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Founded in 1970 in a small space across the street from the University of Pennsylvania, Urban Outfitters originated as a unique retail experience and community center for creative, college-age customers. Within a few short years, the first UO had grown into a small department store with an expanded product offering and additional elements, creating a greater community experience complete with restaurants, music and places to hang out. Today, Urban Outfitters has over 200 stores in the United States, Canada and Europe, offering experiential retail environments that combine a curated mix of women’s, men’s, accessories and home products with an eye toward creativity and cultural understanding.

With a focus on lifestyle and culture, UO Men’s presents a continuously updated mix of premium basics and on-trend fashion pieces, featuring denim, exclusive collaborations, limited edition sneakers, graphics and accessories.

Offering a mix of in-house and branded product and covering apparel, accessories and shoes, UO Women’s provides a fashion destination for customers who define their own sense of style.

URBN. 2021. ‘About Us’. URBN [online]. Available at: https://www.urbn.com/our-brands/urban-outfitters/about-us [accessed 13 Dec 2021].

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crack epidemic, the significant increase in the use of crack cocaine, or crack, in the United States during the early 1980s. Crack cocaine was popularized because of its affordability, its immediate euphoric effect, and its high profitability. The crack epidemic had particularly devastating effects within the African American communities of the inner cities by causing the increase of addictions, deaths, and drug-related crimes.

A small-time drug dealer who sold crack daily earned a median net income of $2,000 per month. The increase in the demand for crack cocaine caused intense competition between drug dealers as they fought to profit from the same customers. Consequently, violence became linked to crack cocaine as these small-time drug dealers defended their economic boundaries.

BRITANNICA. 2021. ‘Drug Abuse’. Britannica [online]. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/science/drug-abuse [accessed 13 Dec 2021].

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The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

GRAY, F. Gary, O&apos;Shea Jackson JR, Corey HAWKINS and Jason MITCHELL. 2015. Straight Outta Compton [Film]. Universal Pictures, Legendary Entertainment, New Line Cinema.

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A study shows that 40% of the total hip-hop audience is African American which is more than double the population of the Caucasian audience per capita. However, research also says that very few people in the hip-hop demographics are above the age of 65. This statistic shows that mostly young adults and teens listen to hip-hop and that the older generation that grew up on totally different music don’t listen to this. Another strong statistic is that 24 million confirmed people between the ages of 19-34, from a range of nationalities, ethnic groups and religions, make up most of the core demographic.

ROMANCARGAVA, rick. 2017. ‘Week 5: Demographics in Hip-Hop’. Hip Hop and emotions [online]. Available at: https://hiphopandemotions.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/demographics-in-hip-hop/ [accessed 13 Dec 2021].

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Leading up to the 1970s was a disaster on American economics. The recession marked the end of the post-World War II economic boom, and the United States experienced a lasting period of stagflation—a combination of high unemployment and inflation.

Voters held Washington politicians responsible for the economic state of the country. Upset with federal policies, they ousted President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and voted in former Hollywood actor and California Gov. Ronald Reagan as president, a position he held from 1981 to 1989.

the American economy was suffering through a deep recession. Business bankruptcies rose sharply compared to previous years. Farmers also suffered due to a decline in agricultural exports, falling crop prices, and rising interest rates. But by 1983, the economy had rebounded and enjoyed a sustained period of growth as the annual inflation rate stayed below 5 percent for the remainder of the 1980s and part of the 1990s.

MOFFATT, Mike. 2019. ‘The 1980s American Economy’. ThoughtCo [online]. Available at: https://www.thoughtco.com/us-economy-in-the-1980s-1148148 [accessed 13 Dec 2021].

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The difference in Too big and Oversized
“Purposefully oversized pieces provide the additional structure you need to avoid looking like all your clothes have stretched on the hanger which just looks scruffy,” says Murray. “You want the items to be oversized in the correct places, like the shoulders and the waist. Otherwise, you’ll look like a schoolboy who’s not grown into his new school uniform yet, or worse, Donald Trump in a suit.”

JONES, Richard. 2021. ‘How To Wear The Oversized Trend And Still Look Tailored | FashionBeans’. Fashion Beans [online]. Available at: https://www.fashionbeans.com/article/how-to-wear-oversized-trend-men/ [accessed 13 Dec 2021].

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oversized trend also went hand-in-hand with the rise of hip-hop fashion and athleisure into the mainstream. Kanye West’s longline tees and chunky hoodies were one part.

How To Wear The Oversized Trend And Still Look Tailored | FashionBeans [Image]. 2021. Available at: https://www.fashionbeans.com/article/how-to-wear-oversized-trend-men/ [accessed 13 Dec 2021].

JONES, Richard. 2021. ‘How To Wear The Oversized Trend And Still Look Tailored | FashionBeans’. Fashion Beans [online]. Available at: https://www.fashionbeans.com/article/how-to-wear-oversized-trend-men/ [accessed 13 Dec 2021].

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. Baggy jeans cropped up across the board at the spring/summer and autumn/winter 2021 shows, a pleasing sight for loungewear enthusiasts in the market for an outside world appropriate – yet equally comfortable – alternative to sweatpants. Combining a forgiving fit with a touch of polish, the contemporary take on baggy jeans is a no-brainer.

CARY, Alice. 2021. ‘How To Wear Baggy Jeans Like The Street-Style Set This Spring | British Vogue’. Vogue [online]. Available at: https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/gallery/baggy-jeans-street-style [accessed 13 Dec 2021].

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hip-hop, cultural movement that attained widespread popularity in the 1980s and ’90s; also, the backing music for rap, the musical style incorporating rhythmic and/or rhyming speech that became the movement’s most lasting and influential art form.

The beginnings of the dancing, rapping, and deejaying components of hip-hop were bound together by the shared environment in which these art forms evolved. The first major hip-hop deejay was DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell), an 18-year-old immigrant who introduced the huge sound systems of his native Jamaica to inner-city parties. This relates back to how the baggy style trend grew in the inner cities within the crack epidemic and as hip-hop popularized.

TATE, Greg. 2021. ‘Hip-Hop | Definition, History, Culture, & Facts | Britannica’. Britannica [online]. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/art/hip-hop [accessed 14 Dec 2021].

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The baggy clothes style was started by black American crip and blood gang members.
It all started in the 1970’s at the Los Angeles county jail in Los Angeles, California.
When people got arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department and once they arrived at the Los Angeles County jail. The Los Angeles county sheriffs would take the inmates belts and shoe laces away. The reason for this procedure was because some inmates would use their belts and shoe laces to kill themselves. There were inmates who didn’t want to do time in jail or prison so they would commit suicide. So the Los Angeles County Sheriffs started taking belts and shoe laces away from all inmates.