Robot Clothes

Robot in a window, Soho NYC

I have a great new business idea. Robot clothes. Here is the problem: All of the clothes are designed for humans—and they don’t even tend to fit very well. Imagine being a robot and needing a new outfit. Where would you go?

Walking along a crowded sidewalk in the cold, I suddenly realized that I had just walked past a robot in a store window. I backtracked and took a photo for my kids. When I showed them, they were excited. “Did you get one!?” they asked. This robot was larger than human sized and decorative, I said. They waited fairly patiently for more. They clearly wanted me to explain why I had not gotten it anyway.

“It wasn’t a robot store,” I tried again. “It was a clothing store.”

“Did it have robot clothes!?!” They asked. Now they were excited. The logic was definitely there.

It never occurred to me to open a store for robot attire. I am a boring adult, but I’m trying to do better.