street flavor on the hip-hop tip. i ve been on the color of village voice, five-page article based on sneakers. i would say this shoe collection is worth over $500,000. here we go yo in the late 80s growing up in new york, you know, kids were into fashion and hip-hop obviously influenced everything that we did. but, you know, at that point it basically meant getting different designer labels like polo or something like that and wearing it in a particular way. you wasn t just a regular black kid rocking polos. we saw those things like new balance, members only, if it wasn t a in the hood rocking
that s a very clear way to tell who s hip in terms of like street flavor on the hip-hop tip. i ve been on the color of village voice, five-page article based on sneakers. i would say this shoe collection is worth over $500,000. here we go yo in the late 80s growing up in new york, you know, kids were into fashion and hip-hop obviously influenced everything that we did. but, you know, at that point it basically meant getting different designer labels like polo or something like that and wearing it in a particular way. you wasn t just a regular black kid rocking polos. we saw those things like new
allowance back, begged my grandfather for $20 and i could get my shoe dyed at jew man you want everybody to know you have the swag now, or flavor back then, you are dipped, fresh, you are the one. it was a competition like everything else in the hood. the way the fat lace started. we used to take laces that came in the shoe, like converse, and stretch them and starched them with starch and iron them. it was a ritual. it took like a half hour to get your right. and the way you laced them in your shoes was a different sort of science. the manufacturers, when they lace their laces they go the other way, under and up. us, we go up and under. that s a clear way to tell who s hip in terms of street flavor on the hip hop tip. i have been on the cover of village voice, five-page article