![]() “It was really formed out of necessity and listening to customers and what they wanted: deeper pockets, more leg room, they wanted their bottoms to go inside of the Timberlands or outside and just fit,” she said of the suit. LL Cool J wears Walker Wear’s Rough and Rugged suit. At that time, you had to fight for any kind of styling as an artist, especially in hip-hop because it was so new.” This was way before styling companies like June Ambrose and Mode Squad and all of those guys really existed. Her work ended up on the cover of the duo’s “I Don’t Care” album. And my first styling was with a group called Audio Two and Audio Two came in the store one day - I think MC Lyte referred Audio Two - because they wanted someone from Brooklyn to make the clothes for their video,” Walker said. “I officially started Walker Wear because I started styling. That’s what hip-hop is to me.”īefore long, after popping in at Dapper Dan’s and thanks to her Fashion in Effect customer base who knew what they wanted from style, Walker Wear was born. We were bleaching our jeans, ripping up our shirts and just doing things a little different. “I was able to see people in their best forms of self-expression, but they were actually self-expressing by manipulating and remixing styles that they went and bought off the rack but wasn’t really representing lifestyle for us of that moment, of what we were hearing, feeling. We had Latin Quarter at that time, we had Broadway International, Barnes International, Zanzibar, Bentleys, Roxy…those were like fashion shows for me,” Walker said. ![]() She started with her first custom clothing shop, Fashion in Effect, in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, but used the streets to inform her next move. You had this whole Reaganomics and crack era setting in, and at the same time, there was this spirit of entrepreneurship going on with people figuring out how to actually create. “So, it really spoke to my heart and the energy was magnetic, and New York was just a magnetic and electric vibe in the ‘80s. And even before that, coming up with Grandmaster Flash and all of those guys, they were really talking about neighborhoods and concerns and things - they were like the CNN but for the streets, things that weren’t being talked about on the news,” Walker said. “Public Enemy was a huge influence and there was everybody from Chubb Rock, Audio Two, Run-DMC, a lot of people I was listening to. ![]() That hip-hop soundtrack was big and the clothes would be, too. A new documentary short by NBC News out Thursday, “50 Years Fly: The Rise, Fall and Revolution of Hip-Hop Fashion,” has Walker among its interviewed experts. It was the soundtrack of my life at the time,” said Walker, who’s regarded as the first woman, and among the pioneers, in what’s now known as streetwear. “I reverse engineered into fashion because of my love for hip-hop. Walker, founder of Walker Wear, was one of them the music was her muse. Some key women were shaping styles that would become iconic and go on to help define the streetwear we know today. Ciara's appearance at the VH1 Save the Music event in 2006 serves as the ideal illustration of the vest-as-shirt trend that was popular in the 2000s, either worn over a bra top or tee.EXCLUSIVE: The Hundreds Launches New Brand With 'Adam Bomb' Character Photo: Johnny NunezĢ000s hip-hop fashion trends like the folded off-shoulder tops have become more popular among fashion fans. Reid in East Hampton, New York, United States. ![]() Vests Ciara during Flaunt Your Flirt: A Benefit for VH1 Save The Music - Jat Home of Jaci & Morris L. Surprisingly, supporters of other musical genres, like soul and pop music, also appreciated the ensemble. Female artists wore various outfit designs in a variety of hues and materials. Although these clothes have been around for a while, the early 2000s hip-hop trend made them popular. Hip-hop 2000s fashion for black girls is here to stay. Crop tops American singer Pink, wearing a crop top beneath a blue-and-green coat, attends the 6th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards in Santa Monica, California, 2nd September 2000.
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