Urban Clothing and Styles

Should Tie Dye?

2010-12-16T16:00:00.000-08:00

Is it “Tie Dye” or “Tie Die”? I guess it all depends if you like random color spilled all over a good shirt, pants or sheets. Let’s have a serious discussion on the reemergence of Tie Dye (TD for short). There are some that say TD is a form of art, an expression on flowing colors that express each person’s individuality ….. (snooze). Sorry where was I, I seem to have drifted off to some psychedelic dream, this happens when someone goes on about individuality and self expression.

Back to the serious discussion, at http://www.harmonytie-dyes.com/_special/history.html they say “Since the 1980's, tie-dye has seen a reemergence as style and as a highly skilled, difficult and labor intensive art form. Many different colors can now be put on one item to get intricate detailed designs in brilliant colors.” WOW, way cool dude. Highly skilled ????, I’ll let you in on a secret, when my daughters were 12, they created TD shirts in our kitchen sink. 12 year olds that are highly skilled, I’m sure they would say yes, everybody else, including their parents may have a different opinion. Bottom line. I think TD shirts are designed for those who do not know how to match colors or not sure what colors match. I probably should start wearing TD, my concept of color matching is brown with brown, blue with blue, shade, hue or brightness not a factor.

Sorry I digress once again. TD is associated with two main groups in the USA, hippies and tree huggers, now these groups are not exclusive or each other. If you will remember back to your 6th grade math class, about two circles intersecting bla bla bla. Like you I didn’t listen either, that’s probably why I was flippin’ burgers at McDonalds at 25 years old. Hippies and tree huggers, that’s where we left off in case you forgot.

What is it about the TD that compels these two groups to wear these designs? IQ level, color coordination problems, identity problem, too much smoking the wacky weed? Smarter minds than mine will have to figure this out (that would those people who did listen to their 6^th grade math teacher). I need to tell you a story; yes I’ll make it quick. Yesterday, yes literally yesterday, a high school history teacher asked if anybody in the class was a tree hugger (this is a true story), and the entire class pointed to one student in the class and said she is …… do you know why, you guessed it, because she was wearing a TD. I’ve made my case, if you want to be in the two circles, wear TD, if you want to be with the rest of the human race, wear plain colors. BUT for you who do wear tie die, wear them loud and wear them proud. (This blog is dedicated to Makayla)

Ugly Chirstmas Sweaters

2010-12-14T14:16:00.000-08:00

Sweaters, a long standing piece of apparel that is designed to keep one warm in cold weather. A simple and practical design that takes on a very unpleasant characteristic during this time of year, yes, it’s the ugly Christmas sweaters. How did these hideous designs come about? Is there a secret society that designs these hideous sweaters? How does one design, make, distribute and then sell thousands of these sweaters?

If you worked for such a sweater design company would you admit it, or would you tell people you worked at the DMV? Those of you who saw the movie Santa, with Tim Allen, will remember when he is talking to Dr. Neil Miller and asking where he gets those Christmas sweaters and then compares those sweaters to the ones worn by the head elf Bernard. Now in fairness, someone must like them by the simple fact they are sold and people are wearing them ….. Is this a subsection of society? Like those who wear cowboy hats, or pro team baseball hats?

What is the social economical demographics of the population who wears obnoxious Christmas sweaters?

To be fair (as if life is fair), there is one group of society that can openly wear such sweaters and wear it well, little grey or blue hair grandmothers. They are allowed and even encouraged to wear the Christmas sweaters that have lights and music, everybody else, NO NO and NO.

I’m sure some people will disagree with me on this, but they will be far and few in between. In fact taking a very formal poll, I asked my friends (yes I have several), friends and neighbors, with a +/-4% error, showed that men who are wearing said sweaters received those sweaters from either their mother or wife. Now I can understand that for the 40 year man still living in his mom’s basement playing dungeons and dragons, but those from your wife? Do you think she’s buying the sweater and making you wear it to get a laugh at your expense? Maybe she’s buying the sweater because you’ve been naughty all year and she’s making you pay.

Well the season is upon us, so hurry downtown and pick up your favorite obnoxious hideous Christmas sweater and year it loud and proud.

High Heels .... Looking GOOD Ladies

2010-12-13T16:11:00.000-08:00

Heels, they can sure make a difference if how a lady looks, you men know what I’m saying. But this is what perplexes me; putting your foot in a device (high heel shoe) at an uncomfortable angle, and levitates yourself up to 6 inches off the ground on a little 1/8” point. It would be one thing if you just stood there, but no in the women’s world they also walk. Real women do not just walk on a perfectly flat surface, but real women have become so adapt they walk on uneven surfaces (cobble stone), walk in soft surfaces (grass), climb stairs, run, and even dance. Men trust me; we’re not that good, compared to this feet (pun intended) of athletic skills.

Now I have never personally worn heels, but am impressed what women can accomplish in heels and all for the sake of looking GOOD. How did this all come about? Did several women sit around and say if we put this shoe at an unnatural angle and step into it, our feet will kill us, we’ll have the risk of twisting our ankles or worse, we’ll need to buy longer pants and dresses, but we’ll look GOOD, really GOOD. As the cosmoses know, nobody knows how women think, not even women, it’s the last great mystery. Back to the dilemma of heels, I just went to a web site, you guessed it http://www.heels.com and they have everyday shoes with heels, work shoes with heels, party shoes with heels, and fancy shoes with heels. I’m already on overload and I haven’t even researched color, materials, or heel heights. On one of my searches I found this Oxymoron (words that when put together contradict each other) “How to feel more comfortable when wearing high heels”, at least from a guy’s perspective.

According to http://hubpages.com/hub/6-inch-heels: There are high heels and then there is the 6 inch heel which is a whole different kettle of fish. With the 6 inch heel, the ball of the foot is at an angle and the heel raised so much so that the foot resembles that of a ballerina on tip toes. If you needed help with how to walk in heels before, this is a whole new chapter! These 6 inch heels aren't for the faint hearted.

Back to the subject at hand, lady’s wear high heels because as a fashion statement, a way to make the legs elongated and more defined or as a seduction technique, maybe all three at once! It’s just that simple. They do it for us men, so men stop complaining when your lady complains that her heels are killing her feet. Be supportive and let your lady know she looks GOOD in those heels. You ladies who wear heels, wear them loud and proud.

Piercings

2010-11-19T14:05:00.000-08:00

Ok, let’s talk about piercings. I may be old fashion, but I do not understand certain piercings and do not truly understand excessive piercings. First, let take the tongue piercing, let make a list of pros & cons. Cons: you talk funny and you look funny. Pro: ???? Now I know there are a whole bunch of the brightest and best, the sharpest tool in the shed type people that will say they look cool, it’s hip, it’s hot, etc. really!!! For you perception is your reality.

Second let’s talk about the nipple piercing …. Ouch. Sexy, not unless you’re a masochist. Just so I am clear on your position, no matter your shape, looks, or personal hygiene, if you have a nipple piercing, you’re sexy? If that’s true, I have a bridge I’d like to sell you. I’m not even going to talk about piercing that some of our Darwin award people on their genitals. Not sure how that discussion happens at the store …. In fact I do not want to know.

Last but not least, ear piercing for guys. Ok, if you’re a big guy, when I say big, I’m talking 2% body fat or a metro sexual then maybe. But if you’re 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 110 pounds, trust me, a pierced ear doesn’t say you big and bad. And for you older men ….NO NO NO and NO.

You’re past that stage, move on, grow up, look good, not sleazy. I’ve spoken my pierce, (play on words), and I am sure 50% of the people will be upset, 25% won’t care and who knows about the other 25%. Hey look that adds to 100%, just helping out those who didn’t do well in math at school.

For the rest of you who have piercing and look hot, thanks and good for you. There are certain people and piercing that look cool, makes the person look sexy, and you out there who do both, THANKS. Keep it up, wear it loud and proud.

Jeans with Holes

2010-03-15T20:52:00.000-07:00

We all know having holes in your jeans are very trendy. Girls think they are sooo cute. Some jeans with holes do indeed look cute in a trendy way. They break up the look of the jean and can give you a one of a kind look. Now how those brand new jeans got the holes and wear marks to start with is a big mystery to most of us, especially us men. The jeans I have got their holes the old fashion way, by me wearing them a lot. Back to the new jeans with holes. The problem with all new cute trends is that designers start to go overboard. For example:

But at what point is the new cute holey jean fashion become just a pair of ripped up jeans. And I do not mean ripped as in body building, I mean the old fashion meaning of ripped to pieces, ripped off, shredded, etc. Would you really wear these black jeans to the store? Looks like your dog got hungry, really hungry. I might even give this poor girl $50 dollars to buy a new (one that is not all shredded) jeans.

So what is this look all about? Little stars in the rips? and the purpose? I'm sure if I had a room full of women right now they could explain it to me, not that I would understand, but I am sure all the other women would understand each other. After all that I have said about the holey jeans, I concur, some are cute and some are not. But as always, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So if you like your holey ripped jeans, then wear then loud and wear them proud.

Stylin with Glasses

2010-02-28T13:00:00.000-08:00

Glasses, the type you need to help see, are a funny accessory. Funny in terms of why some people wear them. Originally glasses were simply worn to see, nothing more, nothing less.

In fact there was a resistance on the part of society to wearing glasses. Member of society felt it made them look funny and showed everyone that they needed help to see properly.

Boy times have changed. No longer are we content to just wearing glasses to see, they must also make a statement. They must set us apart from the masses.

The glasses we wear tells the world if we are academically inclined, young, old, hip, cool, have attitude, or that we are just fun people. When I say fun, it could be fun loving or just that we are different, you know what I mean, just weird. Our glasses identify us, it gives us a sense of being, being different than the other three billion people. It screams to the entire world, we are different than you, at least in our own minds.

During the 1980’s things were big, I mean really big, really big glasses were in. Not sure why the glasses had to cover the whole face, but that's what they seem to do. Now some of you out there still have parents and grandparents that still wear the extra jumbo size glasses.

Then aviator, police reflective glasses were oh so cool. You know the glasses that were like a mirror. You could check yourself out while looking into the glasses. They thought you were really interested in them, but you were really checking out your hair. Looking back at old pictures, I can tell you it was a fad; we weren’t really that cool, but for several years we all thought we were.

Then all of a sudden everybody was wearing dark sunglasses. I mean so dark you couldn’t see their eyes, and I think most couldn’t see out They were wearing dark sunglasses inside building, at social events, award ceremonies, even weddings. It was the cool thing to do, or at least they thought it was, refer back to previous comment on aviator glasses. Then styles really took a change.

We had euro glasses, skinny glasses, colored glasses, colored lenses, and glasses that blinked. Glasses became a fashion statement, an accessory to ones clothing. There are people who wear glasses with clear lenses just so they can wear cool glasses and set themselves apart from everybody else.

So when you need some help in seeing far or near, or nearly not that far, get some funky, sexy, stylin glasses. Ones that says “look at me, I’m different than you.” What you really want to say is “look I me, I look better than you.” No matter what everybody else is wearing, wear your glasses loud and proud.

Hair Styles You Got to Love

2010-02-26T19:05:00.000-08:00

Hair styles and haircuts says a lot about a person. People get their hairstyles for a number of reasons. Some get a certain style because they want to look like their favorite movie star. Some get a certain style to accentuate their facial features, yet still others get a certain style to set them apart from society.

They want to stand out, go against the establishment. These unique or outlandish styles make for great conversation in society.

The question has to be asked, when you looked in the mirror, did you really say to yourself, boy I really looked “hot”, I look good: REALLY? Maybe they do, maybe all they want is passive attention, maybe they’re blind to what others see their hair as. Either way, we all have styles we like and don’t like.

Take for example, men’s combovers. The only people who think they look great are the ones doing the combovers. They stand in front of the mirror, spending a lot of time combing the three

stands of hair into a position giving them the look of a complete head of hair, or so they think. Then they look in the mirror and say, “boy do I look great”. Let’s hope it’s not a windy day.

Just like clothing styles, hair styles come in many looks, colors, and effects, iIt an individual thing. We wear the look because we think it looks great on us and our friends tell us it look great and the opposite gender says it looks great. So we are convinced, out hair looks great, so we wear it for all the world to see.

So tomorrow when you do your hair in front of the mirror, remember it only matters what you think. So wear it loud and wear it proud.

Jeans Have Come Along Way

2010-02-08T21:34:00.000-08:00

Jeans have come a long ways. Jeans originally were a working man’s pants, tough, sturdy and practical. Those who wore jeans worked hard for a living. It was unfashionable to wear jeans any place but at work. If you went into town, or go to a movie or shopping or out visiting friends, it was socially unacceptable to be in your jeans. But jeans have come a long ways. They are no longer just for working. They are a fashion statement. They come in different colors, and styles. Jeans have become sexy.

In fact they are unisex; either gender can wear them in many social settings. You can wear them with just a t-shirt, a tie, coat or in some of the Calvin Klein ads nothing at all. Indeed we have come a long way.

Not all jeans are sexy. In fact as designers try to create new trends, they do at times miss the mark. I'm sure somebody, maybe only the creator, thought this look had a lot of potential. I'm not so sure this went very far. This super super baggy probably went the way of the AMC Pacer. Some things should be left dead.

We all have our own likes and dislikes, but be assured, jeans are here to stay and I'm OK with that.

Extreme Sport

2010-02-02T20:23:00.000-08:00

People doing extreme actions have been around since mankind. This need to push oneself to do something riskier, more daring that the previous person is inherent. Take this gentleman, who decided to walk off a perfectly good cliff. For his sake, I hope his chute opens. Maybe it is to impress the opposite gender, the way animals lock horns or fight to the near death. We instead show our machismo by doing more and more extreme actions.

Now not all extreme actions work out well. I'm pretty sure this guy does not have parachute, and if he did the chance of it helping is about 0%. He'll feel this in morning. Back to why we continue to do more and more extreme actions. Part of it is because we can. Our cars go faster, our boards are more flexible, and our gear is better. And we just saw the other person crash and now we know what not to do.

Now if you are the guy right after this pending disaster, then you will know to check the forks on your bike before you do a front tire stand .... I’m sure he'll check his next time.

You can count on one thing. We will continue to go faster and do some really cool stuff, and the faster we go the better the crashes.

T-shirt Fashion

2010-01-28T20:15:00.000-08:00

T-shirts have been around for a long time, they are simple, versatile and yet despite their simplicity the t-shirt to evolve. What was once a undergarment for the working class has become a fashion statement. Today t-shirts are an everyday item. Some t-shirts depict a brand, are used for messages while other t-shirts are used in fashion

T-shirts have indeed come along was. T-shirts are a big big items for sport teams. Big bold lettering, showing the team mascot can allow a fan to promote his team and let others who he supports.
So next time you wear your t-shirt, remember that a t-shirt is no longer a working man undergarment, it's now a fashion statement.

French Fashion

2010-01-25T19:00:00.000-08:00

Ah, the French, known for their fine wine and cheeses and their glamorous styles. Sleek sexy styles that stand the test of time. Now not everybody wants to dress and look like the ladies to the left. That why there are so many different looks and styles. Everybody has their own look or at least the look they want people to see them in. Urban wear and Streetwear has come to the scene.

That's the beauty of today's styles. You can mix it up, and if you like it, wear it. It will be yours, so wear it well and wear it proud. Don't just follow the crowd, mix it, match it and have some fun. Life is too short to not have your own style.

Even though I say wear what you want, there are exceptions, for example, don't wear this ....

Stiletto Heals

2010-01-22T17:00:00.000-08:00

The other days we were talking about the classic, never out of style, great in casual settings or in high fashion setting, Stiletto heels. They can set you apart, put those long heels with a short little black dress and WOW, everybody checking you out

Or put them on with a classy silky number and heads will turn. This is why the coloring today is all in red

These shoes are so versatile, you can even wear them in a mini .... Assuming you like minis and minis like you. That I will leave to your own taste and the advice of your girlfriends.

In the end, wear what you like and wear it well. If you want a WOW factor, put on a pair of sexy stiletto heals and feel the power.

Japanses Style ... You Like?

2010-01-20T18:10:00.000-08:00

So do you like it? Not for everyone but it works for her. Japanese have always had cutting edge styles. The more radical the more it's accepted. But on the other hand, they create soft very feminine styles.

Put these classic styles with a splash of color and the young crowd loves classics styling.

But you can never go wrong with your basics .... jeans and spike heals. Both boys & girls love the look.

So no matter what your style is, weather it way out there or classic with splash of color, or jeans and stiletto heals, it's you. Wear what you like and feel good in.

Crazy Fashion

2010-01-18T18:08:00.000-08:00

Some cultures do some pretty funky stuff. Take this little new trend from Japan. Something you would not see every day in middle America. Not saying it's a bad style, just extreme. But Japan has always cutting edge stuff. Everything from clothing styles to electronics.

Not sure what to make of these two, a cross between Mary Poppins and something in the child's play cloths box. But remember wear what you like ... it's your style. Wear loud and wear it proud.

Your own Fashion

2010-01-11T21:11:00.000-08:00

Not all fashion is good fashion, but the beauty of fashion is you can make your own. Others might not follow or even appreciate what you put together, but if you like it and feel good in it, then it's your own fashion.

And sometimes you just have to do you own thing. No matter how different it makes you feel. Sometimes you just have to be YOU.

So enjoy your fashion, be yourself and be proud of it.

New Year New Styles

2010-01-06T18:37:00.000-08:00

It is a new year and you can bet there will be new styles. The thing about new styles is some people like them and some people do not. There has never been a style that all generation, or gender or even within an age group, that everybody likes. That's what makes styles so exciting.

Some styles are really loud and bright and short, but a lot of people like it.

While still other styles are timeless.

But at the end of the day, you have to wear what you like. So with a new year and new styles, may your style last all year long.

What is really HOT!!

2009-12-18T21:28:00.000-08:00

Urban wear allows you to dress how you feel. If you feel hot, dress it, if you feel loose and baggy dress that way too. You can dress how you feel, that's what makes Urban Wear & Street Wear so cool. Now this is HOT!!

This new style says it all from really tight jeans to big baggy jeans, baggy t-shirts to tight t-shirts. Wear what you want, be who you are.

But not everybody know how to look hot, they try so hard they fail, they're not being themselves. Case in point:

As long as you are dressing you for you and not for what you think others want, you will look good. Sometimes you need to show a little RAGE to get noticed. Wear it and show it.

Celebrities in their hip hop urban wear fashion

2009-11-28T21:17:00.001-08:00

Hip Hop urban wear fashion is one of the most commonly preferred fashion style for celebrities in music industry especially for hip hop/R&B artists and rappers. You can always tell whose who from an R&B and hip hop artist from the not. The style and look of hip hop urban wear is a very stylish look and also looks very comfortable to wear judging from some celebrities I've seen wearing it.

Soulja Boy

Yung Joc & Wale

Plies

On the stage is no exception and whenever there's a major concert or a summer jam, you can always see the latest trend for hip hop urban fashion from the performers. For those that don’t know, Hot 97’s Summer Jam is long awaited each and every year, and is a mecca for the hottest artists in hip-hop and R&B. Several huge names of singers can be spotted at Summer Jam performing and for sure wearing a nice hip hop clothing.

Jadakiss & Co.

Swizz Beats

Young Jeezy

Urban wear styles for girls

2009-11-21T21:49:00.000-08:00

Urban wear for girls are almost the same from mens urban wear and the only difference from the two would be the feminine attitude of the girls outfits but with the same urban and hip hop attitude from the opposite sex.

Its really nice to see urban wear for girls that can be seen in almost any major cities around the world and what makes it really nice is how the girls carry their individual styles in urban fashion. Simplicity is no exception, there are also simple urban outfits for girls that has a simple look,has a simple urban art design and has an overall ladies' stylish urban fashion look. Rage wear clothing has some simple but sexy designs for women that are just sexy looking and really nice.

Urban style hip hop hat

2009-11-13T19:27:00.000-08:00

In urban style fashion, hip hop plays a big influence in different urban wear especially when it comes to hats. A hip hop hat or can also be considered a kind of urban hat is different and unique compared to any other type of hat. It is more on personalized style and attitude and no matter how you prefer to wear it, it can be defined with your own style.

Urban fashion has a wide range of different styles and wearing a hip hop hat is one of the most popular urban hip hop style that even famous celebrities adopted this kind of fashion style. Its becasue of the stylish and fashionable look of hip hop hats that attracts many people all over the world and celebrities to wear it.

50cnet (hip hop rapper)

Avril Lavigne (singer)

Natalia Crawley (Sexy model)

The unique designs of a hip hop hat is based on urban arts and culture and it give the look that is just nice and can be worn with any types of urban wear or even non urban wear fashion apparels. Many top urban fashion manufacturer are making hip hop hats that has a design for everybody's taste for style and fashion, Rage wear clothing is one of them and has created a variety of hip and stylish hip hop hats.

Urban art in urban fashion

2009-11-07T04:57:00.000-08:00

Art plays a big influence in urban fashion or urban streetwear and the combination of art and urban lifestyle is called urban art. Urban art is a style of art that relates to lifestyles in cities or city life and its often done by artists who live in or have a passion for city life. The term urban means "from the city" and Sometimes Urban art is called "street art".

There are also different types of urban art that can be seen today almost everywhere especially within any city's vicinity and examples are graffiti, urban body painting, urban tatoo, urban wear designs and many more. The most common type of urban art is a Graffiti and its any type of public markings that may appear in the forms of simple written words to elaborate wall paintings and sometimes drawings of people waring urban fashion. Urban art can also be found on different kinds of urban wear such as t-shirts, hats, hoodies like these Rage wear clothing urban apparels.

Urban art in urban fashion had become a big success in the urban wear industry. The unique and distinctive style of urban art on any urban wear is what makes it in-demand and appreciated by many people all over the world. It gives a unique feeling of satisfaction, feeling complete, self expression and overall having a personalized style that fits any personality and attitude.

The timeless style of hoodies

2009-10-28T01:46:00.000-07:00

A hooded sweat shirt or jacket are some of the type of urban wear clothing that are well known for its stylish design and looks. Looking back in time during the middle ages, the style and form of a hoodie back then was a formal wear for Catholic monks included a cowl, a long, decorative hood worn in addition to the standard tunic or robes.

medieval hoodie

The modern clothing style of hoodies was first produced in the 1930s for laborers in the frozen warehouses of New York. Its popularity spread as sportswear designers became astounded by its stylish look that they developed entire collections based around the clothing. Since then it became popular and in 1970's the hip ho culture in new york has some factors contributed to the hoodies success in the fashion industry. High-profile designers embraced and glamorized the new clothing and popularized it in many fashion magazines and even in movies which had a big influence in the urban fashion wear market. Speaking of urban fashion wear market, Rage wear clothing is a brand that specializes in urban fashion wear that adopted the stylish and smooth style of hoodies from pullover hoddie to a zippered hoodie with different designs and colors.

Young men and women, from urban fashion lovers to skateboarders and surfers, sported the hoodie and spread the trend across the western United States and eventually in many countries around the world. The rise of hoodies with university logos began around this time and in the future, a lot of changes may occur to the overall look of a hoodie is still timeless and faithful to the original design hundreds of years ago.

Urban Lifestyle - streetwear generation

2009-10-19T02:49:00.000-07:00

Urban wear (also now known as Urban or Street Wear) is a distinctive trend of apparel that is known and accepted by many countries around the world. Many influences especially music contributed various elements to its overall style seen globally today.

Hip-hop is one of its early influence that complements the expressions and attitudes of hip hop culture in general. Urban fashion has changed importantly during its history, and today it is a salient part of democratic fashion as a whole across the globe and for all ethnicity.

Urban street wear generation fashion trend can be seen in more than 60% of younger generations world wide and many adults also. They say that being different is good when it comes to fashion and being different in a way that you can express your self is today's urban street wear generation.

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Extreme Sports and Urban Wear

2009-10-15T20:13:00.000-07:00

It Seems that every extreme sports is associated with different styles of urban wear and street wear fashion. When we say extreme sports (also called action sport and adventure sport), its is a popularized media term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of adrenaline and sometimes inherent danger. These activities often involve speed, height, high level of physical exertion, highly specialized gear or spectacular stunts like skateboarding, mixed martial arts, snow boarding, in line skating and bike (BMX) and many more.

Basically some people wear what they wear in those type of sports and also wear the same type of clothes as their everyday wear or should I say urban wear. The influence of urban wear through extreme sports created another level of sports wear. Its fashion and sports combined into a breakthrough street fashion that became popular all over the world.

Since urban wear is considered part of a lifestyle, extreme sports professionals and fanatics have developed a way to express themselves by adopting their hobbies and fascination to extreme sports to their everyday fashion and lifestyle. You can always say that having to express your own style is a nice feeling and this example of combined sports and Urban fashion statement is becoming a big sensation these days.

Urban wear - its not just fashion, its a lifestyle

2009-10-09T03:22:00.000-07:00

These days, hippies are the thing of the past and urban wear is the the outbreak that revolutionize the world of fashion and became a lifestyle. Back in early 1970’ the word “hip-hop” is a new genre and cultural movement which developed in New York City primarily among African Americans and Latin Americans and then the word urban wear is born. Before urban wear was a type of fashion that displays the characteristics of a hip-hop genre. Years later it became known also as “street wear” because many young generations especially teens are drawn to hip-hop’s influence in music and fashion.

Today there are many new music genres aside from hip-hop and people became more divided when it comes to music genre. There are punk rock, emo, heavy metal, pop, goth, techno and many more, each type of genre has a distinctive type of fashion and somewhat similar but different from each other and all this kinds of fashion is today’s urban wear / street wear.

Although urban wear is associated to the words music and fashion, people became more involved in their own self expression when it comes to urban wear. It came to this point that it became more personal to many people, it affects peoples lives also, it blends fashion and music together, it revolutionize the fashion industry and it’s not just fashion anymore, it’s a lifestyle. It is a lifestyle where people can express them selves through fashion, through urban wear. So are you also into urban wear?