| Hip hop was brought to live in the late 1960s and early | | | | comfortable with what they wear. Another reason |
| 1970s and had an amazing development since the first | | | | why hip hop clothes must be very comfortable is |
| day it had been first introduced. | | | | because you have to be allowed to move freely in |
| This subculture has several main elements and this is | | | | order to be able to break- dance. |
| one of the major reasons why hip hop gained the | | | | In the beginning the hip hop fashion was looked at as |
| success that it has now. Besides the specific, new | | | | being more appropriate for those who lived in the |
| type of music that it brought: rapping, hip hop also | | | | ghetto or had minimum wage. However, this was |
| introduced a new fashion trend: hip hop clothing, a new | | | | about to change very soon. What hip hop brought to |
| form of art, graffiti, another way of dancing, break | | | | the world was undeniable and there was no way that |
| dancing and last but not least beat boxing. With so | | | | this was just some wave that was going to pass |
| many elements introduced there is no wonder that hip | | | | without leaving any trace. More than that, hip hop has |
| hop graduately started to develop and win the hearts | | | | not passed and it is maybe stronger today than it was |
| of many people. | | | | when it first started. Hip hop clothes are a big hit, |
| Besides rap music, which is the main element that hip | | | | rapping is one of the most expressive ways of |
| hop is known for and appreciated, another important | | | | expressing yourself and break- dancing and graffiti |
| aspect of this subculture that had immediate appealing | | | | have become an art form that you can not live |
| to fans as well as ordinary people, was hip hop | | | | without. |
| clothing. Today there is not a clothing store that either | | | | The numerous clothing stores that sell hip hop clothes |
| sells hip hop clothing or has clothes that are also | | | | and the number of brands that started to make such |
| inspired from this type of fashion. All the major | | | | clothes increased considerably. This subculture is now |
| designer labels borrowed something from this amazing | | | | appreciated at its value and although there are some |
| form of art known as hip hop. | | | | bad things that hip hop promotes at times, the many |
| One of the major reasons why nowadays there are | | | | great aspects of this subculture have brought it where |
| thousands of clothing stores that promote and sell hip | | | | it belongs. |
| hop clothing is the fact that this simple fashion was and | | | | Hip hop clothes are found in thousands of clothing |
| still is accessible and easy to wear. Large, baggy pants | | | | stores, break- dance is thought in thousands of dancing |
| and long t-shirts are the two major iconic aspects of | | | | schools, graffiti is found on millions of wall and hip hop |
| hip hop clothing. Moreover, this new trend allowed | | | | music is listened by millions of people around the world. |
| people to look a little uncouth as long as they feel | | | | |