Complex adds me to their #SHOEMINATI list.
The first rule of SHOEMINATI is… There is NO SHOEMINATI
SHOEMINATI!
November 25th, 2012Fair Isle Lifestyle…
November 25th, 2012
My sweater game has always been on a trillion thanks to my grandmother’s annual holiday gifts of colorful wool sweaters. My grandma’s maiden name was O’Loughlin from her Scottish dad who must have given her his Fair Isle swag.
I’ve got some sweaters in my archive so wooly and chunky I can wear them as coats. The sweaters featured in this drop aren’t that brawlick, but they have the Fair Isle knit pattern which is a MUST for your winter repertoire.
This pattern is hardbody. It’s like icicles hanging down from your rooftop with a taste of native American iconography. I just wish R.L. had added some details to the wristbands so that when the knit peek-a-boos from your jacket sleeves you give off #swag.
The knit pictured below is one of those everlasting holiday patterns with the colors and snowflakes embedded throughout. The toggle neck closures give you grown man points even if you don’t have any children and you live in your mother’s basement like I do.
Enjoy your holidays and show off your Lifestyle as much as possible. Let your family and friends know you DO this.
Made In America
November 24th, 2012
I kept it Made In America for Black Friday. Classic, iconic New Balance 993 for $70 clams.
My only fear is that New Balance is using prison labor to keep their shoes this affordable.
The Central Park Five…
November 24th, 2012
The watershed moment which made me realize I HAD to become a writer was the trial of the Central Park Five. These boys were railroaded by a system which fed on the myth of the dangerous Black boogeyman. Sadly they were trapped by the perfect storm of corrupt policemen, inept prosecutors and complicit press agents.
Award winning filmmaker Ken Burns tells the story of the Central Park Five from their perspectives as they encounter the hell of the American criminal justice system for a crime they didn’t commit yet would still serve the full sentences for irreversibly changing their lives forever.
The Central Park Five was me and my brothers, or some other group of young Black teenagers who had to take the weight of the whole New York City piled on top of their shoulders. They are still standing. The Central Park Five are my heroes.
Outfit Architecture…
November 24th, 2012
Don’t forget to mind your infrastructure when building your Outfit Architecture. Century21 has the best prices on Polo underwear on the regular, but Macy’s, Dillard’s and Bloomie’s have sales with coupons. I FUX with coupons.
If you ever see me in the streets and I don’t have any Lifestyle obviously on my back just know I have it on my ass and feet. Yeah, it’s that serious.
