

If that's not fashionable or trendhopping, I'm not sure what is.
I originally bought one because I thought it would make my life easier. I work from home, my wife worked out of the house towards the beginning of our son's life (though she later cut back). I figured it would be easy to hook the kid up to the sling and do
my daily typing.
It wasn't. The sling was bulky and uncomfortable. The straps dug into my shoulder, and tended to be much easier to recline with the baby laying on my chest while I typed.
Here's my point - the baby sling isn't a function item - meaning it must be a fashion accessory.
Boy oh boy, truth hurts. Maybe that's why everyone's so offended? They've been called out?
The question then becomes - what does a company do when they find that a special interest group on the Social Webs gets offended over nothing?