Hide the Scissors, I'm Feeling Inspired!

   T-shirts are the billboards of the clothing world. They're affordable and comfortable. They're haphazard and multifaceted. They're cotton jersey security blankets for grown-ups. They become the nostalgic dust-bunnies at the back of our closet.

    Blue jeans are the functional no-brainers. They offer style and utility to the denim-clad multitudes. Like human beings they come in different shades, cuts, and sizes.

    Do you settle for the latest identical duds the department store has to offer? How can you be an individual if there are so many people wearing the same shirt? Are you paying the designer to advertise a brand name for them? And, call me crazy, but I find something deeply illogical about paying $40 for a pre-ripped pair of jeans.
    There is an answer to this outrageous conundrum, my friends (cue hallelujah chorus). You must find your inner fashion designer, and your nearest thrift/craft stores. Take the plunge - become a weapon of less consumption - thwart the corporate vision and its retail clones - and enjoy yourself thouroughly. All for the low price of...well, cheap.
    By shopping at thrift stores, yard sales, and consignment shops, you can drastically curb your environmental impact. You are fighting the dispensibility of modern consumerism. You can reduce, reuse, recycle all at once. For less. What a bargain (excuse the cliché).
    Then you can personalize everything. Embroider custom designs, spatter paint, scribble with Sharpee, doodle with a bleach-pen, cut, twist, tie. The possibilities are literally endless, and you're an original no matter what. The punks got it right, just Do It Yourself.


   

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peace.