The Meteorologist Dress
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About
The Meteorologist Dress refers to a women's garment which was worn by a large number of television meteorologists after being posted to a private Facebook group in November 2015.
Origin
On November 21st, 2015, meteorologist Jennifer Myers from the Fox 4 News television station in Dallas, Texas posted a collage of female meteorologists wearing the same dress on Facebook,[1] claiming an Amazon[2] page for the garment had been posted to a private Facebook group for weather forecasters (shown below). Within two week, the post gathered upwards of 700 likes and 200 shares.
Spread
The same day, the photo collage was reposted by Redditor WXGirl83 to the /r/funny[3] subreddit, where it gained over 8,200 votes (97% upvoted) and 2,600 comments. On November 22nd, the technology news blog Tech Insider[5] published an article about the dress. On November 30th, NPR[4] broadcast an interview with meteorologist April Warnecke from Good Morning Arizona on 3TV in Phoenix, Arizona, who discussed the dress and its wide adoption by meteorologists.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Facebook – Meteorologist Jennifer Myers
[2] Amazon – Homeyee Womens Stretch Tunic Pencil Sheath Dress U837
[3] Reddit – This is what happens when you post a link to a $23 dress on Amazon
[4] NPR – On the Forecast
[5] Tech Insider – Female meteorologists around the country are obsessed with the same exact dress
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