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Why Louis Vuitton chose Mr. Williams as its new designer of men’s wear. It’s bigger than hip-hop.

The most iconic looks from some of your favorite hip-hop artists go under the microscope; examine and explore the intersection between hip-hop and fashion’s biggest heavyweights.

Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style, installation view. Exhibition design by Courtney Sloane Design © The Museum at FITThe Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) has launched an exhibit at the FIT Museum in New York City for the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Curators Elena Romero and Elizabeth Way showcase iconic hip-hop styles, including Aaliyah's Tommy Hilfiger ensemble, Dapper Dan's bomber jacket and Cardi B's blinged-out nails. Hip-hop is considered to have o...

Rapper Doug E. Fresh discusses how the song "Self Destruction" put America on notice about the gun violence epidemic killing Black men.

Armstrong cemented this suit as the mail fashion statement in the 1940s. it was a black woman, zelda, who created the original playboy bunny costume. a black woman designed jackie kennedys iconic wedding dress. she didnt get the credit at the time. the first lady referring to simply as a colored dressmaker. designer stephen barrels helped ushered in the disco era with his bold designs. dapper dan was one of the creators of luxury street where populists by hip-hop artists in the 19 80s and 90s. a...

Most people dont realize. but then there are collections like one of the most celebrated, the or collection, you think about the john kelly ono, the victorian look. some people, at the time were saying is that cultural appreciation? no, i felt it was something somewhat of a celebration. melding these two cultures together. and really preserving the colors and detectors that the mossad had worked on for years. that was something that was very demonstrative of how to cultures can come together. bu...

New York exhibition traces style evolution: ‘These are intergenerational ideas of what it meant to be stylish’

Gold hoop earrings, small tops and baggy pants pairing, and sneaker culture, are only some of many fashion trends that have originated and popularized by Black culture.

Eddie Plein, grills legend and inventor of the gold front as we know it, shares his best stories in new illustrated book Mouth Full of Golds

The sales brought in $3.6 million from more than 2,000 registrants from 47 countries.