By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - As hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, elements of the culture are expected to be on the runway ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSNEW YORK - As hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, elements of the culture are expected to be on the runway during New York Fashion Week from Sept. 8-13, when American designers will showcase their latest collections.
"The tipping point ... was when we started seeing average Joe Blow, white guy with the two kids and the picket fence and the PTA wife, in his Timberlands," said fashion expert and author Constance White. Rappers adopted the rugged yellow boots, originally designed for blue-collar workers, as streetwear, turning the brand into a style statement.
"When you see artists like Jay-Z, how he took that baggy jeans silhouette and we added a button-down shirt to it," elevating the look for consumers, she said. "Us not asking for permission to work with high fashion designers," Ambrose said."We were purchasing, investing in them, and then we were also creating iconic looks and images that they too were influenced by. And we started to kind of realize that we could all live in the same space."
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