Fresh-fly-fabulous-:-50-years-of-hip-hop-style

Book

Fresh fly fabulous : 50 years of hip hop style

By Way, Elizabeth (Writer on fashion), curator, editor.
Romero, Elena, 1973- editor.

Published 2023 by Rizzoli Electa in association with The Museum at FIT, New York

ISBN 9780847899319

Bib Id 2580902

Description 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 cm

More Details

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ISBN

9780847899319 (hardcover) $55.00

0847899314

Call #

391.009 F

Title

Fresh fly fabulous : 50 years of hip hop style

Varying Form of Title

50 years of hip hop style

Fifty years of hip hop style

Publication Information

2023 by Rizzoli Electa in association with The Museum at FIT, New York :

Description

256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 cm

Note

Published on the occasion of the exhibition: Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Year of Hip Hop Style organized by The Museum at FIT.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. The evolution of hip hop style / Elizabeth Wellington. Here for it : graffiti and hip hop fashion / Claudia Gold ; The king of the fever : Sal Abbatiello -- 2. The stylist in the golden era of hip hop / Emil Wilbekin. Daniel Day : the original ; April Walker, fashion royalty ; West coast : Cross Colours & Karl Kani -- 3. Name droppin' : the storytelling of hip hop through fashion lyrics. Hip hop and the American dream : Polo Ralph Lauren / Rebecca Pietri -- 4. Change clothes & go / Kim Osorio. Ralph McDaniels : hip hop fashion's first runway ; Official : Tommy Boy Records and hip hop fashion / Monica Lynch -- 5. Showing out on the deuce / Vikki Tobak -- 6. Ratchetdemic : the ultimate collider / Christopher Emdin. Black by popular demand at HBCUs / Alphonso McClendon ; I had to be down : the making of a hip hop archivist / Syreeta Gates -- 7. Name game : the hip hop nameplate / Isabel flower & Marcel Rosa-Salas. Hip hop hoops -- 8. Call us by our names : queer gender and hip hop fashion / Eric Darnell Pritchard. Hip hop hair ; Hip hop nails -- 8. Hip hop & pink / Monica L. Miller and Elena Romero -- 10. The shoe game : the almost forgotten footwear of hip hop / Warren Orange. Baltimore and the Nike Air Force 1 connection ; Strictly for the ladies : Reebok Freestyle 5411s.

Summary

"Fresh Fly Fabulous is the definitive source for hip hop style, brought to life by the groundbreaking photographers who captured it firsthand, including Janette Beckman, Jamel Shabazz, and Ernie Paniccioli"--

Subject

Hip-hop--Influence.

Hip-hop--Influence Clothing.

Hip-hop.

Hip-hop--Social aspects.

Fashion--United States--20th century.

Fashion--United States--21st century.

Fashion--African American influences History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Added Author

Way, Elizabeth (Writer on fashion), curator, editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2021001546

Romero, Elena, 1973- editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012013790

Slick Rick, author of introduction, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91107599