Toga! toga! toga!

The tunic-style looks almost wearable on the beach or something. But the toga style just doesn't look at all awesome.

So this is a bathrobe for people with style?

Youtube has the infomercial, too:

My baby has a wearable towel with a frog hood.

I think that is the maximum age for wearable towels. If the frog hood makes you look stupid instead of incredibly adorable, you are outside the age range for this product type.

@ajlei: I dunno... the way I see it, it will be too hot and bothersome to wear when before you get in the water; and too damp and heavy after you get out.

Just as I had a robe as an answer to the Snuggie, I also have a terry robe as an answer for the Wearable Towel...

Mind you, I can't wrap a towel around me...I don't have a large enough towel. But I'm pretty sure this would just look stupid on me...and about everyone except for the Adonis wearing it toga style. (And he's only pulling it off because he's fit. Now imagine overweight speedo man, or grandma in one of those things.)

...So, how much do we have to donate to Consumerist to get THIS tested?

oh no...please...no

@catskyfire: Actually, I think they should test this. And I would actually make a donation.

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): idk girl, i can think of some people who would look adorable in a froggy towel at any age.

like morgan freeman. awww, morgan freeman in a froggy-hood towel!

Oh crap, my birthday is coming up, and my mom hasn't asked me what I want...

*cringe*

@albear: TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!!!

Lovin' the guy in the toga!!!!

Is this Towelie's punishment for shooting Oprah in the cooch?

Ok - We can save and look bad at the same time:

1: Go to walmart buy $4 towel.
2: Cut 3 holes one of the long sides.
3: Save $15.95 and continue to look retarded.

will Consumerist be testing them for the next Tip Jar campaign? :D

I actually had a terry cloth shirt when I used to paddle every day. It was perfect, light enough to wear when its hot out on my way to the beach, and warm enough to throw on after paddling for 2-3 hours at practice and head home. I also know several girls who wear similar shirts over their bathing suits so they dont walk around in a bikini.

@supercereal: Holy crap I thought she was naked.

Why, oh why, did that director allow the first model to wear a skintone bra? She totally looks like she's checking out her own boobs while she can't figure out how to use a towel.

Seriously, while this thing might (MIGHT!) have some convenience factor, the whole "towels are too complicated" marketing pitch doesn't really fly.

While I certainly won't line up to get one, I have to admit, it's really quite a clever idea. I like it, just not enough to get me to spend $20 + S&H without knowing the thread count and quality (hey, is it a sin to like really, really, good premium towels?).

@mmmsoap: No kidding...at first I was, like, "Woah, what?!" Then I was, like, "Oh, not!" Got my attention though.

I have seen the future... and it is absorbent.

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): My baby has a Hippo-head towel, so cuuute! But yeah, I wouldn't make her wear it past the age of 3

"...the next Tip Jar campaign..." OH GAUD

A terrycloth bathrobe would work just as well and be a little less Greek-retro.

Two Words. Bath Robe. That's all it is, but unlike bath robes that look totaly awesome around the house, these look rediculus.

@Newman!!!!: Awww hippo! I've only seen the froggy and ducky-hood towels...perhaps a monkey? I can't remember..but yes, cuuuute!

@mmmsoap: I know three people who would fall for that pitch. Sometimes I feel the urge to protect them when we go shopping.

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): Hooded towels are the epitome of cuteness.

@greyer: Just buy them helmets already.

Just wait till the Beckhams (ESPECIALLY Victoria) start wearing them...then EVEYONE will be on the new 'to-GAH!' bus!

Oh mr. Belushi, we hardly knew that thou was such a profit of style.

@yagisencho: In best Mom voice, "Oh, honey, I'm sure you'll LOVE what I got you..."

They need a better name than Wearable Towel. It just doesn't resonate.
Towelabunga, say.
Or Robe-ga, for instance.

Oh wait, almost forgot: My eyes. MY EYES. Oh GAWDS please scoop out my EYES!"

@albear, DMXParsons: beat me to it :/

@dohtem: This is the bathrobe for the same people who think crocs are stylish.

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): My boyfriend has a Darth Vader hooded towel. It is incredibly too small for him and he had to tear it a little bit to fit it over his head, but I think it is hilarious and adorable... but I guess if I didn't know him I wouldn't see it in the same light.

@gStein: Please make it stop?
Nothing is over - until WE DECIDE it is!
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

@Coach Cal Is My Dream Weaver: ha ha I did too. For a second I was like "Whoa! Whoa!"

just make it stop, infomercial gods. please. i will make a burnt offering if that helps.

@greyer: Don't forget the spit shield.

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!):My 1 year old daughter has a pink bunny head towel. She wraps herself up in it after a bath and hops around the house saying "Boing! Boing! Boing!"

I tried it once when I was home alone. It didn't quite cover all.

@FuryOfFirestorm: I laughed. :)

@Trai_Dep: "Towelabunga" gives that first lady a new moniker:
Towel on, Towel off.

@jharrell:

Or sew two towels together and use the hand towel to make the straps.

Seriously, this thing looks homemade.

@xtc46 - thinksmarter on twitter: I have a terrycloth robe thing with straps that make it more secure than wrapping a towel around yourself. It's convenient and only slightly dorky.

@yagisencho:

My birthday is tomorrow and my sister said she got me a present. She likes to "surprise" me.

God, I hope it's not a Snuggie. Although if she got me the SlapChop I would love it.

All we need now is a Wearable Sham Wow to round out the list of Absurd Gifts No One Wants.

@ajlei: Tunic style just looks like a terry cloth swimsuit coverup, which definitely already exists. And yeah, toga style looks rather goofy.

ROFL. They only show the guys wearing it tunic style and they all look like Flintstones characters.