I should start every blog entry with the words ‘Is it just me…?’, but this one must be obvious to any fashion conscious consumer, so why was it not obvious to the Banana Republic Brand Designers?

Below we can see Rock & Republic’s logotype.

And while walking to my favorite design and architecture book store off of Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, I had to look twice before I stopped in awe as I saw Banana Republic’s huge display of its new sub-line’s ‘BR Monogram’ logo (below as seen on their site):

‘Is it just me’ or is this either a very uneducated or a very strategic, but either way, a very unoriginal choice?