Anachronistic Archetype Fashion trends milk carton. A retrospective

Social media happened. You had more access to what people were wearing that was considered in on a nationwide scale as opposed to what was considered in with the neighborhood cats and dope boys
 
Skaterboarders were the first people I saw wearing skinny jeans. If they couldn't find men's jeans skinny enough they'd wear women's jeans.

Who were the first group historically to wear skinny jeans? I feel like it would of occurred in England.
 
I moved to ATL in 07.....

The "wave started changing"....in '09 in ATL. From baggy clothes to sized down fitted clothes.

ATL ***** got on their "black boy, white boy swag" tip (sized down polo shirts, sized down jeans, trues, hollister and AE) around then.

By 2011....regionalism in urban fashion was dead.

Thanks internet/social media.
 
tyisny said:
If i remember correctly my senior year in HS (06) was when i copped my First Trues, after that the jeans started getting progressively skinnier. It still took awhile for the entire hood to make that switch tho.
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Same here.

Bootcut twisted seams trues around that era.

You couldn't tell me nothing when I had the foams/Nike boots x small white tee x bootcut trues combo in '06 :lol:.

I also spent a ridiculous amount of money on Rock and republics, 7s, antiks, 575, nudies and gap jeans :smh:
 
WavyCrocket said:
I moved to ATL in 07.....

The "wave started changing"....in '09 in ATL. From baggy clothes to sized down fitted clothes.

ATL ***** got on their "black boy, white boy swag" tip (sized down polo shirts, sized down jeans, trues, hollister and AE) around then.

By 2011....regionalism in urban fashion was dead.

Thanks internet/social media.
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i dont remember what caused the shift from the 90's to Lil Jon era.

i do remember the song that helped the transition from super baggy to less baggy/somewhat fitted was Shop Boyz - Party Like A Rock Star

it ignited a spark for folks in the hood to embody rock star fashion which led to tighter pants.
 
I know i gotta say this. I joined the navy in 05. first time leaving NY. clothes were super baggy for us. started getting into the polos due to kanye but was always into jays and sneakers. When i joined i met my roommate he was from buckhead/atlanta. He wore fitted jeans and tees. He was the first on i seen on the hundreds and skate brands. He was also a NTer and got me to join. lol
 
trends go in cycles, before rappers made it cool to walk around with night gown tees and baggy jeans, rockstars of the 80's early 90's had everyone in skinny jeans and look where we at now...now look at Kanye and his transition, he's slowly making his way back to more loser fits, I think his influence has been diluted but if more influencers follow in his footsteps those that follow trends, specially the trends we are referring to which usually are rooted in the music industry, we will see some baggy era hybrid steez resurface.
 
I remember like in 2002ish there was that whole backpacker movement.

Like triple five soul...cargo pants...boots....rawkus records...black starr type cats....muted colors...

I lived in the south and that was definitely a different look.
 
lol its weird looking at how Black dudes dressed in the 80s. Faded denim galor, lots of short shorts, tucked in polos, visible socks etc

sckid20 said:
I remember like in 2002ish there was that whole backpacker movement.

Like triple five soul...cargo pants...boots....rawkus records...black starr type cats....muted colors...

I lived in the south and that was definitely a different look.
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Yep, around here it wasn't that common.
 
ksteezy said:
trends go in cycles, before rappers made it cool to walk around with night gown tees and baggy jeans, rockstars of the 80's early 90's had everyone in skinny jeans and look where we at now...now look at Kanye and his transition, he's slowly making his way back to more loser fits, I think his influence has been diluted but if more influencers follow in his footsteps those that follow trends, specially the trends we are referring to which usually are rooted in the music industry, we will see some baggy era hybrid steez resurface.
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I think before fashion became cyclical, it was originally linear and chronological due to advancements of standardized sizing and military surpluses.

fashion for minorities before rap/hiphop was birthed was always fascinating to me, cuz there wasn't a dominant culture to draw from.
 
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what happened to the square toe prowess of the 1990s and 2000s? now everyone wants those rounded lasts...

when you saw someone rocking those you knew they were about business, because they cut no corners...
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My first pair of shoes was some box toe, swaggerless design just like the ones you posted.

It's wild how terrible it looks now. Can't see myself ever buying another pair of those things again.
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Sidenote: Someone take the thesaurus from @ninjahood  
 
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ksteezy said:
trends go in cycles, before rappers made it cool to walk around with night gown tees and baggy jeans, rockstars of the 80's early 90's had everyone in skinny jeans and look where we at now...now look at Kanye and his transition, he's slowly making his way back to more loser fits, I think his influence has been diluted but if more influencers follow in his footsteps those that follow trends, specially the trends we are referring to which usually are rooted in the music industry, we will see some baggy era hybrid steez resurface.
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I think it's slowly coming back and ironically enough i see A$AP mob for the past few months really out here pushing more towards that baggier aesthetic
 
ninjahood said:
I think before fashion became cyclical, it was originally linear and chronological due to advancements of standardized sizing and military surpluses.

fashion for minorities before rap/hiphop was birthed was always fascinating to me, cuz there wasn't a dominant culture to draw from.
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I think music has always dictated trends, we are talking fashion trends, what would be considered fly. I guess this is why they are called trends....I grew up until the age of 10 in Colombia, no internet and my uncle was rocking skinny jeans and Metalica tees with snapbacks, he had a sick collection of snapbacks...if your popular rappers began to wear baggy era long tees, those that follow trends will eat it up and regress....those of us that at one point followed these trends but have outgrown them will continue to dress how we dress now, I feel personally eventhough I like to keep to date on these little trends, I won't adopt them, I have my own sense of dressing now and I think that's how it should be for everyone, no reason why you should be 35 years old dressing like a Yeezy clone.
 
ksteezy said:
ninjahood said:
I think before fashion became cyclical, it was originally linear and chronological due to advancements of standardized sizing and military surpluses.

fashion for minorities before rap/hiphop was birthed was always fascinating to me, cuz there wasn't a dominant culture to draw from.
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I think music has always dictated trends, we are talking fashion trends, what would be considered fly. I guess this is why they are called trends....I grew up until the age of 10 in Colombia, no internet and my uncle was rocking skinny jeans and Metalica tees with snapbacks, he had a sick collection of snapbacks...if your popular rappers began to wear baggy era long tees, those that follow trends will eat it up and regress....those of us that at one point followed these trends but have outgrown them will continue to dress how we dress now, I feel personally eventhough I like to keep to date on these little trends, I won't adopt them, I have my own sense of dressing now and I think that's how it should be for everyone, no reason why you should be 35 years old dressing like a Yeezy clone.
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something that would blow your mind would be da history of da t-shirt from military surplus to da creation of band tees from da 50's-60's to da 70's.
 
^one of my favorite fashion evolution stories.  Started as military underwear then the soldiers came home and said eff it, i'm just gonna wear this out
 
ServeChilled81 said:
^one of my favorite fashion evolution stories.  Started as military underwear then the soldiers came home and said eff it, i'm just gonna wear this out
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bingo, u see alot of that post war fashion in Rebel without a cause and Grease of all things.
 
this generation coming up will never experience da struggle within da baggy era of what to do with dragging jean cuffs..
 
ksteezy said:
If you've never seen a rockstar in your life, I guess Neek would be the pioneer of it :lol:
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what dude meant is neek was wearing skinny jeans when typical sneaker head cats were still on the baggy tip heavy

if you were on here during the 04/05 era, he stayed on the wdywt thread and dudes would clown him for it

he didn't pioneer the look but sure as hell made it cool for cats who weren't into the rock scene to rock skinnys
 
ninjahood said:
this generation coming up will never experience da struggle within da baggy era of what to do with dragging jean cuffs..
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My moms use to be on my *** for ******* up the cuffs on my jeans. I couldn't even imagine that trend coming back based off of comfort factor alone
 
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