You see those baggy jeans and luxury outfits worn by rap artists? Yeah, they were all inspired by one man: Dapper Dan. Dapper Dan, whose actual birth name is Daniel Ray, is the Harlem Couturier known as the “king of knock-offs.” He became especially famous in the ’80s and ’90s for being the tailor who […]
Style is everything! If you are familiar with fashion especially old school fashion, you might have heard of the fascinating style of the La Sape who imitated their Belgian and French colonizers in style and dress. This trend has continued to the modern era, where a group of Congolese Africans called the Bakongo Dandies adore […]
I’m 40 and consequently pushing middle age, so growing up I was closer to the 1970’s than I realized. I can just look back at old Polaroids of me to suss that out. What that means is that many icons from the 70’s were still somewhat relevant in the early 80’s, if cocaine hadn’t already […]
I don’t know much about Kevin Wang and Minn Hur besides the fact that I truly aspire to look like them. This is mainly due to them being fairly rare in the fashion world: not only are they Asian male models these two blokes are highly successful fashion designers. What truly sets them apart from most […]
Okay, so I’m going to take another stroll down my pockmarked and littered memory lane and reminisce about the days when Cable TV consisted of twisting the coat hanger that doubled as your TV’s antennae so you could get a fuzzy reception of Music Box TV, PBS and Univision. Obviously, it was Univison (Telemundo’s sluttier sister) that […]
Let’s not even get started about the undertone of white supremacy at the very root of his tweets insinuating black NFL players should somehow feel beholden to their white team owners. No, what Donald Trump did this past month was far worse, far more insidious. He talked shit about the NFL players mamas. You just […]
ThePeopleareFly is a celebration of sorts. A celebration of generations, of fashions, of the politics and passion that fueled these funky expressions. From the Zoot Suiters to the 30’s to the Hip-Hoppers from the early 80’s, the people are fly and will always be! Feel free to message us with submissions, either on our Facebook […]
