You may remember my pesky questions earlier in the thread. Believe it or not, they were a taste of the standard questions that are asked in a real IPO. The point they were getting across was, your coin will have a much greater chance of success if you yourself are well known and well trusted in the Juggalo community. Else, you come across as a stranger asking Juggalos to do something for him.
[Yeah, I know, but I'm talking about perception. The trouble with strangers is you don't know them...]
So ICP came from Detroit...the city now famous for its $1 houses. Their Wik entry reminded me of the day when I was living the champagne-and-caviar lifestyle of a part-time cash-register jockey. One day, I was hiking to work to "keep active" (save bus fare) and I realized I had forgotten to put on my tie. Salvation came in the form of a small rummage shop that was offering a selection of $1 ties. One buck, and I was equipped to run the cash register for the day.
Clothes really don't matter than much. The shirt I'm wearing right now has a frayed collar; I don't know how old it is. A few years ago, I was wearing an "off-lease" pair of Cintas work pants I got as part of a set on the Bay: some clothes-horse guy sneered at me on the street for wearing them. I just smiled and kept walkin'. Oddly, it didn't bother me. I only remember the incident because it was easy to let it roll off my back.