Free Stylin': How Hip Hop Changed the Fashion Industry

by Elena Romero

Book Overview

This book sources interviews with scholars, urban designers, music experts, financial analysts, retailers, and hip hop celebrities to chronicle the compelling story of how hip hop transformed the fashion world and exploded into a $3 billion clothing industry.

For years, designers and manufacturers took cues from the streets to enhance their clothing lines, but before the 1980s the urban consumer was never recognized as a viable demographic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313386463
• ISBN13: 9780313386466
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"