Abby Rand: [Pictured] is this great old chambray button down I had been wearing to pieces. I was working in a surf shop where we were all given shop names as an initiation (don't ask). I had just received mine, Birdie, and as a christening present, my colleague Dash, who was 1) a fellow Deadhead 2) gaining a cult following doing custom embroidery, sewed my shop name and a dancing bear onto my shirt. I had always been a deadhead, but getting my first piece of customized gear felt like getting your first jersey with your name on it as a pro athlete. I know that sounds ridiculous, and even though I had been a Deadhead my whole life, this felt like officially joining the club. I wore it to my first Dead and Co show that summer. I love that it's kind of low key - when everyone else is wearing tie dye and wild stuff, you have to look closely to realize it's there. And don't get me wrong, I have as much Online Ceramics and Liquid Blue as the next head, but sometimes it's fun to be a little more low key and subtle with it. I believe Dash is also now a very talented designer, so it makes me smile to have this little snapshot of his early work