vrijdag 30 oktober 2009

Hip hop style

HIP HOP
The classic hip-hop style (since the early-mid 90s) has been baggy jeans, matching t-shirt and sneakers and hat. There's a variety in there regionally and time-period-wise (ie: throwback jerseys five years ago, grittier work and outdoor clothes like timberland boots 15 years ago, etc), but the general aesthetic is built around that baggy-jeans look. 
Hip-hop culture has over the past five-ten years slowly developed another parallel style. Think of how Pharrell dresses versus how say DMX dressed. Or even Jay-Z. The newer style is more fashion-conscious (that is, fashion-industry conscious) and informed by skater styles. There's plenty of crossover (sneaker obsession, for example), but the central conflict could be boiled down to baggy jeans vs. tight jeans. Kanye West, Pharrell, Lupe Fiasco, Drake, etc are all much more in the tight jeans camp. Not tight like punk rock tight (though "punk rock" is an urban fashion trend in the Bay Area, not meaning exactly the same as it would to the Ramones)... but tighter than super baggy.

Matching outfits
People definitely buy their matching outfits as a set. Lots of t-shirts and fitted baseball caps are made specifically to match the color scheme of a certain sneaker (say red-black-white for classic Jordans). It's unusual for shoes, shirt and cap to come as a set, but not unheard of.

movies

by Jamel Shabbazz is a great photographic essay on the roots of early B-boy culture in NYC.


a documentary about sneakers collectors that talks a lot about the tenants of being "fresh".

websites


http://www.streetstyle.com
a site where the hip-hop fashion-minded critique each other's outfits.

http://www.karmaloop.com/
a site being a great place to get smaller, more exclusive hiphop brands.


http://www.the-fashion-bomb.com/
a site of urban fashion.

Concept

Stereotypes in ClothingDifferent styles and brands of clothing can be linked to different groups or cliques of people. It seems that the stereotypes related to the groups or cliques, have become a stereotype of the clothing.

clothing and lifestyle.

Casual - 

Hip-hop - culturele beweging
is een krachtige cultuur en heeft er voor gezorgd dat de onderklasse uit de getto's en andere achterbuurten een eigen stem kregen. Hiphop was onderdeel van een emancipatiebeweging van de bewoners van de getto's, en deze oorsprong heeft een stempel gedrukt op hiphopcultuur in brede zin.

Snobisme - merkleding
Vaak worden snobs ook geassocieerd met het dragen van merkkleding, hoewel dit niet altijd effectief het geval is.
SNOB als merk
SNOB van sans noblesse, is een merk dat zich kenmerkt door vrouwelijke, elegante kleding. De collecties bevatten chique basics tot one-of-a-kind pieces, maar altijd met een hoog draagcomfort! SNOB is voor vrouwen die er ook dagelijks stijlvol uit willen zien.

londsdale - Extreemrechts imago

Het merk wordt in Nederland, tegen wil en dank, in verband gebracht met neo-nazisme en extreemrechts, omdat dit merk zich door sommige neonazi's als een soort 'huismerk' is toegeëigend: onder een halfopen jas blijven van de naam slechts de letters NSDA zichtbaar, wat aan de NSDAP doet denken. Een gedeelte van de Lonsdaledragers ontkennen echter extreemrechtse sympathieën te hebben en verklaren het merk alleen te dragen omdat zij het mooi vinden.


Dickies - Carhartt

"Dickies" is van een oorsprong een echt bouwvakkerskledingmerk. Bouwvakkers kochten deze kleding omdat ze hun gereedschap handig erin kwijt konden, maar ook om de lange levensduur en stevigheid van het kledingmerk. Tegenwoordig maakt Dickies ook moderne kleding die niet gericht is op bouwvakkers.In Europa staat Dickies bekend als skaterkleding. Van de originele amerikaanse bouwvakkersafkomst is in Europa weinig te bekennen. De beroemde Big Daddy Jeans is in Europa het meest populaire Dickiesproduct.

Naast T-shirts en jeans laat Dickies ook nog andere producten maken zoals: schoenensokkenrugzakkenschoudertassenschooluniformenpantalonsjassen en horloges.

Net zoals dickies heeft ook Carhartt "streetwear en workwear".


bronnen: http://nl.wikipedia.org



uniform against social seperation

Throughout the years, fashion has become essential to people's feelings about themselves and the appearances they give to others. From the different styles throughout the decades, people have discovered and expressed their feelings by what kind of clothes they wear. In the fifties, people wore poodle skirts and danced the night away. In the seventies, the flower children painted themselves, were bellbottoms and leisure suits, and listened to rebellious music. Spandex, bright florescent suits, big hair, and exercise videos ruled the eighties. Now, once again, fashions have changed. People wear named brand clothing like Abercrombie, American Eagle, and The GAP. These types of clothes and fashions are not always appropriate when school is involved. To cut back on problems with these fashions, many public school systems have adopted a uniform policy. The uniforms in public school systems would increase academics, broaden social skills and abandon social separation, and enhance personal characteristics in the students. Uniforms in public schools would enhance students' academic performance and improve test scores

bron: http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/92493.html

maandag 19 oktober 2009

stereotypes in clothing and brands.

stereo type and clothing

Stereotypes in ClothingDifferent styles and brands of clothing can be linked to different groups or cliques of people. It seems that the stereotypes related to the groups or cliques, have become a stereotype of the clothing. Styles ranging from baggy to preppy, to relaxed fit can be found all over the place, and stereotypes have found their way into just about every style of clothing worn. For example, the hippy's from the 60's wore their tie-die shirts, bell bottom pants and were thought to be druggie losers. These hippies are the same people holding high positions in major corporations today. Where did the stereotypes of the hippies during the 60's come from? I've spoken to people who say they had their hippy days, and most point to the same source. The stereotypes came because the style was different from the norm. Just because they didn't fit in with the definition of what was thought to be someone on their way to success. So if they're not on their way to success, they must losers. Stereotypes have even been pinned to certain brand names.


Stereotypes seem to start out as opinions of a large portion of the group that wear the style, and then get labeled to anyone else who is seen wearing the same style. I've seen personally why certain brands have been stereotyped as Asian brands, and understand how a brand can be stereotyped to someone's race. These stereotypes have also affected some high schools in California, where some brands are banned from campus. Now you have a 12yr old boy being teased because his low budget clothes, and stereotyped as a loser. he west coast, certain brands aren't aloud to be worn due to possible gang relation. In my opinion, stereotypes in clothing start to effect people around Jr. It's not right to do, but origins of this stereotype are easy to see. I remember being able to see the difference in clothing from one group to another, and how certain groups wore certain brands. That's when I have the first memories of actually looking at what someone was wearing. Examples from Bob Marley to Dennis Rodman, should open everyone's eyes to the fact that jus because someone chooses to dress in a way that doesn't conform to what is thought to be someone with intelligence, doesn't mean anything.


Brands aren't aloud to be worn due to possible gang relation.
Brands are banned from campus.
Low budget clothes, stereotyped as a loser.

Bron: http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/46179.html

zondag 18 oktober 2009

first idea - overboard

changing from animal stereotypes to stereotypes of clothing and brands that lead to certain groups 

zaterdag 17 oktober 2009

Stereotypes of animals

bron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_stereotypes

Common Western animal stereotypes


Mammals

Bron:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_stereotypes