My New Cap - WeSC
My grandmother, no longer with me on this earth, wore her cap to bed every night. She also could read your cards and tell your fortune, and wrote songs where creating the rhyme took precedent over making sense of the verse. I have often worn wool hats inside the house which makes my mother sigh that I remind her of her mother and thus, I infer, she isn’t sure of what to think of my hat. She wouldn’t wear it in the house, I also get out of this. This weekend I went skiing (and did not fall once thank you), and so last Friday, tramping through the rain, I stopped at Crossroads and found myself a new hat.
Crossroads, as you may know, is one of the greatest stores in San Francisco. I haven’t written about it yet, so perhaps I will do so tomorrow - I am trying to keep focused from post to post. Basically, it is a mix of used and new clothing, always in style and always reasonably priced.
At Crossroads (The one in the Filmore District) I got this hat by WeSC. WeSC stands for “We Are The Superlative Conspiracy” and they are one of these new types of clothing brands/art/activist groups. They feature on their website a pretty cool image of a bunch of cool looking people hanging out in the park, combined with collage-ish cutouts. Their top level links get you to their Spring Summer Collection (Its January!) and a list of activists - actually a portfolio of skaters, artist, musicians, and other folks who I guess endorse WeSC.
You might be trying to figure out if I am on the side or against WeSC - well, that is kind of what their name makes you ask as well so I will leave you guessing. I will say that the hat wasn’t expensive, and besides Crossroads there are plenty of places to get a good deal on their stuff. But here are the pictures of my new favorite piece of clothing: my wool WeSC cap. Love you Grandma Katie.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I think your new toque (not hat) is the best woolen head device I’ve seen all year. It looks rads from the side especially.
As for the SupErlative Conspiracy, it would appear you can find their stuff at Villians on Haight and Urban Outfitters too. What I don’t get is why it’s “WeSC” when they write it “WeAretheSuperlativeConspiracy” which would be “WASC”.
Congrats on not falling out there.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I think it is Wearethe Superlative Conspiricy
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
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