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PHOTOS: The Many Styles Of Darwin The Ikea Monkey

by Hilary George-Parkin | 10:13 am, December 13th, 2012

If you’re like us, you’ve been gleefully following the story of Darwin, the seven-month-old rhesus macaque found wandering around a Toronto Ikea this weekend wearing a tiny shearling coat, pretty much since the moment it broke. A coat-wearing monkey! In an Ikea! This is the stuff internet dreams are made of.

Naturally, Darwin became a meme in about no time flat, popping up in everything from Lion King scenes to paparazzi shots with Lindsay Lohan.

But the real icing on the cake is the latest development. The National Post kindly tipped us off Darwin’s whole wardrobe of nifty threads. Not only can he work a shearling with just as much aplomb as Jordan Catalano (no small feat, you know), but he also gives fellow Canadian Justin Bieber a run for his overall-wearing money. Maybe that means the next stop for Darwin should be a meet-and-greet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper — although we’re certain that he, unlike the Biebs, would at least have the curtesy to break out his best suit and tie.

Check out Darwin’s enviable wardrobe below and just try to tell us he isn’t the most stylish primate you’ve ever laid eyes on:


[National Post]



  • Anonymous

    Reportedly Darwin has been taken away from his owners (parents) because having him is illegal. That is unfortunate, Darwin is supposedly only 7-months old and appears to have been treated like a child, which is both nice and I just realized possibly very wrong… I have a movie in my Netflix queue that I’d seen a “making of” about, how many years ago Australia had an official policy to forcibly (if necessary) remove aboriginal children from their villages so they could be placed in schools to be given the same education as other children – apparently the thinking was it’d be “better” for them to be ripped from their families and cultural environment. I suppose it could be argued while we may think Darwin is better off being treated like a child it could also be argued its a disservice to him since inevitably at some point in his life he’ll be treated like a monkey. I wish him the best regardless, and feel bad that such a young child/monkey may be forced to radically change his daily life.

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