what’s your logo?

i came across this interview of pat field for good morning america on abc news. it was so great, i had to share it. click*click to watch it!

“personal style is… that characteristic that communicates to the others who you are and what you are about. so it’s definitely a big asset. it’s a communicative tool. personal style, or style, clothing is evolved in it. but it is not the definition of it. it’s about your character, the way you carry yourself, your attitude…”

“you know, you could be for example, a theatrical type. or you could be an elegant type. or you could be a comedic type. that’s all part of your style.”

“it’s not just about the dress, or the shoes. it’s about the person.”

“that is organic. you’re not going to find it looking at others. and that comes in life, if you think about it.

i do remember growing up and discovering myself. i remember trying on all sorts of different fashions and styles, and thinking i was the hottest thing on the planet. but now when i look back at old pictures i want to burn them. (hey, not all of them, aight?? some were really pretty hawt. ahaha!!)

as i grew older, i learned more about myself and who i really was, and that definitely helped define how i dress and present myself to the world. i wish i could show you my closet (but i can’t because i need someone to organize it in a martha-stewart-organized kind of way), but if you know me, you’ll know that i have so many different outfits that i can throw together to suit how i’m feeling that day. i don’t have a definitive “look” per-say.

in the video, they talk about how pat field’s logo is her flaming red hair. and it made me think for a while about what my logo was. in fact i thought for a really long time, and then i realized i didn’t actually have one.

i panicked for a split second, and was thinking about this while walking over to union square to meet this japanese girl for dinner. she is here in new york on holiday, and she has been a reader of my japanese blog for quite some time and wanted to meet up.

then she told me something that made me realize, that not having a specific logo isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

she said that she was nervous because she didn’t know if she might recognize me, since she knew i had just changed my hair color (for maybe the 47th time). so she stared hard at every asian that was there, but she knew that none of them were me because i dressed differently. “there is something quirky about the way you wear your clothes,” she said.

i like that. i really do. i like that someone out there knows that what i wear really represents who i am. i like that my clothes tell my story.

i talked about finding a trademark, something that is signature “you”, in an article from last year, called 10 ways to finding a style that’s “you”. do you have a logo? something specific that tells people who you are?

perhaps as i get older and hopefully wiser, my style will become even more definitive than it is now, and then perhaps i really would find a logo of my own. maybe i’ll stick to one hair color. maybe i’ll wear my skull ring forever. maybe i’ll only wear polka-dots like yayoi kusama (she’s such a genius). maybe i’ll grow a mole ala cindy crawford. or that mole(!!) in austen powers. (sorry, i had to say it.)

what is your logo? or are you like me, on your way to discovering one?

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