Umbros
Before middle school began my neighborhood best friend (who was a year ahead of me) offered her depth of insight and wisdom. Having already survived the introduction year to what was then junior high, she explained that if I wanted to have any friends and any hope of being popular I had to wear tight, short skirts. I literally had nothing that was even close to fitting this description, but hopped on the metro and headed to the mall to buy myself a pale pink skirt that was about 60% stretch and hoped for the best. On the first day of school I was conflicted because I didn’t feel comfortable in the tight skirt and knew it wasn’t really me. Just in case my best buddy was in fact mistaken about the 7th grade cool girl uniform, I donned black Umbros underneath the skirt. Arriving at school, we were all ushered into the auditorium for our first assembly welcoming us to junior high. Nervously glancing around, I found people who smiled, seemed kind, and looked like they would be good friends to have. Lo and behold, guess what they were wearing? Umbros. So I dismissed myself to the bathroom and[Read More]
