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© Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.New documentary explores roots of hip-hop fashion
By LEANNE ITALIE NEW YORK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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badsey3
http://shop.fruitionlv.com/category/mens/troop/
If you had a Troop jacket (the ones here are kind of weak => good ones were leather and seemed custom done) and you had the thick gold chain (real or fake) you were it in the mid<->late 80's. The period after break and before leather Africa medallions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H7b1sLFZL0 (:30)
Wc626
Addidas, "my Addidas", Converse, FilLa, players only jackets, Kango's, gold chains, bandanas, Run DMC shirts, T-shirt & khakis- that's what sums up the early hip-hop fashion.