The next fleece craze is the Jacketfortwo: Clothes Whores

Clothes Whores: Enthusiastically examining Kansas City’s sartorial shenanigans

The Snuggie is so last year.

Heather Searls, a bartender at The Brick and at Gusto Lounge‘s Topshelf, just created the Next Big Thing in goofy-ass, cold-weather wear: Jacketfortwo. It’s a jacket that two people — two people who can stand being very close to each other — can wear at the same time. 

To be fair, it was Searls’ dad, Dave, who came up with the idea last fall. “Everyone in my family leans toward the creative side, so we all sort of jumped in to help out,” Searls says.  Her sister, Haley, made the pattern. Then, they contacted a family friend, designer Janay A, to perfect the prototype and crank out some samples. “When we saw the final product, we knew it was hilarious and functional, so we decided to go for it,” Searls says. “My dad’s a pretty funny guy.”