Hip hop clothes have become more and more popular, representing a fashion which
is making a statement. As any other fashion trend, hip hop clothes have changed
over the years and they have been adopted all over the world. Hip hop clothes
have been firstly worn by big hip hop stars like Run-DMC and LL Cool J in the
1980s. They were wearing big glasses, many rings, sneakers with 'phat'
shoelaces. Big, gold necklaces and jewellery were also worn by other hip hop
stars like Big Daddy Kane or Kurtis Blow. The haircut was another symbol of the
hip hop trend: some singers were having Jheri curls; others had hi-top fade. But
the Black Pride movement was the most powerful trend of the hip hop culture in
the '80s. It was symbolized by dreadlocks, Africa chains and black-green-and-red
hip hop clothes. In the 1990s the hip hop music changed, therefore the hip hop
clothes suffered some changes too. Some singers (The Fresh Prince or Left Eye of
TLC) were
wearing bright coloured clothes and baseball caps. Other hip hop clothes were
inspired from the dress code of street gangs and even prison uniforms. The
prison inmates' 'fashion' of not using a belt (the belt always being confiscated
by the wardens whenever a new prisoner was brought in) has inspired the wearing
of baggy pants with no belt. Some regions of the USA have contributed with some
special symbols to the hip hop fashion. New York preferred hooded clothes and
Timberland boots while the West Coast liked big flannel shirts and Converse
sneakers. The South brought in gold teeth fashion. The mid-90s brought in
another trend, the mafioso fashion, represented by hats and alligator skin shoes
worn mostly by hip hop stars like Jay-Z or the Notorious B.I.G. The new rising
stars at the end of the 1990s ?Sean 'Puffy' Combs came with new symbols as
shiny, flashy suits
and platinum jewellery to replace the gold one. Combs saw the business
opportunity of selling hip hop clothes; therefore he started his own clothing
line. Other clothing companies as FUBU or Karl Kani earned millions of dollars
from selling hip hop clothes.
But the hip hop fashion started to become distinctive for female singers. Lil
Kim and Foxy Brown were famous for their shiny, couture appearances while other
singers like Lauryn Hill or Eve were known for a more low-profile clothing
style. But jewellery remained the most distinctive symbol of the hip hop
fashion. Hip hop singers wore platinum necklaces or rings with big embedded diamonds. Some of them even had platinum
teeth. Nowadays, hip hop clothes have turned into extremely famous
clothing labels. Many hip hop singers have their own clothing lines like Jay-Z's
Roc-a-wear or Russell Simmons' Phat Farm. The hip hop clothes have changed from
the street style to the more glamorous style of the stars. Visit our hip hop
clothes site for best hip hop clothes and hip hop resources.
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