Earlier models, which tried to use water flow and plant growth to explain how the tiger bush got its stripes, failed to account for all but the simplest patterns.
In a recent Forbes post, Tara Tiger Brown argues that fake geeks and poseurs of all stripes should just butt out of her world and stop trying to pretend.
It got a boost in 2003 when Uma Thurman appeared in the movie Kill Bill decked out in Tiger wear -- a yellow sweatsuit and a pair of gold-colored Onitsuka Taichi sneakers with black stripes.