Today, aside from
the brands stated above, there are now more than a hundred brands of
hip hop clothing lines around the world from which are either popular
on their own country or those that made a name across the world.
What is the difference
between any urban and hip hop clothing shop and Dr. Jay’s urban
clothing store? Well there isn’t much difference between Dr.
Jay’s urban clothing stores and any urban clothing stores out
there. All of them specializes in selling and offering a wide range
of urban clothing lines, though some have a wider collection than the
other one, it is all still the same.
The only difference
that makes Dr. Jay’s urban clothing stores from any other urban
clothing stores is the legacy that Dr. Jay’s had started.
The Dr. Jay's legacy
began in 1975 with the opening of our first store, in the South Bronx
section of New York. Not coincidentally, hip-hop had its origins in
the same neighborhood around the same time that Dr. Jay's opened its
first doors to the public.
The urban landscape was
changing, and with the new music came a new fashion sensibility. Dr.
Jay's has been a pioneer in providing these urban fashions ever
since, growing to 19 stores throughout the New York Metro area.
Dr. Jay’s is now
one of the largest urban clothing stores across the country that
helped proliferate the industry that we all know today as the Hip Hop
Fashion.
Today, Dr. Jay’s
have not only taken over the retail clothing industry, but also the
online clothing industry. Dr. Jay’s online clothing store
showcases some of the most priced and sophisticated brands of urban
and hip hop clothing lines. So here are some of the top brands coming
from the top hip hop clothing store across the US and the online
community, Dr. Jay’s.
Dr. Jay’s top
brands of hip hop clothing lines for all genders and generation:
Akademiks
The akademiks is
an American brand of urban clothing line highly respected by the
loyal devotees of the hip hop music, which was founded by the
brothers Donwan Harrell and Emmet Harrell.
Donwan, being one
of the top 10 designers of Nike, made sure that akademiks can cater
to all the needs of the trend-setters and fashion forward people by
offering some of the most unique designs coming from one of the top
designers of Nike.
Akademiks was
popularized in 2001 by Brooklyn rapper Fabolous whose lyrical
content advertised the brand. He also wore an akademiks velour on
the inside cover of his debut album Ghetto Fabolous.
Coogi
Designed and
manufactured in Italy, the line’s first collection was
inspired by the upcoming Olympics and features a primary colour
palette and a ringed version of the Coogi logo.
Though the looks
are casual jackets with detachable sleeves, polyurethane nylon
pants and swim trunks the prices certainly aren’t.
Jeans and bottoms
start at $US300 ($A435) and sweaters will go for anywhere from $600
to $1200.
Rocawear
Jay-Z co-founded
the urban clothing brand rocawear with Roc-A-Fella Records partners
Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke.
Because of the popularity
and demand for rocawear all over the country, rocawear now has
annual sales of $700 Million per year.
Because of the
huge success of rocawear, its founders decided on expanding their
brand through licensing pacts to develop lines for children,
juniors, socks and sandals, leather suede and fur outerwear,
handbags and belts, lounge wear and big & tall, headwear,
jewelry, and sunglasses; as well as co-branded product with
Pro-Keds, State Property, and Team Roc.
Dr. Jay’s top
brands of hip hop clothing lines for Men:
Blac Label
Conceived in 2002
during the saturation of novelty t-shirts with simple screens and
catchy sayings, Blac Label Premium has evolved with innovative
designs, original concepts, and stylish trends.
Blac Label
Premium is steadily developing from a t-shirt company into a true
lifestyle brand.
New
Era
New era is
popularly known as the official cap of sports and sport-goers.
With their
popular 59Fifties, new era became the exclusive manufacturer and
marketer of the official on-field cap worn by every Major League
Baseball team and their minor league affiliates, NHL, NBA and over
200 colleges and universities in the United States.
Along with the
59Fifty, new era produces styles like the 49Forty, 39Thirty,
29Twenty, EK, Capture the Flag, and also designs women's and kids'
caps.
Dr. Jay’s top
brands of hip hop clothing lines for Men
and Boys:
Ecko
unltd
Ecko
unltd is a brand of urban clothing founded by the famous fashion
designer Marc Ecko.
Since its huge
popularity, Ecko unltd has
expanded to include 12 lines comprised of Ecko Unlimited,
Ecko Red, EckM Function, Marc Ecko Leather, Marc Ecko watches,
Marc Ecko Scopes, EckM Storage, Marc Ecko Footwear, Zoo York,
Marc Ecko Cut and Sew, the new EckM Unlimited Boys and Ecko
Red Girls lines.
Sean
John
Sean John is a
clothing and fragrance line founded by an American record producer,
rapper, actor, dancer, entrepreneur and men's fashion designer sean
john combs.
Part of the
reason why sean john clothing became critically acclaimed is
because of the few people that represent the brand. People that
became sean john clothing’s way to get known such as Combs
himself, rappers such as T.I., Fabolous, The Game, Daddy Yankee,
basketball stars including Dwyane Wade and Tristan Sooklal, plus
models Tyson Beckford and Kevin Navayne.
Product
categories include suits, knitwear, bottoms, outerwear, leather
accessories, shirts, ties, hats, and denim.
Dr. Jay’s top
brands of hip hop clothing lines for Women:
Ed
Hardy
Ed Hardy is a
clothing line founded by America’s tattoo artist Don
Ed Hardy.
In 2004 Christian
Audigier licensed the rights to produce the high-end Ed Hardy
clothing line, which is based on Hardy's imagery.
Coming from the
famous Don Ed Hardy, Ed Hardy clothing lines can provide the same
type of innovation in style and fashion that Ed Hardy has built in
his profession as a tattoo artist.
Dr. Jay’s top
brands of hip hop clothing lines for Women and Girls
Dereon
Dereon is a
junior clothing line made by the same founders of house of dereon,
which is Beyoncé Knowles and her sister Solange Knowles, is
a clothing line geared towards younger consumers and is more
reasonably priced.
But much like its
counterpart, the styles and fashion of dereon still speaks the
voice of femininity and shows the true essence of being a woman.
Baby Phat
Baby Phat
clothing lines is a clothing line founded and designed by an
American model and author, Kimora Lee Simmons.
Baby Phat is an
urban fashion line of clothing and other items for women and girls.
Besides clothing,
the brand also includes accessories for phones, jewelry, shoes and
clothes. It is also the corporate "sibling" of the
clothing brand Phat Farm created by Russell Simmons, so expect the
same quality of treatment that Phat Farm has been famous of.
Apple
Bottoms
Apple Bottoms is
a fashion and lifestyle brand for women, which was launched in 2003
by multi-platinum recording artist Nelly, alongside Yomi Martin &
Ian Kelly.
The apple
bottoms, which when launched, was exclusively a denim label, and
has since gone through a major line-expansion. Currently the apple
bottoms label includes: apparel, footwear, handbags, eyewear RX,
intimates, sunglasses, accessories, jewelry, cold weather, and
girl’s apparel.
Jefferson John Babasa is the Senior Copy Writer working with Optimind Web Design and SEO, a web design and seo company in the Philippines. Optimind specializes in building and promoting websites that are designed for conversion.
