256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 cm
Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition: Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Year of Hip Hop Style organized by The Museum at FIT
Bibliographic Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
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 -- 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 -- Name droppin' : the storytelling of hip hop through fashion lyrics. Hip hop and the American dream : Polo Ralph Lauren / Rebecca Pietri -- Change clothes & go / Kim Osorio. Ralph McDaniels : hip hop fashion's first runway ; Official : Tommy Boy Records and hip hop fashion / Monica Lynch -- Showing out on the deuce / Vikki Tobak -- 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 -- Name game : the hip hop nameplate / Isabel flower & Marcel Rosa-Salas. Hip hop hoops -- Call us by our names : queer gender and hip hop fashion / Eric Darnell Pritchard. Hip hop hair ; Hip hop nails -- Hip hop & pink / Monica L. Miller and Elena Romero -- 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"-- Provided by publisher