Fresh Dressed

    Genre
    Documentary
  • |
    • Runtime
    90 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2015
  • |
    • Countries
    United States, France
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Sacha Jenkins
WRITTEN BY:
Sacha Jenkins
CAST INCLUDES:
Damon Dash, Daymond John, Karl Kani

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

A fascinating chronicle of hip-hop and urban fashion, FRESH DRESSED goes inside the hustle that brought oversized pants and graffiti-drenched jackets from the street to high fashion's catwalks and Middle America shopping malls. A Sundance Film Festival Official Selection and rated an impressive 91% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, 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, and André Leon Talley. The result is a passionate telling of how the reach for freedom of expression would, through sheer originality and swagger, take over the mainstream.

SYNOPSIS

The history of urban fashion from its start on cotton plantations to its spread to corporate America.

Fresh Dressed

    Genre
    Documentary
  • |
    • Runtime
    90 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2015
  • |
    • Countries
    United States, France
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Sacha Jenkins
WRITTEN BY
Sacha Jenkins
CAST INCLUDES
Damon Dash, Daymond John, Karl Kani
A fascinating chronicle of hip-hop and urban fashion, FRESH DRESSED goes inside the hustle that brought oversized pants and graffiti-drenched jackets from the street to high fashion's catwalks and Middle America shopping malls. A Sundance Film Festival Official Selection and rated an impressive 91% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, 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, and André Leon Talley. The result is a passionate telling of how the reach for freedom of expression would, through sheer originality and swagger, take over the mainstream.

The history of urban fashion from its start on cotton plantations to its spread to corporate America.

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