Vetements has become a brand famous for printing random sayings on hoodies, trousers, and T-shirts.  This season, one of those sayings is, "May the bridges I burn light the way," and it appears on a black tee and a maroon hoodie, the latter of which was worn by Whoopi Goldberg on a recent episode of The View.  It was this public appearance that stirred up some curiosity over the quote's origin. 

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Thankfully, a site called Grammarphobia has the answer: It comes from the mouth of Dylan McKay. 

Yes, that Dylan McKay—the be-sideburned character played by Luke Perry on the beloved '90s classic Beverly Hills 90210.  The quote is from a 1994 episode titled, "Things That Go Bang in the Night," where Brandon Walsh (aka the other be-sideburned character, played by Jason Priestley) confronts Dylan over his reckless drug use. 

Brandon Walsh: Dylan, at this point in time, I'm just about the only friend you've got.  You sure you want to do this?  Push me away like you've done to everyone else? 





Dylan McKay: Yeah!  May the bridges I burn light the way! 

Forbes seems to think that this is an embarrassing origin story for such a cool-sounding quote.  But we have to ask—totally un-ironically—what could be cooler than the fact that this comes from Beverly Hills 90210?  It's not difficult to find a badass quote from the likes of Winston Churchill or Mark Twain.  They belched out badass quotes in their sleep.  But from the mouth of Luke Perry?  On a teenage soap?  In 1994!? 

Props to you, Vetements.  That is some PhD-level wordsmithery.  Fingers crossed Demna Gvasalia will next mine The O.C. for his collection. " Dude, it's Long Beach, not Chechnya" would look killer on the sleeve of a bomber. 

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