how much thought do you put into what you wear or your "aesthetic"? If you have a certain aesthetic, did you figure it out over time or does it come easily to you? How do you feel about Hot Topic?
Great question! Uh…I don’t know if I’ve intentionally crafted an aesthetic. Usually, I just wear stuff that’s comfortable to me. But, you already knew that, because I used to live in oversized sweaters.
Nowadays, I wear a lot of t-shirts and muscle tanks and hoodies. I guess I like wearing things that have sentimental value to me—certain band shirts, shirts from college, etc.
(ignore my resting Ben face—sorry, I did not realize I was out here looking like that)
I like having pierced ears. I got them done when I was nineteen—back when Mom and I were fighting about whether I should go away to university. I was mad because I felt like she was treating me like a kid, so I took the speeder and went out and came back home with my ears pierced. “LOOK MOM, I PIERCED MY EARS,” I said. And then I was like “oh my Force, I pierced my ears,” and I ran upstairs and threw myself on my bed and cried about it.
But? The piercings grew on me. And now they’re kind of like a symbol of my freedom and independence.
Growing out my hair feels kind of the same. I had really really really short hair at one point—the lowest point of my life, to be exact. So, the longer my hair gets, the further away I am from that moment in time…you know?
I had to tie my hair back and take out my earrings at my old workplace. I did it, but it always made me feel a little less like me. Maybe at my next job, I won’t have to…
HOLD UP HOTH TOPIC? DID YOU JUST MENTION HOTH TOPIC??? OH THE MEMORIES HOTH TOPIC MY BELOVED
Dude…I miss Hoth Topic circa 20 ABY. Those were the good ol’ days. I set foot in one recently ‘cause I took Rey to the mall on a weekend, and—I may have had a crisis when I realized I was like ten years older than most of the kids in there.
