With funky, fat-laced Adidas, Kangol hats, and Cazal shades, a totally original look was born— Fresh—and it came from the black and brown side of town where another cultural force was revving up in the streets to take the world by storm: hip-hop, and its aspirational relationship to fashion, would become such a force on the market that Tommy Hilfiger, in an effort to associate their brand with the cultural swell, would drive through the streets and hand out free clothing to kids on the corner.
Fresh Dressed is a fascinating, fun-to-watch chronicle of hip-hop, urban fashion, and the hustle that brought oversized pants and graffiti-drenched jackets from Orchard Street (New York City’s one-time discount shopping thoroughfare) to high fashion’s catwalks and Middle American shopping malls. Reaching deep into the culture of Southern plantations, the Black church, and Little Richard, director Sacha Jenkins’ music-drenched history draws from a rich mix of archival materials and in-depth interviews with rappers, designers, and other industry insiders, such as Pharrell Williams, Damon Dash, Karl Kani, Kanye West, Nasir Jones (who also produced), and André Leon Talley. The result is a passionate telling of how the reach for freedom of expression and a better life by a culture that refused to be squashed, would, through sheer originality and swagger, take over the mainstream.
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Fresh Dressed
Documentary, music, history – NR – 90 min – Tickets $9 – Get tickets online
Fri, June 26: 9:30 p.m.
Sat, June 27: 8:00 p.m.
Sun, June 28: 5:30 p.m.
Mon, June 29: 8:00 p.m.
Tues, June 30: 8:00 p.m.
Weds, July 1: 8:00 p.m.
Thurs, July 2: 8:00 p.m.
Fri, July 3: 9:00
Sat, July 4: 9:00
Sun, July 5: 7:15
Mon, July 6: 9:00
Tues, July 7: 9:00
Weds, July 8: 9:00
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