Fashion Killa
How Hip-hop Revolutionized High Fashion
Gallery Books · Print & ebook · October 10, 2023
This “first comprehensive anthology of the marriage between hip-hop and luxury fashion” (The Cut) draws on exclusive interviews to tell the story of the hip-hop artists, designers, stylists, and unsung heroes who fought the power and reinvented style around the world over the last fifty years.
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- Who it’s for
- Trace how hip-hop and streetwear changed the high-fashion world—and the forces behind that shift.
- Genres
- Fashion & Accessories, Rap & Hip Hop, Pop Culture Studies
- Published
- Gallery Books, October 10, 2023
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This “first comprehensive anthology of the marriage between hip-hop and luxury fashion” (The Cut) draws on exclusive interviews to tell the story of the hip-hop artists, designers, stylists, and unsung heroes who fought the power and reinvented style around the world over the last fifty years.
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Fashion Killa is a classic tale of a modern renaissance; of an exclusionary industry gate-crashed by innovators; of impresarios—Sean “Diddy” Combs, Dapper Dan, Virgil Abloh—hoisting hip-hop from the streets to the stratosphere; of supernovas—Lil’ Kim, Cardi B, and Kimora Lee Simmons—allying with kingmakers—Anna Wintour, Donatella Versace, Tommy Hilfiger, and Ralph Lauren; of traditionalist fashion houses—Louis Vuitton, Fendi, and Saint Laurent—transformed into temples of rap gods. Journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy explores the connections between the DIY hip-hop scene and the exclusive upper-echelons of high fashion. She discusses the sociopolitical forces that defined fashion and tracks the influence of music and streetwear on the most exclusive (and exclusionary) luxury brands. “An essential book about US culture” (Booklist, starred review), Fashion Killa commemorates the contributions of hip-hop to music, fashion, and our society at large.
Style in Motion
Trace how hip-hop and streetwear changed the high-fashion world—and the forces behind that shift.
Come here for
- The collision of DIY hip-hop and luxury fashion
- Artists, designers, stylists, and overlooked innovators reshaping style
Expect
- A fifty-year cultural story told through exclusive interviews
- A layered look at fashion, music, and social power
Where it sits
| Rap & Hip Hop | 84% |
|---|---|
| Fashion & Accessories | 55% |
| Pop Culture Studies | 47% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fashion Biographies
- Fashion & Textiles Business
- Rap & Hip Hop
- Authors
- Sowmya Krishnamurthy
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Published
- October 10, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Fashion Biographies