# Cats Wearing Tights Cats Wearing Tights is a 2013 single-topic Tumblr called Meowfit of The Day, started by Swedish blogger Katja Wulff, who photographed her Siamese cat Gucci posed in stuffed leggings. The blog went viral in early November 2013 after Tastefully Offensive and BuzzFeed picked it up, spawning a week of press coverage across pet and pop-culture blogs. ## Overview Cats Wearing Tights is a single-topic photo blog featuring a Siamese cat named Gucci posed in stuffed leggings and pantyhose, so the cat appears to be a small creature wearing snug human bottoms[1]. The blog is titled Meowfit of The Day, a pun on the fashion phrase 'outfit of the day.' The concept borrows directly from the earlier Chinese photo fad Dogs Wearing Pantyhose, swapping in a decidedly less thrilled feline model[5]. Each image usually places Gucci against ordinary indoor backdrops, with the humor sitting in the strange silhouette of a compact cat body extended by long, awkwardly stuffed pantyhose[3]. The visual gag reads instantly, which is why the blog worked as a Tumblr rather than a long-form joke. ## How It Spread The blog stayed under the radar until November 2nd, 2013, when Tastefully Offensive published a compilation of Gucci in tights that pulled more than 100,000 Tumblr notes in its first 48 hours[4]. On November 3rd, BuzzFeed ran a feature titled 'Meet Gucci, The Cat Who Wears Tights,' which pushed the images out to a much wider audience[3]. Coverage cascaded the following day. Laughing Squid[8], io9, Huffington Post[7] and The Daily Dot[6] all posted about Wulff's blog within the same 24-hour window on November 4th. Later in the month, E! Online[9] and Uproxx[10] added their own write-ups, and the phrase 'Meowfit of The Day' started appearing in almost every weekly pet roundup on the pop-culture blog circuit. ## How to Use Posts typically frame Gucci from the front with the hind legs inserted into stuffed pantyhose or bright leggings, staged like a mock 'outfit of the day' fashion post[1]. Fans copying the format often pair a bored-looking cat with a solid-color pair of tights and a plain background so the shape of the cat-plus-legwear reads clearly[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Cats Wearing Tights? It's a photo series by Swedish blogger Katja Wulff of her Siamese cat Gucci dressed in stuffed leggings, posted to the Tumblr Meowfit of The Day starting in October 2013[1]. ### Where did Cats Wearing Tights come from? Katja Wulff and her boyfriend Dan came up with the idea as a prank on their cat and launched the blog on October 22nd, 2013[2]. ### What does Cats Wearing Tights mean? The joke plays on the visual absurdity of a small cat with elongated, stuffed human legwear, riffing on the earlier Chinese Dogs Wearing Pantyhose fad[5]. ### How do you use Cats Wearing Tights? Posts typically show the cat from the front with its hind legs slipped into stuffed pantyhose or leggings, styled like a mock 'outfit of the day' fashion shot[1]. ### Is Cats Wearing Tights still popular? The series peaked in early November 2013 after coverage from Tastefully Offensive and BuzzFeed, and it's remembered as a classic single-topic pet Tumblr[3]. ## References 1. [https://meowfitoftheday.tumblr.com/]() 2. [https://metro.co.uk/2013/11/06/cats-wearing-tights-is-a-thing-need-we-say-more-4174829/]() 3. [https://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/meet-gucci-the-cat-who-wears-tights]() 4. [https://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2013/11/cats-wearing-tights.html]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cats-wearing-tights]() 6. [https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/cats-wearing-tights-photos/]() 7. [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cats-wearing-tights_n_4213028]() 8. [https://laughingsquid.com/hilarious-photos-of-cats-wearing-tights-by-meowtfit/]() 9. [https://www.eonline.com/news/478854/cats-wearing-tights-is-your-new-favorite-thing-on-the-internet]() 10. [https://uproxx.com/webculture/cats-wearing-tights/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/cats-wearing-tights Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library