So at that warehouse in Madison where this venture began, I started writing what became my tag of sorts. I did it on this one wall, in a small section, there were some others there.
Colleagues had been calling me "LP"—my initials—at the time, and I think when I was initialing something once, I realized that the capital "L" and "P" together read like "UP"—as they kind of bled together into one unit. "UP." I liked that. Sometimes I'd take colored eye pencils and write that tag on mirrors in bathrooms, one time in a backstage dressing room. For a long time, when I was struggling with just life, especially in college, I wrote "Forward" on a lot on things. Both words kind of have that positive connotation. Always looking ahead, staying optimistic.
One day I cut out the label inside one hat, took a paint pen and wrote "LP." So when it came to naming these designs... I guess the hats themselves are a My Hat design, by LP. But with a logo that looks kind of like the tag above—one of the retail tags I made for the hats (ha, I like the dual-meaning-usage of that). Inside the tag I listed this blog and the Facebook page. I wrote that if people send me their name, I'll add it to the caption of the hat's picture that I've posted here, and on Facebook too. As it'll be "Their Hat" and all. Collection of. Cause each hat is unique.
One day I cut out the label inside one hat, took a paint pen and wrote "LP." So when it came to naming these designs... I guess the hats themselves are a My Hat design, by LP. But with a logo that looks kind of like the tag above—one of the retail tags I made for the hats (ha, I like the dual-meaning-usage of that). Inside the tag I listed this blog and the Facebook page. I wrote that if people send me their name, I'll add it to the caption of the hat's picture that I've posted here, and on Facebook too. As it'll be "Their Hat" and all. Collection of. Cause each hat is unique.
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