Hip-hop’s influence on fashion many now seem omnipresent, but the Museum at FIT is planning an exhibition that will magnify its origins and lasting influence.
As a former associate editor at DNR and a former contributing editor at WWD, Romero is part of the hip-hop generation, having covered hip-hop fashion at its height, experienced it as part of her culture and penned the book “Free Stylin’: How Hip-Hop Changed the Fashion Industry.”
Visitors will learn from the start of the exhibition how hip-hop style was the dress code of choice at different club venues. Various forms of media, including record companies, television shows and film used fashion as a vehicle to promote hip-hop artists and ideas.
At the Museum at FIT, gallery goers will also find sections for Sports Influence, Pink, Celebrity Style and Hip-Hop Glam. About 50 collectors and lenders have provided the fashion, jewelry, sneakers and other accessories — there are even custom bedazzled acrylic nails fromi.
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