Prep vs Punk

Good morning, well it is morning for me when i am officially writing this. I'm going to start off today’s post with a little analysis of myself and other, I wouldn’t quite say victims of the fashion industry, teenagers who have been brainwashed by what is “cool”.

Now I wouldn’t say I am immune to this disease of everyone wearing the same thing, (vans, converse, high top socks… I swear they are everywhere at school!) I mean I have a pair of cons, but I’m a skater so it’s okay for me.

On to my analysis, I was walking through the mall in my home town, and to enter you have to walk past Skate Works. Which as you can probably guess is a skateboard shop. I looked in at my fellow skaters, but I also looked in at what seemed like a pack of apes.

The beanies and wide brimmed hats bouncing up and down as they ran around and cursed like crazy. The skaters that give guys like me a bad name. so I walked past the bouncing plaid and the way too tight skinny jeans to view the rest of the zoo.

As I turned the corner I came upon the Aeropostle crowd. The preppieness of it could drive you crazy, weird considering most of my shirts are Aeropostle… thanks bro for infecting me with the Aeropostle virus. The constant repetition of the word, Aeropostle, Aeropostle, Aeropostle, on every t-shirt, button up, jacket, sweatshirt and pair of underwear was, not frightening, but overwhelming.

Could you honestly define prep as one word simply being repeated over and over? Or was it that sense of cool you got when you walked into the store and were surrounded by the upbeat music and vibrant colors? Oh, and you mustn’t forget the custom perfumes!

So I kept moving on through the mall, past the food court, the wig counter, the shoe stores, the clock stores, all of them with their own serenity, and then suddenly loud rock/punk/screamo music comes blasting into my ears. I look right and what do I see? Why Hot Topic of course! Where the music, gothism, and don’t forget to mention twilight, is everywhere. The gauges the make up, the chains and spandex, oh it is the store my mom wish she had at sixteen.

I guess my analysis is to show all of these different fashions existing in one place. And it reminds mo of, well… me. I shop at Hot Topic, Skate Works, and Aeropostle. I use all these different elements of all these different themes from punk, prep, and poor judgment (skater), and combine them all to form my own theme, MY look.

So my overall tip today is don’t stick with one theme, because then you are labeled. Combine different things you like to create your own theme. So you can only be labeled, as you…

color invasion!

It hit me last night (as most things do) that due to the title of this blog, i should write more fashion TIPS for people and less, "this is what i want to be when i grow up" bull crap, although i will still try to do that. so that is what im going to do, give out fashion tips to the general population.

So... today's subject, or shall i say tonight since I'm actually writing this at about 11:30 P.M. by the light of my iPod is COLOR!! or more of color coordination. Im sure you have all seen it. some one dressed in all one color, or pretty damn close to it, because they are trying to match, or not put completely random things together. i completely understand that they don't want to look like a rainbow. the problem is that they don't know how to not overload.

For example, if i wanted to wear a green shirt, then i would possible wear a black hat with a green logo on it. because with colors in everyday clothing (I'm not talking dresses, where i have no experience what so ever) you have to use accents with colors, just subtle things to support the main component of your out fit with which you want to show off.

Now other than simply avoiding it all together, there are ways to combat color overload. worst case scenario, and this is honestly 100% from first hand experience, the only clean pair of pants you have are purple. and, JUST YOUR LUCK! the only clean T-shirt you have is purple. What do you do?

Make the purple not so noticeable by using colors close to it on the color wheel. such as blue in this case, to work with the purple. i used a blue over shirt and a blue hat to make it look like that mistake was all planned out.

So remember subtle accents to support the main component of your outfit. and if you have no choice but to color overload, use colors that are close to each other on the color wheel. E.G. Reds with yellows and oranges, blues with greens and purples, and other combination's. a main theme may also help with coordination!

Thanks for reading, if you liked this blog or want any more personal advice feel free to comment.

Revelator out...
no that sounded stupid too...

hello world i will soon be your king...

Hello readers, although since this is my very first post i know i have none...YET! My name is Jacob Thomas, I am currently 15 years old, and i WILL be one of the most famous fashion designers in the world. i am not a runway designer, to design clothes such as those i need to hold the fabric. but i am a designer for the everyday person. My designs are mainly t-shirts, BUT I SHALL EXTEND my revenue! my inspirations, are well, the universe, space, 1,2,3,4,5 etc. dimensions, earth, people, the idea of souls, the everything universe. and my designs i believe represent that in a new thinking way. by my next two blogs i WILL have images up of them. I go by the Revelator, and you can find my on myspace... of course. this blog is to show my progress as a designer, to share my designs, to get my name known, and to also say whatever i want and have fun! well... im gonna sign off, and hope to be back very soon. until next time... toodaloo!
wow that sounded weird...