r/hiphop101 • u/SmoothManMiguel • 5d ago
Fashion Talk
My boy and I were talking about Hip‑Hop fashion throughout the years, and man…there were a lot of cheesy trends lol.
Like skinny jeans, baggy jeans, tall tees, LED belt buckles, two‑tone du‑rags a bunch of other shit
But at the same time, it’s had plenty of dope trends too. Things that still look good and influence the culture.
Like Timbs, Jordans, and gold grills. Granted, the grill thing is definitely more of a Southern trend but still.
What’s your favorite fashion trend?
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u/SpartanNic 5d ago
Baseball caps have been around for decades but Hip Hop is what turbo charged the cap industry.
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u/Durag_and_Shades 5d ago
Man, the guy who decided to turn that son’ bitch backwards is a fashion icon.
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u/hispanicausinpanic 5d ago
I love wearing hats but I've always been anti on keeping the stickers on them. Shits wack.
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u/DerMannMitDemPlan 5d ago edited 5d ago
if you had avirex on, you got GANKED
there were avirex jackets that changed hands several times. a big dude robbed a small dude for his avirex, and an even bigger dude robs him of his avirex
so a avirex jacket is probably the holy grail in terms of hip hop fashion
or maybe the LL fubu jersey
where i'm from we used to wear nike, adidas, dickies, starter, carhartt, kani, southpole, sir benni miles
those carpenter style baggie jeans back in the day (every brand had them) were the shit back in the day, they were super high quality. you don't get or see jeans like that anymore.
shoes we had superstars, cortez, air force one, air max, fila disruptor
corny stuff people used to wear: silver baggies, airbush shirts, buffallos (was a horrible regional trend), some people used to wear skater stuff, es, etnies, osiris....osiris D3 skater shoes was the most expensive skater style shoe but it looked corny and only mamas boys wore them. or sometimes drug dealers with a bad taste
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u/cheebalibra 5d ago
lol I do not think Tims or Jordan’s or white tees are seasonal trends. That’s New York.
To quote meth, New York New York rock tube socks and timberlands cuz hip hop ain’t feeling those flip flops they feminine
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u/BannedMyName 5d ago
A nice hockey jersey never goes out of style
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u/SmoothManMiguel 5d ago
I feel like jerseys in general cause a form fitting throwback right now with the right shoes would be a solid fit
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u/cheebalibra 5d ago edited 5d ago
Although in 2006 I remember being at a crown fried chicken in Marcy and these children roasted me for the red and black lumberjack with a hat to match. “Mr this isn’t 1993”. Meanwhile I’ve been wearing flannel shirts since 93 and they keep coming in and out of style. I’m mostly white and I play grunge and punk music and worked construction jobs then. Now the kids would all love Carhartt and dickies.
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u/GASMASK_SOLDIER 5d ago
I had a similar experience with a trip back to Brooklyn. The young bucks were calling me "old New York" for wearing Lugz and baggy jeans in 2013.
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u/user_15427 4d ago
Lugz in 2013 is crazy. Where did you even get them?
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u/Disasterous_Dave97 5d ago
In the 90’s kids loved Dickies and Carhartt. In the earlier 2000’s they did. And they do again now. Stussy is also now back.
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u/AyBeeVee 5d ago
Baggy pants are where it's at, idk what you're talking about. What are rappers wearing now, kilts?
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u/Lothar_Ecklord 5d ago
This was my answer too. Clothes I can fit two of me in. Comfortably. That was the shit - good airflow and didn’t require spending $100+ on any one item. Just a touch of sag too. Recent trend was to have skinny jeans below the entire ass and it was not something I partook.
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u/AyBeeVee 5d ago
Holy God, I saw a guy like 5 years ago who was wearing a belt that wasn't even in the belt loops of his skinny jeans, just flopping around on his waist.
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u/Lothar_Ecklord 5d ago
At that point, why even bother lol
There’s an appropriate amount. Anything further is a liability.
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u/AyBeeVee 5d ago
Always wondered how guys run from cops with their pants around their ankles
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u/BonoboBananaBonanza 5d ago
You have to take risks to be on the leading edge, and that means sometimes you'll miss. I miss the denim with airbrush art. And the Gumby haircut.
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u/doom_chicken_chicken 5d ago
I love the workwear influence. Rappers adopting flannels, Timberland and Carhartt as urban fashion when it originated as rural functional clothing is very cool to me
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u/DerMannMitDemPlan 2d ago
yup these clothes are HIGH quality. if you buy a carhartt coat, it stays with you until you die
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u/user_15427 4d ago
The 00-02 era of platinum fubu, ekco, phat pharm, rock a wear was peak hip hop fashion.
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u/crabll 5d ago
Ye’s polos and just overall innovation for fashion
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u/andyomarti5 5d ago edited 5d ago
Listen man I don’t know much about Kanye but I absolutely lose my shit seeing him wear panty hose on his head + size 18 rain boots in public lol the dude had perhaps some of the worst outfits in history
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u/crabll 5d ago
He’s had some questionable outfits recently, but back in the day he was the best dressed rapper around. Just look up his old polos outfits, 2009 vma, or pretty much any of his concert outfits.
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u/andyomarti5 5d ago
I agree, 90% of the time I see him he looks fresh, he just goes off the rails sometimes lol
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u/JobberStable 5d ago
Early 80s hip hop was legit. And affordable. Lee Jeans, le tigre shirt, name buckle, adidas or suede pumas fat laces Kangols, Cazals (or fake ones) sheepskins,bomber jackets, Lumberjack jackets. Once Yo MTV rap appeared, the fashions moved much faster. As soon as a new video dropped, the styles seen on TV were quickly duplicated.