I don't know if I just got older and phased out of it but I hate anything with a print/logo, I can barely tolerate a Nike sweater with a small swoosh on it. It's funny even the Jordans I wear are the more subtle ones like the OG 1s. Also I wear no Jewelry, perhaps the only thing merely flashy about me maybe the petty cash knot I carry on me during a situation that a credit card is not efficient. I feel like Fab when he said he felt a certain way when someone called him an "OG"
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I hear what you are saying, overall.
I don't wear jewelry anymore really either, except for my wedding ring. I did 80 gram cubans and brolic pendants in like '99. I'm done with that, and frankly flashy jewelry doesn't make sense if you aren't "living that life." I work in an office, pretty much everybody here has a Ph.D. Any adult with a decent job can afford to buy a big chain with some ice - it doesn't mean anything though. Jewelry is about having stripes - is about being able to rock that in the hood. The item is meaningless, it's all about what it communicates. So, the message something like that sends is useless outside of a very specific context. ...That's another discussion though.
But, the reason why I still rock 'Lo, including blow up graphics, etc., is because fashion is self expression, and 'Lo is one of the few things that still actually conveys something meaningful about the person wearing it. Sneakers don't do that anymore, not much does. But, when I see a dude rocking some vintage 'Lo that's put together properly, etc., I know that's somebody with whom I share many sensibilities. I'm cool with what those items communicate about who I am, so until I don't consider myself that person, I don't see any reason not to rock, regardless of how old I am.