I ASKED TO REPLACE THE STAR WITH A PENTAGRAM. THERE WAS A STRONG REACTION FROM CONSERVATIVES EQUATING THIS WITH SATANISM, WHICH I ADMIT DELIGHTED ME, AS I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED TO PROVOKE RIGID MORALISTIC STANDARDS AND BIGOTRY. AS A YOUNG AND SENSITIVE SISSY, I WAS BULLIED BY THIS JUDGMENTAL MORAL MAJORITY ATTITUDE AND HAVE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO BALANCING OUT ITS WEIGHT IN THE WORLD. AFFECTIONATELY. I USE A PENTAGRAM TO REPRESENT A SORT OF MAGICAL AND PAGAN PLAYFULNESS. I LOVE GEOMETRIC SYMBOLS AS MANS EFFORTS TO TAKE STRAIGHT LINES TO CREATE A SENSE OF ORDER IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY AND FEAR. DRAWING A STAR FEELS LIKE A MAGIC RITE AND MAKING IT PHALLIC GIVES IT SOME CHEERFUL BITE. IF A TIE IS A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF RESPECTING A BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, AND IF LIPSTICK IS A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF PROJECTING A KNOWING SOPHISTICATION, THE CHUCK TAYLOR IS A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF BEING OPEN TO A MORE LIBERAL AND CREATIVE ATTITUDE. I LIKE ENDORSING THAT IN MY OWN SMALL WAY.
RICK OWENS
