It’s the late ‘80s in Latest York City, graffiti is the omnipresent art, Run-DMC is coursing through boomboxes at block parties from its birthplace within the Bronx to Brooklyn, and off-the-rack fashion isn’t quite delivering on the vibe without the necessity for a remix.
Several of the young, gifted and Black had already been getting into Dapper Dan’s in Harlem to see the designer give their suits more flavor — but April Walker wanted something for her borough and her community to call its own.
And hip-hop was the thread that wove through all of it.
Now, because the musical genre that became much larger than artists and albums turns 50, hip-hop’s longstanding influence on fashion is evident — but what’s at times...
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