HIP-HOP FLOPS

New York Post ^ | 12/14/04 | SUZANNE KAPNER

[kattracks]

A shakeout is afoot in the world of urban apparel, as sales of once red-hot labels begin to cool, analysts and industry executives said.

The across-the-board slowdown is alarming some of the major department-store retailers that had allocated a growing amount of space to these brands on the belief that the double-digit sales growth of recent years would continue, sources said.

Federated Department Stores, which operates the Macy's and Bloomingdale's chains, for instance, is seeing recent sales of urban brands decline in the double digits, compared with year-ago levels, said one person, who added: "It has everyone worried."

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Meanwhile, demand for the oversized jerseys and baggy jeans that these lines were known for dwindled, as classic looks regained popularity.

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"What we had at retail," admits Ullmann, Phat Fashion's president, "was too urban."

[MikefromOhio]

Yeah I so can't wait to get home to the wife, WEAR MY LEVI'S, and buy my house.

Then I get to start a family, something I have been looking forward too since I first met my wife....

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

[metesky]

Better movie:

Fear of a Black Hat (NWH)

[MikefromOhio]

What is a hot dog vendor?

I have asked this 3 times and yet you haven't answered me....

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Oh man, I think you're right!

That film is so old school that I only remember the most fragmentary parts of the plot.

I gotta find the DVD, once I come into some cash.

[MikefromOhio]

I can't get over how that 2000 Flushes guy was donating to Dasshole.....

makes me want to hug my wallet and checkbook for a while :)

[csvset]

LOl, it's funny watching the "hard core" suburban "yutes" . Pants too big, shoes not tied, yet, they try to project that bad ass look. It's really funny when it rains, they can't move quick enough to cross the street without having to hitch up their pants and mince through the crosswalk. Yeah boyyyy...

[Maigrey]

Not at my work. They have the "poor college kid in worn threads" look down pat. (Well, along with the Wranglers/Levi's and work cowboy boots)

It's an amazing hodge-podge.

[MikefromOhio]

It's fun to tell them their shoes are untied :)

They just look at you kinda funny....

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Heh, heh.

[Ulysses]

I was hoping that penny loafers and khakis would be back when my kids hit their teen years.

Wait...you mean penny loafers and khakis went somewhere? Dang! No wonder I've never been accused of being "hip" or "hop" or "fly" or "swim" or whatever...!

Penny loafers and khakis went away, huh?

Now you tell me...! :)

[Clemenza]

Ghetto chic may never go out of style in the outer boroughs of NYC, but it looks as though the rest of the nation is getting some fashion sense for a change.

[Clemenza]

CB4 as is Cell Block Four Yo!. UB40 were those crackas from the UK who sang that Red Win sh-t!

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

I know, I know.

I had a momentary lapse, there.

Forgive me.

My head is packed with a thick, viscous mucous at the moment.

I'm not at the top of my game.

-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Williamsburg hipster:

I believe that the word you're looking for is: "deck."

[Naomi4]

I am glad the urban gutter look/prison chic is going away.

I am grateful for the cable show "What Not To Wear." Stacy and Clinton are hip and young and a bit on the smart mouth side, but they are making it trendy to look clean cut and stylish.

[Clemenza]

No....you're supposed to wear Levis....just like a good gun-grabbing un-American leftist. If you wore Wranglers somebody might mistake you for a Conservative.

What about those of us who wear Sergio Valente, Jordache, or Toughskins, the latter available in slim, medium or HUSKY of course! ;-)

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

IF IT'S NOT SCOTTISH, IT'S CRRRRRRR-AP!

[Clemenza]

Jeez, I still remember when North Williamsburg was a crappy Puerto Rican/Italian/Polish area, with the Satmar and blacks to the south. When the artistes from Alphabet City started hanging out at Teddy's in '90 is when it REALLY started going downhill.

Unfortunatly, the Trustafarians have spread their disease north into Greenpoint. I guess Ridgewood will be next!

[oceanperch]

Shoes Untied?

No WONDER the teens around town give me the stupid B**ch look when I stop them in public to let them know their shoes strings are untied!

Duh! LOL