The Jersey Dress - I realized in yesterday's post that I managed to leave the ladies out in this discussion about fashion. So lets start today's top 5 off with one of my favorites. It was like as soon as the video premiered, the next day everywhere you looked females were rocking the jersey dress. Mya pulled it off the best though. :)
The Hi Top Fade - The 60's and 70's had the afro and the 80's and 90's had the hi top fade. The versatility of the hi top fade was the best part. You could cut it with a slant to get the gumby effect like Bobby Brown, you could get it dreaded at the top or you could dye a small section of it blonde to get that Kwame look. If you didn't have a fade back then you were a square.
*More on the Negro Mullet here
Get your Grown Man on - When Jay Z speaks, people listen. So when Jay said it was time to look more mature, everyone else followed suit. Granted, this did cause a shit load of 16 year old kids to think they were grown men but at least they put away the oversized jerseys and 4x white tees.
*side note- I'm not endorsing wearing a turtleneck. That's gay, well unless your Jay then you can pull it off.
The Afrocentric Era - This era was riding the fence. The Cross Colours aspect of this era makes it very regretful, but based on the fact that this movement had black people actually wanting to learn more about their heritage, it'll make the today's post instead of yesterday's.
*side note - props to the Native Tongues for pushing the movement.
Polo,Tommy Hill, Nautica etc..- This is by far my favorite period in fashion from my generation. It was all about Polo, Tommy, and Nautica. Raekwon was my dude (no homo) during this time so its only right I put up one of the videos that inspired my style.
Good post homie.
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