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Filthy, Dirty Social Signaling. . .

 

If you're (perpetually) in a junior high school state if mind?  Maybe.


The question was recently posed on another online forum I visit once or twice each week, and I am paraphrasing badly here, "What are your thoughts on wearing attire with visible labels or logos?"

Nothing with a huge name or logo visible on the outside of the garment for yours truly. That stopped after concert t-shirts in high school and retail supermarket employee logo patches emblazoned across the upper left chest for a few years thereafter. So, by late 1991, I was label free visibly speaking.

The only notable exceptions in my current wardrobe when it comes to visible labels and/or logos are red W's and the occasional small badger on three or four pieces of UW-Madison gear worn for skiing, working in the yard, and/or walks around the neighborhood on chilly days.

Oh.  And a necktie with small University of Wisconsin alumni crests all over it, which are not readily apparent unless one stands within five or six feet.  Any further than that, and said item simply looks like a thousand other ties with a foulard pattern.

In general though, I avoid anything with a large label or logo on the outside.  Much like money, sex, religion, or politics, it's preferable in most cases to leave people guessing should they even wonder.

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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