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Urban Clothing - History

Urban clothing forms part of the nine extended elements of hip hop culture. This fashion was a unique mode of dressing, which originated from

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Urban clothing is tied to hip hop music which began in 1975 in Bronx in New York mainly through the influence of Jamaican immigrants. With the

use of two turntables and a microphone, the Jamaican practiced disc-jockeys which gave birth to popular music. The pioneers of disc-jockeys where

Clive ''Hercules'' Campbell, or 'Kool Herc'' who made music out of break beats and Theodore 'grand Wizard' Livingstone who discovered 'scratching

sounds' from a turntable. These two fellows formed the basis of rap music which has grown to what we regard as street music and gained so much

publicity.
However along the journey, urban culture has been enriched by various cities' like Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Atlanta, Miami Los

Angeles, Brooklyn cultures. As the rap music grew, so did the urban clothing. This fashion has become more and more popular gaining global

acceptance. However the trend has witnessed changes over the years. This fashion of clothes was first worn in the 1980s by big hip hop icons such

as Run-DMC, Big Daddy Kane and LL cool J. The fashion was characterized by many rings, jewellery, gold necklaces which are today known as 'bling

bling'. Big glasses and sneakers also formed part of the fashion. Urban artist also wore Jheri curls or hi-top fade haircuts. The black pride

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The urban clothing of the 1980s reflected the traditional African culture popularized by rappers like MC Hammer. The 1990s came with a change in

hip hop music which led to the change in the urban clothing. Singers like Left Eye of TLC popularized colored clothes and baseball caps. Street

gangs and prison uniforms also influenced the hip hop wear. Baggy pants wear was influenced by the prison inmates 'fashion'. Normally the inmates

had their belts confiscated by prison wardens and since their uniforms barely fitted them, they were reduced to pulling up their pants every now

and then. Cities have also contributed to the growth of the urban clothing with preference of some wear over others. New York favored hooded

clothes and timberland boots while west coast went for big flannel shirts and converse sneakers and the south liked gold teeth style.
In mid 1990s,timberland boots for men, urban clothing was enriched by the Mafioso fashion characterized by hats and alligator skin shoes promoted by stars like the

Notorious B.I.G and Jay-Z. At the end of 1990s the taste of hip hop stars changed to shiny, flashy sits and platinum jewellery which took the

place of gold and gave urban clothing a new face. During this period, several clothing lines like FUBU, combs and Karl Kani were rolled out and

through the sale of hip hop clothes earned millions of dollars. Over the years urban clothing tastes for men and women have changed.
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