Hip hop Urbanite

Name: Gian Gabon

Age: 20 yrs. old

School/Course: University of St. LaSalle-Bacolod/BSIT4

Personal Style: Hip hop urbanite

Reminds me of a style icon: Justin Bieber

"Fashion is not something that exist in dresses only.Fashion is in the sky,in the street,fashion has to do with ideas,the way we live,what is happening" -Gabrielle Coco Chanel

The ideas of hip hop fashion dates back during the 1980's when sportswear fashion became a fad among trend setters. They explored something to mix and match their sportswear outfits including the gangster flat top cap,the chain blings,high-cut shoes,baggy pants and graphic tees.The modern trend scattered in all parts of the globe including in Korea,wherein they have their own version of hip hop urban fashion called, k-pop or the korean gangsta and locally, here in the Philippines, we have our jejemon fashion which others believe only exists in text messaging style but it's also in fashion. Originally, the hip hop urbanite fashion was derived in New York city by the street thugs community in Bronx and later on it spread like a flu in Eastern countries like in South Korea,Japan,People's Republic of China and the Philippines.It's like a blending of two cultures, the western style and the eastern style and the given countries made their own interpretations of the trend.

In Metro Bacolod,young guys are so obsessed of the supra domination.Majority of it's patronizers are the teenage guys in their Secondary and Tertiary Education years who are an avid fan of hip hop and RnB Music.Supra shoes are first sighted in Justin Bieber when he wore this to his music videos like Never say never,Baby and Eenie Meenie with Sean Kingston.The Supra domination in Metro Bacolod,because of the so-called,Bieber Fever, teenage boys in the city are setting the hip hop urbanite trend which is labelled as cool,rugged and casual.The best thing to work with this trend is to wear a fit(not too fit) tank either graphic art or a checkered short sleeve polo,pair with skinny jeans(not too skinny) either in acid wash or coated and pile up with accessories like blings,chains,dog tags,rubber ballers and jejemon cap/gangsta cap.Don't forget the supra shoes,which is the highlight of the whole package.This trend is appropriate for lean boys only.This will emphasize their legs because of the skinny jeans and tiny feet looks bigger because of the hugeness of supra shoes.Think of Jason Derulo,Justin Bieber,Kardinal Official,Iyaz,Eminem and Wiz Khalifa as the hip hop urbanite style icons.