For Nova, it was the leather Starter jacket in middle school.
Didn’t matter if you were quiet or didn’t play ball, if you had that Falcons or Cowboys pullover? People moved different around you. Teachers let you slide, girls paid attention, even upperclassmen gave you a nod.
It’s funny now, but back then it meant everything.
I still remember the first day I wore mine and felt 10 feet tall.
What was the one thing for you? A fit? A watch? Shoes? Even a haircut?
Not gonna lie—it shaped how I saw confidence early on.
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Here’s the clip that brought the memory back. Still laughing about how real it was: https://youtube.com/shorts/5gXflWH25T8?si=JQM9vYTUgpp7aBso
hoodies , and a good pair of jeans
I’ve always had very thick hair, so I had some legendary curtains when I was younger. Thought I was the business right enough in the 90s with my hair coiffured, similar to if I’d used a food mixer to style it.
Ben Sherman shirt, curtains hair, CK one or Joop cologne, and I was one smooth bloke, lol.
In the first few grades I had a buzz cut but “horns”. Imagine a buzz cut with bangs but just on the sides hanging down to the eyebrows. I thought it is cool, my mom let me, and looking back I still think it is cool that I liked it
Nothing ever did. We were second hand store poor. I didn’t even have lunch everyday. Plus I was short and skinny. When people outside of my small friend group noticed me, it was usually to be unkind or rude.
shoot, im from the dmv. if you had the denali north face? might as well call yourself the king of the universe round my way lls.