Do you remember MC Hammer’s baggy “parachute” pants, or Chuck Taylor’s converse, or maybe even 2-Pac’s camo combat pants? You’d think these styles would be long gone, rightfully so, but these styles are some of the many being “brought back to life”.
This decade has seen a number of fashion standouts… cough… Miley Cyrus… cough… Lady Gaga, but no one has made a bigger impression on the fashion industry than, you guessed it, Kanye West. Kanye’s laid back, comfortable style, baggy t-shirts and even baggier pants (pulled up knee high), have caused other celebrities with completely different careers like Justin Bieber or even Floyd “Money” Mayweather to adopt it.
Kanye not only rules the pop-culture fashion industry, he also has one of the most sought after shoe lines in the world. Kanye started out with Nike making “Back to the Future” Air Mag inspired shoes. They would sell out the first day they released for around $500. After a couple of days, they would be sold for thousands of dollars. Kanye then switched shoe deals to Adidas, making shoes inspired by the boots worn by astronauts, by that time his line of shoes by Nike was no longer being released making them sell for anywhere from 10,000 to 15,000 dollars. Outrageous for a pair of shoes that was being made for 200 dollars at the …show more content…
Converse, believed to be the most iconic, American made brand of shoe in the world, is over 100 years old and still going strong. In 1917 Converse released the well-known “All-Stars”, made specifically for professional basketball players. It wasn’t until 1921 that the Converse All-Stars adopted their widely used nickname “Chuck Taylor’s”. Today, everyone, ranging from TEACHERS to famous musicians to people with their OWN shoe lines, wear
This decade has seen a number of fashion standouts… cough… Miley Cyrus… cough… Lady Gaga, but no one has made a bigger impression on the fashion industry than, you guessed it, Kanye West. Kanye’s laid back, comfortable style, baggy t-shirts and even baggier pants (pulled up knee high), have caused other celebrities with completely different careers like Justin Bieber or even Floyd “Money” Mayweather to adopt it.
Kanye not only rules the pop-culture fashion industry, he also has one of the most sought after shoe lines in the world. Kanye started out with Nike making “Back to the Future” Air Mag inspired shoes. They would sell out the first day they released for around $500. After a couple of days, they would be sold for thousands of dollars. Kanye then switched shoe deals to Adidas, making shoes inspired by the boots worn by astronauts, by that time his line of shoes by Nike was no longer being released making them sell for anywhere from 10,000 to 15,000 dollars. Outrageous for a pair of shoes that was being made for 200 dollars at the …show more content…
Converse, believed to be the most iconic, American made brand of shoe in the world, is over 100 years old and still going strong. In 1917 Converse released the well-known “All-Stars”, made specifically for professional basketball players. It wasn’t until 1921 that the Converse All-Stars adopted their widely used nickname “Chuck Taylor’s”. Today, everyone, ranging from TEACHERS to famous musicians to people with their OWN shoe lines, wear