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Carolina Martinez PG and Jeff College Bound9 June 4, 2013 media type="youtube" key="nQ923EB-IFQ?feature=player_detailpage" height="360" width="640" **How Have Urban Fashion Influence People?** Urban fashion influence 

Many people have wonder how urban fashion effects people’s life. They might be also wondering if fashion is really important. Many people have their own opinion towards that but believe it or not; urban fashion has influence people from worldwide. Urban fashion influences people in many ways. It influences students from college, especially black male. It also influences people from different colors and cultures. Lastly it influences people that listen to hip hop or rap. In the article, [|“The hip hop culture and ethnic relationships”] urban fashion is known for their creativity and styles that was develop from black youth. “According to Michiko Kakutani, young urban blacks have coopted the dress of upper crust whites as a mainsfestation of their lack of power in American society. The rationale for adorning expensive polo shirts, blue jeans and sneakers is their way of representing their image of success”.

 Urban fashion influences people from college, especially black males. In Morehouse College their professor are telling their male students to pull up their pants because this is something that they are not tolerating with. They don’t want their students to be dressing in appropriate for their classes. According to the article [|“Sagging pants shunned at Morehouse” by Sarah Amandolore,] it states that “some think president elect Obama’s public condemnation of sagging pants as well of his stylish mode of dress could influence urban fashion across the country”. LaMont Jones also stated that he knows a lot of many successfully people out there that still sags their pants down and people who sags pants don’t signal any type of society problems. Urban fashion also affects students towards their education. According to the article [|“The campus as runway” by Ruth La Feria] asserts that “Getting ready for class is important. Students want to up their game. That means looking a little more serious, not just throwing on a graphic t-shirt and jeans”. It also says that students in college are seriously paying attention at what they are wearing. They don’t want to dress up only wearing t-shirts and jeans with sneakers. They want people to see and recognize how important they are taking their education. They want to look more professional.

Urban fashion has influence people from different colors/c ultures. A lot of white people are being influenced by urban fashion by many different types’ of ways, not only in styles but in behavior as well. According to the article [|“Crossing Over”] it states that “white urban teenagers use features of African American English to signal their affiliation with hip hop culture, significantly white hip hopers draw on language styles that is clearly derived from African American”. It has affected their personal styles, the way they act/walk/talk, and it has especially affected their attitude. Most important it will affect their street reputation. They will act totally different on the streets. Not only does it influence white teenagers, it influences different classes of levels as well like the upper, middle and lower class.

 Urban fashion has influence people that have been listening to hip hop or rap music. According to the article,[| “From the fringe: the hip hop culture of ethnic relationships”] states that “Although created by the black youth on the street, hip hop influence have become worldwide. Approximately 75 percent of the rap ad hip hop audience is nonblack”. Rap has influence fashion in many ways. A lot of different color people who listens to rappers admire the clothes that they wear. For example, rappers usually dresses with their hats to the side, they sag their jeans down, wears big t-shirts and much more. That will catch people’s attention and will like to dress just like them. Hip hop culture has their own street code. According to the article[| “How Hip-Hop destroys the potential of black youth”] states that “Hip hop is not just a style of music, it is a culture boine of poor, and inner city life in America that has evolved into the rallying cry of those unable to negotiate the nuances of the mainstream”. A lot of people, whites, Latin’s are becoming to be part of the “Ghetto” life. That’s what black youth think. Not only can hip hop effect white and Latin people. It can also affect their own race as well. There are black teenagers that are very good students that gets pick on because of what they wear. They also make fun of them for acting “To white” or for not keeping it “To real”.

 Urban fashion has had a major effect on people from all over the world. It has influence students from college, especially black males. It has influence people from different colors and cultures and it also influences teenagers who listen to hip hop or rap music. Urban fashion is important because it affects everyone’s life in some way. Some people might have their own opinions towards fashion because some people might think fashion isn’t a big deal at all but it actually is. Some teenagers want to fit in and are pressured to buy things that they can’t afford because they feel left out or because they get bullied on what they wear. For example they start to buy expensive clothes or fancy sneakers that have just gotten released. Urban fashion also affects teenager’s reputation in the street. Just because you wear baggy pants or you’re sagging your jeans doesn’t mean you don’t have respect at all or you are bad influences. It’s just a style on how people like to wear their jeans. Urban fashion has big roles in many lives.