In Stores Now—Well, In One Store

So...you know how you keep waiting "for the right time" to move forward on a project—but really, you should just frickin' do it already? Yeah, so, this summer 2009, I sat in my apartment looking around at the hats that I'd dusted off from the secluded Chicago winter—and decided to take them to a shop. Right then.

I headed up to Wolfbait & B-girls in Logan Square (in Chicago) with about eight. Shirley Novak the Wonderful briskly picked out four, gave me the rundown on their consignment policy—and later suggested that I throw a hat on a mannequin that co-owner Jenny Stadler and an intern were dressing for the window. I threw on this hat--styled with gold spray paint, black Sharpie, pen and grip tape. She looked good. I was pleased, unexpectedly, nicely. Jenny said, "She looks like a badass." Sometimes just putting yourself out there when you're not totally ready (you think) is good because the feedback process—the real feedback process, not just your friends and family—has to start sometime, somewhere. Especially so you can start processing the details that need to be improved.

Anyways, so there's four My Hat designs by LP at Wolfbait & B-girls now. At $25 each.