At lunch the other day, a woman waiting on take out sushi was wearing a button-down blouse backwards. This is not the sort of thing which happens by accident. While I respect the presumed intention of pushing personal fashion into new places, I came away with one conclusion:

Wearing button down shirts backwards makes you look insane.

Then I remembered when I taught at the Irvine Fine Arts Center’s Arts Camp (1987-1990?) and some of the kids would wear their father’s old button down shirts backwards to keep paint off their clothes. No one thought the kids were crazy, but no one really thinks kids are crazy until they get to high school. I started at Arts Camp as a summer camp counselor, then went on to teach the afternoon open studio. Most of the kids were between the ages of 5 and 10. Teaching there was a great experience for me although it freaks me out to think that most of those “kids” are now in their twenties.

Anyway, that woman with the backwards shirt at the sushi place; still nuts.