Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Hip-Hop Fashion: Cut larger than the body and drop the weight low
- Type
- Set in Hip-Hop Fashion's manner (Blow the logo up and let lettering carry the image), and let Zoot Suit's lettering (No lettering, the chain and the tilt of the hat do the signalling) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Hip-Hop Fashion's material (Track fabric, gold, white sneakers kept deliberately box fresh); bring in exactly one thing from Zoot Suit (Generous heavy worsted cut in one light color throughout).
- Colour
- Build on #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815 and admit one accent from #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Hip-Hop Fashion Borrowing the signs while erasing where they came from reads as theft, and the display loses the ground that made it mean anything.
- Zoot Suit Toning down the shoulder and the peg removes the tension in the proportion and leaves an oversized vintage suit. Do not use it as costume, since it carries a history of racism and riots.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Hip-Hop Fashion (Style, 1970s–) and its accent from Zoot Suit (Style, 1930s–1940s). Structural cues: Sneakers and tracksuits; Gold chains; Oversize; Logos flaunted and remade. Accent cues, used sparingly: Exaggerated shoulders; Knee-length jackets; Pegged wide trousers; Long watch chains. Composition: Cut larger than the body and drop the weight low. Type and lettering: Blow the logo up and let lettering carry the image. Let one material quality come from the second style: Generous heavy worsted cut in one light color throughout. Mood: Exhilaration, Rebellion, Luxury, Play. Color: build on #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815 with a single accent drawn from #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Hip-Hop Fashion 1970s– / Style / Street Style
Bronx youth culture turned sportswear and gold into a language of self-expression, and in fifty years it travelled from the street to the center of luxury.
- Zoot Suit 1930s–1940s / Style / Subculture Style
The earliest street style: suits with wildly exaggerated shoulders and pegged trousers, by which Black and Mexican-American youth asserted their existence in a discriminatory society.
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