Fashion Killa (eBook)

How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion

Sowmya Krishnamurthy (Autor)

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2023
304 Seiten
Gallery Books (Verlag)
978-1-9821-7634-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This ';first comprehensive anthology of the marriage between hip-hop and luxury fashion' (The Cut) draws on exclusive interviews to tell the story of the hip-hop artists, designers, stylists, and unsung heroes who fought the power and reinvented style around the world over the last fifty years.Fashion Killa is a classic tale of a modern renaissance; of an exclusionary industry gate-crashed by innovators; of impresariosSean ';Diddy' Combs, Dapper Dan, Virgil Ablohhoisting hip-hop from the streets to the stratosphere; of supernovasLil' Kim, Cardi B, and Kimora Lee Simmonsallying with kingmakersAnna Wintour, Donatella Versace, Tommy Hilfiger, and Ralph Lauren; of traditionalist fashion housesLouis Vuitton, Fendi, and Saint Laurenttransformed into temples of rap gods. Journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy explores the connections between the DIY hip-hop scene and the exclusive upper-echelons of high fashion. She discusses the sociopolitical forces that defined fashion and tracks the influence of music and streetwear on the most exclusive (and exclusionary) luxury brands. ';An essential book about US culture' (Booklist, starred review), Fashion Killa commemorates the contributions of hip-hop to music, fashion, and our society at large.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.10.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• ISBN-10: 1-9821-7634-2 / 1982176342
• ISBN-13: 978-1-9821-7634-1 / 9781982176341