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Hip-hop fashion is a bold and expressive style rooted in the music genre and street culture, often featuring oversized clothing, bold graphic tees, hoodies, baggy jeans, and athletic wear.
Hip-hop's personal style launches new fashion labels. As hip-hop became the music of popular culture in the '90s into the 2000s, many artists leaped from the mic to make their own fashion labels.
In this week’s Style Guide, we also look at hip hop’s impact on style through a new commemorative book by Timberland and a Women’s Wear Daily profile on street style pioneer Karl Kani.
"Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip-Hop Style," a new exhibit at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, explores the origins of how street style mixed with European luxury brands ...
Brooklyn-born photographer Jamel Shabazz has chronicled NYC street scenes and hip-hop style for decades. Top image: hats and chains (Tony Rome & Black, downtown Brooklyn, 1982).Above: fat laces ...
As Hip-Hop Style Has Evolved, ... Billboard Hot 100. 23 years later, the song’s subject, the then-20-year-old Nike sneaker model, is still a staple of hip-hop style and street fashion, ...
In recent years, jackets have become a ubiquitous part of Hip-Hop fashion. Artists like 50 Cent and Kanye West have made bomber jackets, leather coats and other outerwear popular style statements.
The New York Times was brutal to the 1991 shows in New York City: “Rap street style, ... Rappers were in costumes and not fashion. Bad timing or not, the hip-hop style was officially gentrified.
A proud crowd of hip-hop style pioneers gathered at the Museum at F.I.T. on Tuesday night to toast the opening of a show that celebrates the history and evolution of hip-hop fashion.
To say that music is a major part of our culture would be an understatement. From the ’50s to the modern day, music fans have ...
The 50-plus-year-old genre has had distinct moments within the fashion industry in the early 2000s, but the Golden Age of Hip-Hop is the one that stands out most. If that same birthday-themed ...
Winter fashion in Hip-Hop has always been more than just about staying warm—it’s about flexing personal style, repping your neighborhood, and pushing boundaries. From the oversized puffer ...