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Apparently hoodies were first conceived in the 1930s as clothing for construction workers in upstate New York, but a large part of their entrance into popular culture is down to one man — Sylvester Stallone, who is to hoodies what Pamela Anderson is to Ugg boots. Stallone’s famous dash up the Philadelphia Museum of Art in a hoodie is one of the most iconic cinematic scenes of the 1980s, and started a long association between hoodies and sporting/athletic types.
First Look: Marc by Marc Jacobs Fall 2012
Marc Jacobs’s downtown cool kids must be listening to a lot of Specials records lately because the designer’s Fall 2012 collection looks like a celebration of the ska spirit, but in the most polished way possible. Tonal geometric print shirts, shown buttoned to the collar and tie-less, and wide horizontal stripe knits were topped off with tailored topcoats while below slim, cuffed pants hovered over black combat boots. The dark palette of colors kept things crisp while the textured fabrics (mohair, shag-style wool, crinkled cotton) provided visual interest in a collection created for the most stylish skankers out there.
See the full Marc by Marc Jacobs Fall 2012 men’s collection from New York right now at GQ.com.
