Fashion - Throwback
Hip hop is still the main influence on everything. Not only in music, but especially in fashion nowadays and there are no signs of change. Brands like Karl Kani (launched in 1989), even though off the radar for almost 20 years since their heydays of the early 2000's have managed a successful comeback even into the mainstream.
Everybody is familiar with Snoopy, the cartoon beagle born on the pages of Charles M. Schulz’ Peanuts comic strips, who since his debut many decades ago has become way more than a comic book character – He is an icon of pop culture. At an early age Schulz decided to become a cartoonist, but only […]
Studio Ghibli is again grabbing everyone’s attention with its new darling, “Studio Ghibli: the Complete Works,” a book that let us peek into the approach to creativity and commitment to producing stories and crafting anime personalities and cosmos since its creation by Miyazaki and Takahata in 1985.
Bootleg counterfeit shirts featuring everyone’s favorite 90’s TV family The Simpsons are a piece of American history. Period. There is more to it than just an off-looking graphic printed on a cheap t-shirt… it’s a piece of pop culture. Just like the show itself. The Simpsons first aired on prime time TV in 1989, years […]
The world’s gone mad. It has been like this forever. The future seems more than insecure and – if you are a little bit like me – you try to find a little bit of hold and control in daily tasks. You know the deal… if you have something to worry about – something really […]
Brace yourself: the mid-aughts are back. Trend cycles have sped up to such a degree that the vanguard cool kids are now idolizing a time that was barely 10 years in the past. But let’s go back and see what the it-People of 2007 wore. Jeffrey Campbell platform heels, American Apparel disco pants and graphic […]
Supreme is not only one of the most sought after brands around today, it is also the epitome of “edutainment”, an expression coined by rapper KRS-ONE. Fittingly they released a small collection of KRS-ONE designs in 2014… Supreme entertains and educates by featuring a wild range of pop cultural references in their designs ever since. […]
DC Shoes was founded in 1994 by skaters Damon Way and Ken Block, known for their pioneer work in “extreme action sports” – skating, BMX and snowboarding – but the brand history actually started in 1989, when they started the clothing brands Eightball, which they soon expanded into their next venture Droors Clothing. Ok, now […]
A T-shirt is not just an iconic piece of fashion, but a cultural artifact in itself. It’s more than a garment, it’s a canvas for you to express who you are. It’s hard to believe that one of the most popular clothing items nowadays was actually designed for nobody to see it. Originally an undergarment […]
Made an elitist uniform by conservative, rich WASPs (White Anglo Saxon Portestants) at elite universities like Yale, Princeton or Havard – penny loafers, Oxford button downs and crested blazers are nothing bad – they are actually quite awesome and always a good addition to any wardrobe. But are we allowed to wear it? Actually not. But […]
