by Matt Dronkers
Fashion is something that goes on changing with the course of the time. In the past, the clothing style imitated the standard of that era. But today we have wide range of choice in fashion. As a result, we have got a distinct style of fashion in urban clothing industry called streetwear.
What does the ‘term’ streetwear mean? It is a kind of clothing style generally inspired by its surrounding lifestyle of the street. It deals with the urban themes like graffiti and encodes the culture of such surroundings into clothing fashion. Most importantly, it gives clothing a high quality.
The germ of streetwear clothing style lies in distant past something around 1980s. A movement called punk was very much popular at that time which gave the way to hip-hop culture. For this reason both of them have similarities.
Shawn Stussy was the inspirational name behind streetwear. He worked as a local surfboard shaper of Laguna Beach in California. He used his own logo for his surfboard designs and after that for the very first time he printed his logo on t-shirts. From that time onwards, streetwear genre has gone under a sea-change.
What is remarkable for hip-hop culture is its being self-expressive in nature. Streetwear, like hip-hop, seeks to have expression of its own concepts. Clothing designers express their feelings in terms of designs they draw for garments. So it is designers’ expression, but it becomes the expressions of those who wear them too.
In the fashion industry of garments, streetwear marks its position and continues to encourage designers of today. One of the most important thing they need to remember is to maintain quality that streetwear reflects.
Today fashion and streetwear have become two sides of the same coin. Modern culture of youth and traditional style both make the blend of these two different outlooks which is well articulated in streetwear. One can prefers either traditional suit or can put on well designed t-shirts or both.
About the Author:
Matt Dronkers writes for Thriving Ink Inc., an
metro sportwear and streetwear brand specializing in
T-shirt Designs. For more Information, please visit http://www.thrivingink.com.