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In this week’s issue, Kelefa Sanneh writes about Dapper Dan, a designer who co-opted luxury-brand logos out of his Harlem boutique, creating one-of-a-kind outfits for hip-hop artists, rappers, and gangsters in the '80s (sub req): http://nyr.kr/15P9K20 Click through for a slide show of photographs of some of Dapper Dan’s custom outfits, like those in the photo above, worn by drug dealer Alberto (Alpo) Martinez in 1988: http://nyr.kr/ZHROm8 Alpo Martinez, 80s Hip Hop Fashion, Estilo Gangster, Jamel Shabazz, Mode Hip Hop, 80s Hip Hop, Chapo Guzman, Luxury Brand Logo, Mode Rihanna

In this week’s issue, Kelefa Sanneh writes about Dapper Dan, a designer who co-opted luxury-brand logos out of his Harlem boutique, creating one-of-a-kind outfits for hip-hop artists, rappers, and gangsters in the '80s (sub req): http://nyr.kr/15P9K20 Click through for a slide show of photographs of some of Dapper Dan’s custom outfits, like those in the photo above, worn by drug dealer Alberto (Alpo) Martinez in 1988: http://nyr.kr/ZHROm8

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A year has passed since Virgil Abloh was appointed the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collections and under his initiative, the 122-year-old logo of the French fashion house has undergone some bright reinterpretations. But he is by no means the first to take the the historic monogram and run with it. From the origins of the logo in 1854, to its urban appropriation in 1990s New York, we're looking through the rich history of the LV monogram.

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