December 28, 2006
“Who Is Ed Hardy?”
Well, Christmas is over, and thus it was time to exchange some jeans. One of the drawbacks to living on the statistical edges of human size and shape is that most clothing is not designed for someone like me. Jeans are a particular problem, because my legs are fairly thick (for someone with my waist size), usually requiring me to buy baggy fit style jeans simply to be able to breathe.
So it was off to Nordstrom with the wife to get some new ones. I managed to find some that were on sale cheaper than the original ones I received, and fit perfectly. So we decided I might as well get a new shirt to go with it. Well, she pointed out a weird-looking flaming skull designer t-shirt with a large yellow script “Ed Hardy” on both the front and the back of the shirt.
“Who is Ed Hardy”, I asked, showing my ignorance… “Oh, he’s a famous designer, and Brittany Gastineau models for him.”
If he’s that famous, why does he need to advertise so heavily on both sides of his shirt? If he’s well known, people should know his designs by sight, right? And why would I want something from a designer that uses Brittany Gastineau as a model? Last time I checked, my body shape is not exactly similar to hers in absolutely any dimension, since not only is she female, she’s also a super-skinny model type. So I can’t think that fitted womens clothing she models for this designer would impact my buying decision for men’s clothing. Not to mention the fact that I refuse to advertise for Ed Hardy without appropriate compensation, and that compensation doesn’t involve me paying $50 for a t-shirt…
So I said no. “But you’ll look cool”, my wife replied. Maybe so, maybe so. But I’m not spending $50 for a t-shirt sporting some random designer’s name to do so. If principles stand in the way of coolness, I do believe I’ll remain uncool for a long, long time. Commenter Nick can tell you that I wasn’t exactly “cool” in college, and I sure haven’t cared enough to change that.
So I got a nice gray shirt at less than half the cost, not including the cost of the argument which followed on the way home.
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Brad, I agree with you. Besides you should be able to pick your own shirt…..
Brad,
Even I won’t give you crap for this. I have no desire to wear peoples’ or manufacturers’ names on my clothes in giant freaking letters. Plus. I don’t care, this whole skull design on clothes thing is old. Let’s move past the eighties and into the nineties. I wanna see some Hypercolor t-shirts and Swatches dammit.
Nick