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Ghetto fabulous style has moved into the mainstream along with hip-hop and rap music icons adopting the style though sometimes calling the fashion "uptown couture" with common "ghetto fabulous" styles mixed with couture labels, including new upscale/designer labels created by hip-hop moguls including Sean Combs, Jay-Z, and Kimora Lee Simmons. The phrase has also been the title of several rap albums and songs including Mystikal's 1998 album Ghetto Fabulous, Fabolous's 2001 album, Ghetto Fabolous and the Ras Kass' song "Ghetto Fabulous". The origin of ghetto fabulousness fits into a larger cultural trend of the time. During the 1990s, Black, urban fashion was becoming a hot commodity through the rise of “hardcore” rap.[7] The music of the inner city black male filled radios and television screens with images of inner city life and their daily struggles. In a society of iconic images, the image of the ghetto fabulous woman started to form. Many of the images in music videos were centered on young women and their hyper-sexualized bodies while the “media turn[ed] girls into spectacles−visual objects on display… as in fabulous”.

[8] Because of the circumstances of many inner city families, poverty and consumerism became the focal point of artistic expression. With the rise of malls in the 1980s, this could be seen in the larger cultural context as well. “Excessive consumerism and an obsession with bling are certainly not confined to any particular demographic. authority zero hoodiesWe are a nation of excess and instant gratification. kriss kross hoodiesIt has become the American way”.tovar hoodie[9] For inner city youth, the ghetto fabulous life was about trying to outrun their socio-economic situations. under armour storm hoodie realtreeFor centuries, fashion has represented socio-economic status, so lower classes will buy outside their means in order to try and fit into an image of the upper classes. 1991inc hoodies

This mentality of buying outside ones means contrasted many attitudes of earlier generations. Parents and grandparents did not have the culture of overnight success and YouTube sensations. They learned that you must work for what you want. “As the literal and figurative daughter of postfeminists, the current girl inherits the desire to ‘have it all,’ while embracing (unlike her mother, with no angst) both girl power independence and persistent commodity consumption that puts her sexualized body and self on display".hoodie hiko[10] The materiality and mentality of being ghetto fabulous go hand-in-hand. rammstein hoodie ukYou have to have the mind to buy the right items, and those items in return help maintain the mentality of extravagance. Uses and interpretations of the term vary. For instance, a person who is living "ghetto fabulous" lives above their means, sometimes with means of support other than legitimate work.

Money and housing may come from welfare assistance, relatives, or illicit activities. However, the person is not considered poor. In fact the person may appear well-to-do. Frequently, the term is used in reference to a person's material possessions such as a luxury car, brand-label clothing and accessories, or jewelry. The term may also reference personal grooming habits such as having one's hair and nails done, being tattooed, or having cosmetic platinum, gold or silver caps applied to the teeth. While the term "ghetto fabulous" may be used to specifically point to any of the above, it is most frequently used a generalization, e.g., "s/he is living (a) ghetto fabulous (life)." Buying from and vibrantly displaying designer brands such as Louis Vuitton and Gucci traditionally go hand-in-hand with the trend. Many have gone as far as to customize the exterior and interior of their cars to be coated in the Louis Vuitton design, and Gucci Mane's stage name is likely a by-product of ghetto fabulous culture depending on the geographic location e.g. Los Angeles, Houston, Miami.

By now, if you pay attention to men’s fashion—and if you read Complex—you know that A$AP Rocky dresses well. To be fair, the Harlem native has a lot working in his favor to help him in that respect: a body type that designers like to dress, a stylist with good taste, and that specific swagger that most musicians (and pretty much all successful rappers) have, a confidence that makes them seem instantly cooler than anyone else around them. It helps that he’s a fan of fashion, which endears him to designers throughout the industry.The latest creative director to bless Rocky with a gift from the style gods is Gucci’s Alessandro Michele. Rocky has worn Gucci before—notably to this year’s Grammy Awards in February. But, today, Rocky rocked a Gucci look to the label’s Cruise show at Westminster Abbey in London that was fresher than fresh-off-the-runway, because some of it was never even on the runway (which is a flex if there ever was one). Rocky’s jacket was part of Gucci’s men’s Cruise collection that was previewed online a few weeks ago via a lookbook distributed by the label.

Sidebar: A cruise collection, if you’re wondering, is a separate collection that designers create outside of their spring and fall lines. It’s all outdated terminology based on when rich, white ladies used to go on vacation and couldn’t be seen in the same clothing they wore on their last vacation. All you need to know now is that Rocky’s look will be in stores in the winter. And when it is, you might actually consider wearing it.The fashion world has been cuckoo for Gucci-puffs ever since Michele took the reins just over a year ago. If you don’t believe me, just Google Michele's name, and you’ll find plenty of fashion writers popping wood over his reinvention of the Italian label. Often, that kind of adoration from the fashion press is a sure sign that a collection is completely unwearable, but in this case, it’s not. The “new Gucci” is actually quite wearable, despite how over-the-top, gaudy, and extra extra it may appear. But, to make it work, it requires a little bit more of you than it does of someone like Rocky.Or, more accurately, it requires a little bit less.

Rocky can wear things we can't and look great in them, like he did today. You and I probably cannot. How can we address that? Well, put simply: Don't try to wear Gucci how Rocky does, or how Gucci runway models do. In fact, don't wear any collection the way that designers present it. For the most part, designers are only allowed to work with their own clothing when styling their fashion shows, ad campaigns, or lookbooks. That's unfortunate, because it presents a very limited view of how their clothing can actually be integrated into your existing wardrobe, and immediately makes some collections seem inaccessible. No one actually looks at a Gucci ad and thinks, "Yes, that floral suit, those crocodile loafers, and those semi-opaque, oversize, red-tinted sunglasses are great for my job interview," or, "That's just the pair of jeans with embroidered tigers and a matching jacket with a sequin peacock that I've been looking for!"Beyond just Gucci, though, no normal human being should ever wear head-to-toe anything unless you work for the designer, or are sleeping with them.