Zoo York
Zoo York is a clothing line that is focused to manufacture clothes for the youth, mostly those who have tremendous influence of Hip Hop, punk and other aspects of the street life. It's a pure urban wear, which has a great influence of graffiti, cartoon characters depicting street life, skating and of course the Hip Hop and punk lifestyles.
"New York graphitti" and that's exactly what Zoo York is all about. This is one clothing brand that demands no recognition, but nonetheless, its popularity is catching on the world over like crazy. It started out in the streets targeting at the local skate boarders specializing in urban street fashion. Since Zoo York encouraged the graphitti artists from all over to showcase their designs by applying their talents in fashion, the company initially started out with the name "Soul Artists of Zoo York" in the 1970s. It was in 1993 that Zoo York actually took its form and transformed into a high selling clothing line that it is now.
With BMX, motor cross, skateboard and other extreme sports as an inspiration, Zoo York has managed to create a huge fan following among the urban youth with its unique street style and stunning designs. Tunnel graphitti is something that acts as a muse to Zoo York's incredible creations. Although it was Rodney Smith's brilliant idea, it was Marc Ecko that gave this brand a smashing new look and a street style kinda appeal. Self expression is one thing that Zoo York designers always keep in mind while coming up with new styles and designs.
It is a bit hard to ignore the stuff that these guys come out with, especially when you know that what inspires their designers is the graphitti that you usually witness in alleys and subways. Just the curiosity makes you wanna check out some of their designs and boy, are they enticing or what!!! Combining street culture and modern street wear is something the Zoo York clothing line excels at. To be more precise, the hip-hop fans are totally enticed at what this brand has to offer. Quite frequently you are bound to find hip-hop elites donning the Zoo York brand in some of their rap videos. Now seriously, what could be cooler than wearing something straight out of a music video (at least the good ones!!!)?
Lets see now, who hasn't heard of rapper Ghostface Killah? For those who haven't, well, he is one of the hip-hop industry's best rappers. You can see what the Zoo York brand has to offer in the videos of his latest album "The Big Doe Rehab". The variety that this brand has to offer is really cool and when we say "cool", we actually think that it is an understatement. You name it and they have it, T shirts, jeans, button down shirts, shorts, polo shirts, etc and more of the etc. Yes, it is THAT good!!! But that's not all, is it? They even have a range of accessories to choose from, like the Zoo York leather wallets, the bandana Zoo messenger bag, backpacks, wild tiger leather belts, distressed belts and of course the Zoo York wrist bands.
So my peeps, bring on some Zoo York into your lives and boy, we can assure that you will look good in them. Lets face it, we live in a world of music channels, entertainment, parties, so the least we can do is reflect in them by the clothes we wear. And besides, if you think they look good on your favorite hip hop stars on VH1, it's certainly good enough for a "man on da street" too.
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