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What Is Hypebeast? Who is Hypebeast?

Hypebeast In the interest of staying up-to-date with popular culture, I often encourage myself to learn new, hip words that are being used by the cooler members of society so that I can pretend like I fit in. This week, I stumbled upon the word "hypebeast," which left me asking the same question I'm sure many of you are curious about, as well: What is a hypebeast, exactly? I did a little digging to get to the bottom of the slang term; here's what I found out. First, let's turn to Urban Dictionary for some original definitions. A hypebeast or hype beast may be defined as follows: "A person who follows a trend to be cool or in style. A person who...

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Streetwear and Luxury Fashion

Was Streetwear Always Expensive? The Streetwear was an inexpensive style that growing in the 80s with hip hop culture. At that time, people were using second-hand clothes when they were going to dress for streetwear style. They often used not too expensive shoes such as Reebok, Adidas...So is this the same today? Not really.Nowadays, with the increase in revenues of the representatives of Hip-Hop culture, the money they spend on clothing has increased. Parallel to this, the range of streetwear and the income and income levels that it addressed also varied. The representatives of Hip-Hop culture now prefer High Class products instead of medium-level products. With this change, the streetwear style has become a real luxury. Instead of the $...

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Streetwear and Hip Hop History

Hip Hop Influence on Streetwear Street clothing and Hip Hop history, from the 90s until today have grown together.The history of Streetwear and Hip-hop culture dates back to the beginning of the 80s. Adidas tracksuit, plenty of white T-shirts and bandanas. Young people on the streets of the Bronx were dressed in Streetwear style, even though they were not named. Until the beginning of the 90s street clothing was not the way we know it today. At the time Supreme was in a small store in New York and now it is the world's largest and most famous street wear brand. This is a trip that is really appreciated.     Can Streetwear Get so Popular Without Hip Hop ?...

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Where Did SUPREME Brand Get It's Name ? Why ?

Supreme's Name  Supreme's Story Supreme is an American skateboarding shop and garments brand. set up in New York City in April 1994. The brand obliges the skateboarding, hip hop, and rock societies, just as to the young culture when all is said in done. The brand produces garments and adornments and furthermore fabricates skateboards. Its shoes, dress, and embellishments are sold broadly in the auxiliary market. The brand was founded by James Jebbia. Although he was born in the United States, he lived in England until he was 19. Jebbia has no title within the company They Don't Have the Trademark of Supreme As we know, Supreme is one of the most famous street clothing brands. It is possible to find fans of this...

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Where Did A Bathing Ape Streetwear Brand Get Its Name ? Why ?

Famous Streetwear Brand A Bathing Ape and It's Name   A Bathing Ape (ア・ベイジング・エイプ A Beijingu Eipu) (or BAPE) is a Japanese clothing brand founded by Nigo (Tomoaki Nagao) in Ura-Harajuku in 1993.   Origin of the Name  "I was spending my evenings with my friend Shin, when one evening we were watching a TV program called 'Yo!! Rap City', I told Shin that I was going to start a clothing line. Shin suggested we start it together.   They Got Their Name from a Movie We thought more about it and one night we saw a movie called 'Planet of the Apes'. We liked it a lot. So much in fact, the next day we met up and decided to take some inspiration from it: we called our new...

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