Thanks to Crochet me Tech Editor Julie for the link to the No-Poncho Pledge.

"In that instant you realize that your life it has been wasted on this loser of the fashion. Worse, thanks to the ubiquity of the digital cameras, for the next twenty years you will have to look at the family photos in which you appear to be the over-stuffed sofa covered with the homemade afghan."

It would seem that the Martha poncho is at least sparking a more vocal backlash. Now, I'm not totally opposed to the poncho. Not all the time. Crafted creatively, the poncho can be a practical fashion statement. But let's all admit, shall we, that the fad has already run for a couple of seasons and it's time to move on to something new.