Dork. Another word embossed tee of mine - which unfortunately cannot be seen in any of the above pictures, just with the little R giving a cheeky peek (see here for exact image) - that made me contemplate whether I would like to be called as one, or not. And before I could reach my answer, there is a sudden proliferation of it's sister counterpart, Geek, plastered all over navy, maroon and forest green tees that originated from Topshop. It is no mistaken that I got both my 'Dork' and 'Dweeb' (the Dsquared², no pun intended) from Topman, the brother version of Topshop, which might be the answer to (or maybe not) the massive propagation of slogan tees in Topshop (think words like Sick, Geek, Nerd, Chill etc etc).
I wasn't sure whether to dig into my measly wallet and head over to the counter with Dweeb (I saw them first before Dork came along) in my hands, but the idea was somehow enticed by the fact that manrepeller (lol, her influence again) owned a 'Loser' jumper from Topshop. So I thought, 'Hmmm, maybe purchasing this tee would bring me one step closer to impersonate her.'. Yup, so I did what was right (at that point it was right despite my financial guardian saying that it's wrong) to my tearful wallet.
And it wasn't long after my purchase, while at the same time these tees became copious in Topshop, they started being omnipresent in almost every single individual. Almost everyone (and I really mean it) at least own the 'Geek' tee. So I did another mind intensive thinking regime, 'Am I disappointed with the sudden surge of such tees that renders mine being synonymous? Or am I blatantly upset with the impervious minds of individuals that would rather opt for Geek, the normality with its definition known by every populace, instead of something more random (and edgy, hahaha), like Dweeb? Or both?'. I can't say the same thing to Dork though.
Forget those questions because it will take me at least a week to derive my answer. Which would only end up being option D: Stop thinking and move on. This also happened to be the day where I braved the forever-sweltering weather and left the house wearing a leather biker jacket. And yes, I wore it, there's no mistake to that. Goodbye to carrying them on my shoulders to make me look chic-er.
I wonder how heavy my jacket became after soaking into the bliss of my perspiration.
Topman Dork Tee and Red Chino Shorts, Topshop Biker Jacket & Hash tag Armparty
Images done by Imran.