Showing posts with label hip hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hip hop. Show all posts

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

'Cause We Got Style!'

Cause We Got Style! is a street style esq. book which depicts European Hip Hop styles from the 80's and early 90's. I purchased this book for the main reason to gain a wider insight into street style and street photography of a different era in order to help push my own thought process' and current work. I found the photographs inside extremely interesting primarily for the fact that most of the brands such as 'Fila', 'Nike' and 'Adidas' are still around within todays fashion industry. I also enjoyed looking at past styles from different countries such as Denmark, Switzerland and Germany, countries in which I thought had no style or style origins




I have always been a fan of old school hip hop but have never experienced a fandom which is so inspired as the photographs within. Artist such as Flava Flav prove within this book to be one of the main inspirations of the styling itself. I can also see further inspirations from other artists such as Grand Master Flash, Jeru the Damaja and Salt N Peppa. 





The book itself to me shows how brands can evolve and how style from a different era can inspire so many new modern street wear brands such as Supreme, Obey and Stussy.