The 90s – The Era of Big

Dec 4, 2007 Author: admin | Filed under: Articles

The 1990s saw an economic boom after the depression brought about by the oil crisis in the decade before that. Because of that, people had more money to spend and boy did they find ways, often outrageous ones, to flaunt and to spend all that.

This decade was the era of ‘Big’. Everything had to be big in size, impact and spending. Rock bands played in stadiums with fancy lighting and pyrotechnics. Even hairs had to be big so people spent a lot of money on hair sprays during those days. And yes, even earrings had to be of the extra large variety!

But one could not really be big for a long time during that decade. It was the 90s and people always craved for bigger things. In other words, there was a constant competition to become biggest whatever of them all. From oversized clocks as necklaces, chains and Cazal sunglasses. Another good example of this outrageous trend is the parachute pants. This style of pants was popular during the 90s. They were tight and usually had extraneous zippers all over.

While these pants looked normal enough, rapper MC Hammer took it over the top by taking its size to the extreme! Hammer had these really baggy pants (also known as Hammer pants) that were so huge, two people could fit into each leg of it.

People nowadays may find such crazy behavior funny, but who could blame the people of the era? Each generation has its definition of cool and in the 90s, the slogan was that bigger is always better. And how happy (and crazy) life was back then.

Do we see these Hammer pants coming back? Hmmm…We’ll see! =)

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Clothes Never Go Out Of Style For Long

Oct 28, 2007 Author: admin | Filed under: Articles

Over the years, clothing, like music, has drastically changed. Of course, different people have different styles and tastes of clothing, but the overall trends are very in keeping with individual music tastes. The clothes of the 80’s, much like the music, were colorful and bold, and grabbed attention for whoever was wearing them. Many styles of 80’s clothing have come back into play, as many clothing styles do after a time. Pieces like Member’s Only jackets are being seen quite often lately. With respect to the trend, clothing of the 90’s has made a slight comeback also. Fresh Prince Hats and street wear were very popular clothing in the 90’s. Millions of teenagers, and even the older generation, have sported this retro look lately.

T-shirts with loud, bright emblems, or caps, even Kanye West sunglasses (StrongerShades.com) are highly popular, as are jeans that have colorful and large designs. What has been really popular in the Bay Area for a few years are custom painted shirts, hand painted or airbrushed. Actually, hip hop and urban wear, as well as street wear all seem to revolve around the same design theme. Think of rappers and you have the look that all the designers have been trying to define in these types of clothing. Hip hop clothing designers have caught on to this 80s-90s style. For an example, Coogi’s line has been extremely bright and fluorescent.

No matter what your taste in clothing styles, chances are you fall into one of these categories. The 80’ s and 90’s brought us loads of fashion changes, and some things that haven’t changed. It has always been said that if you keep your old clothes for about 10 years they will come into style again, and that has proven true over and over. If you were a big fan of the 80’s or 90’s clothing styles, then your chance has come to wear your old favorites, or even to buy new favorites at Filthy Dripped!

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Random Artistic Design: RAD Clothing

Oct 22, 2007 Author: admin | Filed under: Brands, News

New hot clothing brand to keep your eyes out for, Random Artistic Design. Rad Clothing believes in randomness. There is no right or wrong. No black or white. Just a sort of feel for everything. Why? Who Cares! Is RAD for you? I don’t know, it it? If you’re reading this, then YES, it probably is!

Rad clothing makes clothes with graphic designs on them. Some have meanings. Some don’t. Some designs are simple, others are complex. The only thing they emphasize is that there is no emphasis, just: “Random Artistic Design”.

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