Sun 5 Aug 2007
Urban Fashion is often related to the black culture - hip-hop, R&B, and reflects an inner-city social themes and attitude. When you say urban clothes, they often refer to the baggier, logo-tagged outfits rooted from the hip-hop culture. Yet, urban clothing is more than that. It includes anything young, hip, forward-thinking and multicultural.
Sean Diddy Combs, Jay-Z, Pharell Williams, Missy Eliot, and Eminem are among the celebrities or rappers who wears urban clothes. These people have a great influence over fashion designers who are caters to uptown and downtown high earning clientelle. Because of this, urban fashion is now merged with high-end design and is now a word for successful, cosmopolitan and rich. Urban clothing now signifies chic downtown lifestyle.
Inspite the evolution of urban to urban + high end, urban fashion still has its own identity. Having originated from the streets, urban clothing can be defined as a creative endeavor derived from street life. It is hip and chic, casual and comfortable, hip-hop and kicks off.
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October 15th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
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Thanks for the nice read, keep up the interesting posts…..