Magazine cover titled 'Dance Policy' featuring a man sitting in a room with exposed wooden beams, wearing a black vest and light-colored pants, with text indicating issue 8 available now.

Designed by Dapper Dan: How the Original Hip-Hop Stylist Shaped Luxury Fashion.

The relationship between high fashion and streetwear is more complex than simple narratives of appropriation and exploitation. To appreciate the full picture, we must first go back to Harlem, 1982, and a small boutique on 43 East 125th Street, between Madison and Fifth Avenues, known eponymously as Dapper Dan’s.

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MUSIC

“If you stand for nothing, then who are you?SWANA Club Culture in London.

A giant sneaker on a city street, with a background of old brick buildings, street signs, and graffiti on shutters.

FASHION

MF DOOM and NIKE

YOUTH

Group of five young women with alternative fashion style sitting against a brick wall in a dimly lit setting, illuminated by a single blue light overhead.

Manchester-based experimental club night, Koma-oto

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