I was 16 when I ran out of my mom’s crib, out of fear and to chase the idea of freedom. Hours earlier, I got caught stealing money from my step-pops to buy drugs to sell and copp clothes. I’d been doing it for a year so I was cozy. Little did I know, my world was about to shift. Flash forward to my mom and his sister holding my step-pops back while I grabbed the nearest sneakers on the floor. I remember smiling, running out the door, and never looking back. I cried on the train from anxiety, looking down at my sneakers like, I chose these? lol. Kevin Garnett Flightposite 2s were the last shoes I bought before things hit the fan. I didn’t know they’d be the only shoes I’d wear for the next two years. I wore them every day, cleaning them every night because Mitch from Paid in Full said, “I can’t be walking around like no ‘poo putt.’”
It was 2000— We survived the Y2K craze. I got kicked out of high school, had no place to stay, and had to figure my life out. Thank God for family & friends who gave me a shot at redemption. I got my GED in those sneakers, kept working toward a future, and eventually got into college in them when my mom enrolled me.
Recently, I found those sneakers in storage. The soles were worn down, but the front looked brand new—a reflection of my life. Sometimes I feel worn out, but I keep moving forward. With every step, I stay present, shake off the dust, and stay grateful for those steps.
We are LIVE! ✨
I’ve been building these ideas one piece at a time and the full outfit is finally on the site. Flower Shop track jacket, Inner Child pieces, Bloom socks, hand painted Carhartts and more. The full fit!!
Thank you for all the support! It means the world to me.
Shop the collection now at objectsbyso.com
START OVER
It was early February. I got one of Snap’s infamous text messages. “WYA.”
He pulls up to the studio. We start talking. Everything under the sun. What it really means to get a second chance at life. OG air max bubbles and what Nike got wrong on the 2026 version. Having children. Then we take some flicks.
I’ve always admired Snap’s courage to keep growing. Sitting with him, you feel the weight of someone who has been on the other side of something and chose to keep going anyway.
The theme of life this year has been something I didn’t want to learn. Sometimes you have to pivot. Start over. The hardest part is the internal pressure that comes with it. The voice that calls it failure. That weight you carry pretending it’s not heavy.
I’ve spent most of my life acting like I had everything under control. Like I’m good. Like asking for help is a weakness. I’ve always hated to struggle while people watched. I’m the type of person to fall, and even if you reach out your hand and ask if I need help, I’d say nah, let me struggle in peace.
As a veteran who went to war with life, I carried that weight alone for a long time. I sit with my PTSD and trace back everything it took to become myself. The battles that nobody saw. The weight I refused to put down.
But this year I put that shit down and asked for help. From everybody.
And now I feel like I’ve finally started breathing. Snap knew that feeling. I’m just catching up.
📸 @thankyousnapgod
Proof Of Concept
The flower shoe from Objects x Vans. A concept by Objects by SO-exploratory test. It begins as a seed and story, becomes sketch then model, a prototype study. Ideas bloom, questions unfold, imagination leads; proof-of-concept, inviting play and possibility.
We off the wall!
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I sketched this before it existed.
Before the fabric, before anyone held it, it was just a sketch on Procreate and a dream I hadn’t built yet.
SO’s Famous Flower Shop doesn’t have an address. Not yet. I’ve always believed clothing is a canvas for the life you’re building. So I put the shop on the jacket. I wore the dream before I could live it.
We dropped it at my first pop up, which means somewhere out there, people are wearing a piece of something that doesn’t exist yet.
That’s the coolest part.
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This playlist is inspired by the things you wanted to say but couldn’t find the words for.
The song playing in the background when you finally said hello. The song that gave you the courage to express how you really felt.
I compiled these lived moments into Playlist 28.
Going 10+ years strong. Thank you for listening!
(Listen on Soundcloud for the full Experience)
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