Polo Shirts and Sperrys

Hello, and welcome to my blog. Being that this is my first post on my blog, I would like to tell you about myself. However, there is a convenient box on my page called "About Me" so read that and I can save some time. Also, I must warn you, I can be a bit of a smartass, asshole, jerk, and/or a dick. So, with that being said, my blogs will tend to have a harsh tone to them, adding to comedic effect (or is it affect? it does not truly mater). So, without further ado, here is my first post.

I go to this school called Hayfield Secondary (the funny thing is, the only people who will end up reading this know that already, but it is necessary in case something happens). And at this school, there is an increasing trend amongst the students: To wear polo, sperrys (I call them boat shoes), and the classic sweater and collared shirt. Of course, the students also wear ALOT of flannel, but I am getting off track. When I came to Hayfield my sophomore year, my whole wardrobe was polo and pastels. Coming from an afluent family and having just left the St.Stephens and St.Agnes School in Alexandria, VA, I wore nice clothes. As I walked around school those first few awkward weeks, I wore nice polo shirts (from polo, not just collared shirts) and pastels, as well as this strange new shoe that kids I met had never seen before called "Boat Shoes".

I would get funny looks from people, and the occasional comment "Little rich white kid" or "Damn, why you so dressed up?" and it bothered me. Discouraged, I gave in to the popular clothes and no longer had polo attire that fit (Trust me, I still rock the pastels though). And I can find...four pairs of boat shoes in my closet, all different sizes because I wore boat shoes before they were cool.
So this year, as a junior, I am pissed. I see people wearing their polo and their boat shoes and I have to say "Oh, NOW it's cool!" Story of my life.

And when I DO wear polo, people say "Man, you look like everyone else with your nice polo, you think your special?" WTF!

I am not mad because people have nice clothes, but I am mad because I wore polo and boat shoes before they were cool. I came out of the womb and had a polo bib. My size 4 shoes when i was a toddler were sperrys (I kid you not).

I don't want to be called the started of a fashion trend (Even though, deep down, I totally am), I just want to be considered original and not some follower when I wear my boat shoes and polo because, after all, I wore them before you knew what polo was.

BTW, if ANYONE starts saying wearing pastels is so mainstream, I totally started that. I mean, i'm the ONLY one in the school who wears pastel yellow, pink, and blue shorts with a purple and/or pink button down. And this blog is the proof to this.