It’s a logo, get over it

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The widely popular retail giant GAP revealed it’s new logo last week.  The clothing manufacturer was attempting to update it’s image with the times.  Do to the amount of people upset over this change this week it has been scrapped, and they are changing back to their blue on white traditional design that they have had for the last 20 years.

GAP president Marka Hansen said “Our brand and our clothes are changing and rethinking our logo is part of aligning with that”.  After the outcry on Twitter and Facebook they have decided instead to do “crowd sourcing” to see what the public would like to see as their new logo.  GAP brands have slowly evolved from a preppy look to sleek and more modern designs, and they were attempting to compliment that evolution with their new logo.

Now for those of us who spend more time worrying about if there is something that one of our children got on our shirt rather than what the tag that no one sees looks like, this seems to be a bit extreme.  I understand that people are afraid of change, but to complain about a logo is a bit ridiculous.  Is it really going to make a difference if the quality of clothing hasn’t changed, just the bag it comes in?

I’m glad to see that they will be crowd sourcing, what ever that entails, to find what the people want in a GAP logo.  Unfortunately as a mother of 3 I can tell GAP this, you are not going to be able to make more than 2/3 of the people happy at any one time.  Some are afraid of anything new, others just are royal pains and can never be pleased, then there are the ones that really don’t care.

My main question is how many of the people who spoke out so loudly about the new logo actually shop at the retail store?  If the people that were complaining the loudest were not even customers then, in my opinion they shouldn’t have scrapped the logo.   I’m sure that as a major company GAP did some research on what their customers thought of the logo before releasing it to the public, and that they must have had positive feedback from them on the new design.  Or they were like me, and really didn’t care what the design looks like.

Zombie Post Monday: Road Kill and Capes

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This post was originally published in August after a conversation with my oldest, and more fashionable, daughter.

Road Kill and Capes

Posted on August 26, 2010 by fallnangel | Edit

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My daughter has informed me that I am “So not in style Mom”.  So I might have shirts that I still wear from the 90′s, and I might be stuck in a continuous circle of tees, hoodies, and jeans.  It wasn’t until she looked at me and with a look of horror on her face asked “You aren’t wearing THAT today are you?” that I thought that I might need to update my look a little.

The newest line of clothing I’m thinking may be my answer to making her realise that what I wear isn’t that bad.  Ke$sha is the latest pop diva with her own clothing line.  She wants to bring back the cape and honor animals killed on the side of the road by using them in her clothing line.  “I’m trying really hard to bring back capes. They’ve been out since the 1800s, it’s about time they came back.” Ke$sha said in an MTV interview.

Aside from attempting to look like a preschooler pretending to be superman, there will also be roadkill and recycled feathers being used in her clothes.  “I do [design my own stuff] and I work with people that help me,” she said. “For instance they designed this hat. We find roadkill and put it on my clothes and recycled feathers.” She also added that “I think it’s important not to kill animals. I also think it’s an honor to the animal if it’s already dead and sitting on the side of a highway. I might as well wear it on MTV.”  Well if she’s looking for road kill to wear, she should be looking on my road ( please see Crazy woodland creatures) enough of them decide to end their lives in front of my truck, including a opposum just a few hours ago.

If this is what the young people of today are wearing, I think I’m going to stick with my cotton shirts and jeans.  No offense to Ke$sha but I don’t think that I’ll look good in a raccoon tank top.  Although I might go ahead and get a deer cape and hedgehog hat  just so the next time my daughter asks me if I’m wearing my favorite hawaiian shirt to drop her off at cheer, I can go put it on and take her wearing the latest thing instead of embarrassing her by being out of style.