During the 1980s, hip-hop fashion was characterized by striking colors. Loose-fitting white shirts accompanied tracksuits, gold chains, and Kangol bucket hats. Large sunglasses were often added to ...

But, in the early 1980s, fashion brands faced a dilemma: embrace hip-hop, an exciting, raw sound, or shun it for fear of offending mass audiences. Along came Run DMC, who proved it was possible ...

The Bronx native’s birthday dinner became a testament to the evolution of hip-hop fashion ... appreciation for the fashion foundations laid by artists from the late 1980s and 1990s while ...