My whole life I have always loved clothes,
I wish I could design some of my own. Most wouldn’t think it, coming from an athlete who doesn’t do much besides play baseball or do other out door activities. But I have always been obsessed with the latest fashion and pop culture. I wouldn’t say that I’m obsessed with whatever’s trending, but I love finding cool new brands that represent the kind of art that I like. I don’t always look for what’s popular, but I love shopping for sick clothes.
Because I’ve also been into getting cool stuff, I’ve always dreamed of a wardrobe that was made entirely by me. I don’t care if anyone else wants what I have on, but I want to wear stuff that was entirely designed by me. Besides being a pro baseball player, I don’t think there is a cooler career other than owning your own brand.
I spend most of my class time doodling on the side of my notes. I don’t doodle aimlessly though, I sketch out cool ideas of things I want to have in my clothing line someday. One thing that sort of slows down the process for me is coming up with a brand name. In the past couple years I’ve gone through dozens of ideas for a name. People tell me that it isn’t important; I should start making stuff and come up with a brand name later. But for myself, I want to come up with one word that signifies my life and my art, ill use this word as my brand name.
At the moment, the brand name I’m contemplating on going with is OPTIMISTIC. I love the word and its definition. Life is great for me, but sometimes I forget to be optimistic. I think it’s a powerful thing to always look on the bright side. My dad always told me that if you exploit the good things in life, they would come around more often, and easier. That’s what optimistic means to me. Optimistic. I think its kind of catchy, but I’m still not sure.
When I do have my brand name, the first think I will do is make T-shirts. I have tons of ideas on how I will incorporate my brand name into drawings I’ve made and put them into graphics on clothes. Lately I haven’t been doing as much art as I want to. I know art is a deep passion of mine, so some day soon ill get back into perfecting it. Drawing is something I have always been good at and I think it will help with the success of my clothing line.
My clothing line; whatever it be called will embody my beliefs, my morals, and encourage what I think is fun to do. I will have a street mixed with surf art style that gives off simple yet meaningful ideas, like “do what you want.” Stay tuned; soon enough there will be a cool new brand in the clothing world, made by yours truly.
My Own clothing line
