In honor of Valentine's Day (and our latest contest, The Crush) we've asked some of our employees to spill the beans on their crushes—past and present.
Employee: Nicole Avignone
Title: Assistant Buyer for Men's Wovens and Outerwear
"My first crush was in the sixth grade. I was a boy-crazed tween whose interests were compiled of tasteful things such as boy-bands, chatting on AOL Instant Messager, The Spice Girls, and Barbies (which I secretly still played with). His name was Timmy he had blonde hair styled in a mushroom cut, he played every sport from soccer to baseball, and was super studious. Needless to say I was positively smitten with him.
I finally got up the nerve to ask him out (which back then meant absolutely nothing, because you still wouldn’t even talk in the hallway, or on the phone, or ever actually go “out” anywhere) in a note that I folded up into one of those weird triangle origami things. My best friend passed it to his best friend in between periods. I anxiously awaited the end of the day where my friend gave me his reply note, a brief explanation of “Yes” he’d be my boyfriend, in sloppy 6th grade cursive handwriting. It was official! (This still, meant absolutely nothing.)
After many, many, many weeks we spoke in person. He walked me to my bus after school and held my hand! I wrote about it in my Lisa Frank diary that night.
Many, many, many weeks after that I finally got up the nerve to kiss him at our daily bus-goodbye. This was my first kiss. I daydreamed about it for as long as I could remember. I couldn’t believe it was actually happening! We stood there in front of my bus and I closed my eyes and went in for my very first kiss. As this being my first kiss I had absolutely no inclination of how to aim for someone’s lips with my eyes already closed, so my first kiss was with his ear!
Yes, his ear. In front of my entire middle school bus.
It’s safe to say that it didn’t work out. And that my mom drove me to school for the next week."
The Early Spring Catalog was photographed by Tim Barber up and down the Northern California coast, with models and real-life best friends Bambi Norwood-Blyth and Hannah Holman. Here, watch a behind-the-scenes video of their adventures along the way.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain
Get to know Georgia, the director behind our first Crush video, “••LOvin ya vIdLetter••fR0m••n3wb0i•••”. Talking to her left us feeling confused and a little weird inside, but oddly enough, we're totally into it—as long as she stays away from our man.
Introduce yourself! Hi, I'm Georgia, age 33 and I'm into music. I'm looking for a good time with a damn good style.
How did you get started making videos? I made a video for the college football guys and also one for the college's priests.
What are your favorite effects to use in your videos? Speed and geometry.
Tell us about the Crush video you made for us: “••LOvin ya vIdLetter••fR0m••n3wb0i•••” I’ve loved making love letters ever since I went to middle and junior high school. It seems like love letters and videos are the way to go nowadays.
Why the name n3wb0i? Why Urban Outfitters?
Touché. Who was your number one childhood crush? Pharoah Sanders, because he was super cute.
What is your favorite love song and how does it make you feel? “Born In The U.S.A.” Angry.
Tell us an embarrassing crush story from your childhood. My weirdo mother had a crush on my best friend, and she was a girl.
What was the most desperate thing you’ve done for someone you had a crush on? You'd have to ask her (Donna Cherry.)
What will we catch you doing this Valentine’s Day? Keepin' your man company.
You showed us how you rocked our clothes, now we want to show everyone else. Here are some of our favorite submissions from The Way You Wore Itcontest. (Grand prize winner Tevis S. from Kurtistown, Hawaii featured above)
The first 2012 edition of Making Time RADio kicks off tonight on 88.5 WXPN. You can listen tonight from 7-9pm while you're at home, cowering under the covers, hoping nothing bad happens to you on Friday the 13th.