<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of <i>Gothamist</i> (New York City, New York) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://gothamist.com/2015/08/06/cat_fashion_donts.php#photo-5">http://gothamist.com/2015/08/06/cat_fashion_donts.php#photo-5</a></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div><h1 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: inherit; font-size: 30px; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-condensed-1, ff-meta-web-pro-condensed-2, sans-serif !important; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">Photos: Worst Cat Fashion Show EVER?</h1><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I think this year is going to be good again!" I naively told a coworker, after receiving information about this year's Cat Fashion Show at the Algonquin Hotel. Back in 2010, the event debuted with <a href="http://gothamist.com/2010/08/12/cat_fashion_show.php" sl-processed="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">a huge celebratory runway show</a>, dazzling feline fashions, celebrity guests, and even Animal Planet host (and, oddly, my ex-boyfriend) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wae6UWp4z0&t=0m9s" target="_blank" title="Opens in a new window" sl-processed="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">John Fulton</a> at the mic. It was a dream situation for all of the Veronica Corningstones out there. Champagne was popped as cats happily pranced down the runway.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Things took a turn <a href="http://gothamist.com/2010/08/12/cat_fashion_show.php" sl-processed="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">in 2011</a>, however. There were fewer cats, the runway was ditched, and participants sat on tables or huddled in their human's arms. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://gothamist.com/2012/08/09/cat_fashion_show_1.php" sl-processed="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">In 2012</a>, we entered the darkest days of the cat fashion show world. That year the cats were brought upstairs and put on display in cages in a single hotel room. They shared clothes. There was no prance in their step, or if there was, we didn't see it, because of those cages. We hoped this low point would propel organizers to go all out in 2013. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2013: <a href="http://gothamist.com/2013/08/08/photos_cat_fashion_show.php" sl-processed="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">same</a>. Worse, even.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In 2014 the cats started to turn on the humans, going Full Cat with <a href="http://gothamist.com/2014/08/03/photos_cat_fashion_shows.php#photo-10" sl-processed="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">completely disaffected</a> and annoyed expressions. The interest in cat fashion shows wasn't waning though, and media and attendees were still turning up. Surely things would get better next year.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So here we are, 2015. The Year of the Return of the Cat Fashion Show, at last? It certainly seemed that would be the case—the invitation declared that the event would be back in the lobby area, the booze would be flowing, the cats would be uncaged, and special costumes were made to match the theme: first responders. Members of the NYPD would be on hand, as would the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals. Also: cake. "I think this year is going to be good again!"</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But the cats didn't get the memo. <a href="http://gothamist.com/tags/matilda" sl-processed="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Hostess Matilda</a> didn't even show up. The cats were over it. The cats sent us their own message, and there was no need for words. The cats were... sedated, maybe? Sad, certainly.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Photos . . .</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_01.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_01.jpg</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_02.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_02.jpg</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_03.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_03.jpg</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; 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padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_20.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_20.jpg</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_21.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_21.jpg</a></span></p></div><div>-------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>