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