Word: streetwear
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Gautier spoke, she stood in front of a large wall of contraband streetwear. Lacoste, Adidas, Kappa, DKNY: all the labels and logos so prevalent on Sukhumvit as well as in the backpacker ghetto of Khaosan Road and in neon-drenched Patpong Market were on display. A Fred Perry shirt hung there, accusingly, in pink. "In countries like Vietnam and Cambodia, very often it's kids involved in the manufacturing," Gautier says. "People think, 'Oh, it's just a T shirt and it's no real harm,' but we try to explain where the money is going. What...
...camouflage jacket on the back of your favorite hip-hop star, or the neon-colored sneakers on the feet of the latest pop dance sensation. Chances are you'll see the silhouette of a heavy-browed gorilla, the logo of the graphic designer's company, A BATHING APE - a streetwear icon that grew out of a hole-in-the-wall Harajuku storefront to become a Japanese Gen-Y obsession, an Asian fashion fetish and eventually a global phenomenon. Sold only in limited quantities and only through his A BATHING APE boutiques in Japan, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York...
...parents were three men—Justin R. Gerrard ’10, Justin W. White ’10, and Ben P. Arabia ’10—all fashionistas who combined their interests in design and pooled their capital to birth a new collection of luxury streetwear ideal for the collegiate crowd...
...York City's Washington Heights neighborhood--but has grown to envelop a much wider audience. Republica's shirts, jackets, pants and sweaters, which often feature Latin iconography and phrases, are carried by Bloomingdale's and Up Against the Wall. Says the Dominican-American Jimenez: "Republica is progressive streetwear that is designed from a Latino perspective but is for a multi-ethnic audience--like...
...apparel industry overall suffered a 4% drop, sales of pajamas jumped 34% from 2001 to '02, according to NPD Fashionworld, a market-information company. Copresident Marshal Cohen predicts that pajamas as streetwear will be a big trend this spring. "No one wants to spend money on clothing anymore," he says, "but consumers are willing to spend money on something that allows them not to have to change clothes three times...