrandeur.com/pubs/ahr01_tryst01.html
I also remember showing in the rain many years ago, and my glasses were so heavily beaded up that I was grateful for the screamingly bright turquoise jacket the male handler in front of me was wearing. All I had to do was follow that jacket.
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That is just absolutely FABULOUS. I think if I ever show, I might do it in an Elvis costume.
I saw the wrong spelling before the dresses. Hmm…