Apparently there is a huge shortage of black, long-sleeve turtleneck sweaters in San Francisco. Quartz reporter, Daniel Wolfe thinks that people dressing up like infamous Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes for Halloween are to blame.

According to The New York Post, Wolfe, was looking for a black turtleneck for a “Bee Movie” costume. Turns out, Uniqlo stores in a 40-mile radius were sold out of the product.

Wolfe found that both Elle and Refinery29 had recently written about Holmes as a top notch Halloween costume option. The Elle story includes a link to black turtlenecks on Everlane that are sold out in stores and only available to be shipped.

Business Insider, is reporting that other outlets — like Gap, H&M, Target and Kohl’s — are also experiencing product shortages in the area. Since Wolfe’s report, Business Insider noted that the tainted turtleneck was available near their San Francisco office, “though in ‘low stock’ at two stores.”

Holmes, failed innovation for blood-testing is described in the HBO documentary “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley,” has suggested that her attire was a way of simplifying a manageable part of her life in order to focus on her career. Back in 2015 she told Glamour magazine, “My mom had me in black turtlenecks when I was, like, 8. I probably have 150 of these. [It’s] my uniform.”

She set herself up.

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