Speaking of indigenous problems...

For years I have wanted to invent a "snowskirt" ... a stylish set of snowpants that accomodates a skirt or dress without wrinkling it, and that a downtown office gal could wear with pride and elegance as she rides the elevator up to her floor.

For those of us who like walking to work but don't like freezing our butts off, skirts and dresses stay parked in the closet until spring cause they just don't work with snowpants. And snowpants look ridiculous in the elevator, as if you just tobogganed to work. Plus they make a loud swishing noise that sounds very unprofessional.