Not only did Run DMC bring hip-hop into the musical and cultural mainstream via a musical style later known as “new-school” rap, but their fashion choices were equally special.ĥ. “Rock Box” iconic black outfit in early hip-hop fashion in 1984 – The VOU
Inspired by the decade’s rock and punk looks, Grandmaster Flash became famous for a hip-hop punk style biker jacket, leather pants, baker boy cap, and high boots.Ĥ. However, Grandmaster Flash was one of the first hip-hop celebrities of the 80s decade that understood the need for a fresh style to match the uniqueness of the music. Punker Hip-Hop Style Grandmaster Flash Grandmaster Flash’s early 80s hip-hop fashion style – The VOU The same was true with The Sequence’s choice of outfits during the early 80s hip-hop fashion decade.Īs hip-hop fashion was yet to be defined, the group wore outfits depicting the funky style popular during the 70s fashion.ģ. Funky Hip-Hop Style The Sequence The Sequence early 80s Hip-hop style – The VOU The hip-hop star became famous for his military-style jacket with epaulets, hoodie underneath, flared pants, and Afro-American accessories.Ģ. Not a fashion style by choice, Afrika Bambaataa’s 80s hip-hop look combined classic factory workwear with streetwear apparel. Hip-Hop Workwear Style Afrika Bambaataa Afrika Bambaataa’s early 80s hip-hop fashion style – The VOU In this article, we dive into the iconic 80s hip-hop fashion styles, the celebrities that sported these looks, and the most popular brands.ġ. Cool J, Salt-N-Pepa, Rakim, and N.W.A., brands like FUBU, Adidas, Nike, and Puma defined the 1980s hip-hop fashion and the looks of generations to come.
In collab with hip-hop celebs like Run D.M.C., L.L. Influenced by African-American culture and street fashion and augmented by the novel beats and rhymes, the 80s hip-hop fashion was groundbreaking – from colors to silhouettes and jewelry styles. This book has enabled me to present the inside of an Urban Fashion mindset that develops, manufactures and styles for the Entertainment industry.During the 1980s, a decade that transformed the music industry, hip-hop fashion emerged as a force to be reckoned with. All the great memories I captured in my store and on tours with various bands. This book is a collection of my photos from 1986-1991. “The first shirt I ever threw on that had anything on it that represented my heart was Shirt Kings.” – KRS One
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“The Shirt Kings network was fashion TV of the times, and advertising and promotion way before it became trendy.” – Chuck D, Public Enemy “Shirt Kings brought the Hip Hop element into the clothes for real and integrated it, and it was the first time I saw Hip Hop culture completely merged with clothing.” – LL Cool J Shirt Kings – Pioneers Of Hip Hop Fashion chronicles the art, the styles, and the people who where loyal supporters of the Shirt Kings style and takes us on a trip down memory lane to when customization and art reigned supreme in New York City. From DJ Red Alert to LL Cool J to Big Daddy Kane to Mike Tyson – they all had to have their Shirt Kings designs. The Shirt Kings were the inventors of this style and everyone across the city was well aware and made there way to Jamaica, Queens to a small shopping mall known as the Coliseum where you could easily bump into the biggest names in Hip Hop of the day placing their orders. Mickey Mouse with a Fila suit, Casper the Friendly Ghost with gold teeth, Roger Rabbit with a flat top hair do and Pink Panther with gold chains and guns – it was the reinterpretation of American classics but with an urban and gangster lean. By adapting the graffiti skills from the trains and spray cans to shirts and airbrush they created a new look for a new generation.Įdwin PHADE Sacasa is a founding artist of the group and it is through his archives that we are transported to the 1980s in New York City where the fashion of the day was loud, colorful, and filled with cartoon imagery on clothes but not just any cartoon imagery for the cartoons where urbanized. Shirt Kings – Pioneers Of Hip Hop Fashion looks at the early days of urban fashion through the lens of the pioneering group of artists known as the Shirt Kings. The style traveled all over the world through record covers, magazines and music videos and the Shirt Kings designs soon became synonymous with Hip Hop and the culture of making something out of nothing. Rappers and hip hop fans came from all over the city to get their own customized T-shirt by The Mighty Shirt Kings.
Jamaica, Queens, New York in the mid 1980s. A trip down memory lane to when customization and art reigned supreme in New York City.
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