Ladies
and Gentlemen, boys and girls, frogs and dogs, I did it. I have made it through
my very first OVO experience with a lengthy plaid kilt by my side. Accompanying my sister to the musical event seemed
trivial. 24 hours before the show resulted in some pre-show butterfly jitters
where I had numerous concerns running through my mind all at once. What does one wear to an event like this? A few weeks
ago when I realized I was about to attend the most anticipated show in the city,
I was instantaneously driven to escort my beloved Scottish kilt, as she herself allegedly claims to be a big fan of rap and hip-hop. Accurately predicting most girls WILL appear in extremely short shorts of some sort, I thought,
how bad could it be if I wore an extremely long Scottish kilt? It seemed like
one of my brightest ideas; forecasts predicted weather conditions to be cooler
than usual and one wearing a pure wool kilt will have the last laugh while majority in denim underwear and mini skirts regret not assembling an outfit with more material
and insulation.
Believe me when I say a long kilt is not something one wears to these types of concerts. Based on the accumulation of stares and perplexity beaming off innocent bystanders, it was too late to turn back at this point in time as I was already within the Molson Amphiteatre gate. Even with streams of sweat pouring down my face and back primarily out of embarrassment, I still managed to prepare for the worse. How, you say? I brought forth a neutralizing item I believe that most certainly won over the approval of the majority or at least to those who were genuinely convinced I stumbled into the wrong concert venue or country or era and was indeed in need of assistance. I like many others was beaming with OVO pride with an all black leather varsity jacket, even if I was lacking knowledge of almost half of the rappers in the lineup. As one of the special guest arose to the stage, everybody in the standing crowd repeatedly shouted "ASAP ROCKKY!", so I did what I had to do, I followed the crowd and shouted his name as they did when in turn the only thing I knew about him was the designer shirt he had on.
On the other hand when TLC, Puff Daddy, Ma$e and yeah, Kanye West appeared on stage shortly after, it was like Christmas morning on this very special monday night. I became one with the vivacious crowd. A yearning Pink Lady from Grease impersonator standing on her seat while energetically boogying down and singing to the entire Ma$e's "Feel So Good" somewhat blended into the crowd that night. It was special.
Kilt- Thrift
Varsity Jacket- October's very Own
Shirt- Vintage
Gladiator Mid Heel- Aldo
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