Status Symbols

I've never been one for labels on my clothing. Its always felt unnecessary and rather annoying in all honesty. I could never understand the logic of someone wearing a hat from Supreme that says Supreme on it and then not only not getting paid for it but rather THEM paying for it and becoming a walking billboard for fucking Supreme. I mean seriously WTF. Same goes for Louis Vuitton bags, Chanel chains, Kenzo sweaters, Nike shoes, so on and so forth. Unless you are being paid by the company to walk around as an advertisement for them or you made the fucking brand why would you do it?!?!? Literally people by the hoards are walking around the city paying brands to do free advertisement for them. In fact it's not even free advertisement because we are losing money and they are making even more money from us buying their shit and promoting other people to buy their shit and now we just have a huge stinking pile of, you guessed it, shit. 

Don't get me wrong, I understand brand loyalty and fully support it. I also get the whole concept of status symbols and people buying a Louis Vuitton bag to represent a certain lifestyle they do live or want to live but this is not about either of those things. This is about fast fashion, trends, fads, mindless shopping and blind label rep-ing.

The other day I was walking to the subway and there was a guy posted up outside wearing a Supreme logo-ed hat with a Nike logo-ed shirt, Levi logo-ed pants and Reebok logo-ed shoes. Of course his demeanor was attempting to be one of detached cool-ness but it was clearly anything but. I don't understand why anyone would want to be caught in such an embarrassing display of empty consumerism. It says nothing more to me than "Look! My personality is so bland and uninteresting that I need these labels to reassure you that I'm a cool person. I swear I know all the best places to shop."

Maybe you guys have another opinion on the matter. If so please voice, I love a challenge. 

The Aftermath

It's been a little over a week since The Experiment and like any traumatic experience the PTS is kicking in and effecting me in ways I didn't see coming. 

I'm finding myself gravitating towards black jackets, hats, jewelry and overall accent pieces; something that doesn't sound like a big deal to the rest of the world but is quite new and scary to me. Compare this to my past behavior of pairing neurotic and acidic colors to complete an outfit and you'll see that I have definitely changed in one way or another after my week of all black power dressing. This isn't a good or bad thing, just an interesting thing that has me over analyzing every single move that I make. Like an amoeba in a petri dish except I'm the amoeba and my petri dish is my wardrobe in New York City. 

Anyway's these are some photos that I took last weekend while meandering around the neighborhood. This moto-jacket is becoming my go to blazer once fall hits. My friend who is letting me borrow it for doesn't realize this yet but she is never getting it back ;) Also think I'm gonna need to get a mini motor-bike to match the jacket and of course have braids in my hair at all times. Perhaps an ornate septum and ear-to-nose chain to top it all off. Thoughts?