Hip- Hop and Fashion

Hip- Hop is known by many to be commercialize, as discussed in Monday's class, as well as many other class discussions that has been held. Hip- Hop has left the inner city and music industry to be sub- culture and promoting massively produced objects that captures its audience attention.
One thing in particular that would make Hip- Hop commercialize is fashion (dress). Hip- Hop known to be a distinctive style of dressing that originates from African- American, Caribbean- American and Latino youths which influence the Hip- Hop scenes of Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, The Dirty South and etc. Every city contributes various elements to Hip- Hop style overall and worldwide today. I strongly feel that Hip- Hop fashion complements the expressions and attitudes of Hip- Hop culturein general. The fashion of Hip- Hop has change significantly during its history and today through Hip- Hop artists, which is making fashion prominently popular as a whole across the world reaching all ethnicities.
Examples of how Hip- Hop fashion became popular is in the early 1980s, when sportswear was establish by fashion brands, such as Le Coq Sportif, Kangol, Adidas, Pro- Keds and Nike Inc, which attached themselves to Hip- Hop industry.
In the 80s Hip- Hop icons wor these clothing that were listed above. The items that were wore were listed above. The items that were wore were brightly colored name- brand track suits, sheepskin and leather bomber jackets, which are in style today. As well as Clark shoes, British Walkers and sneakers that are usually are Pro- Keds,