Why Is It That Blacks No Longer Support Black Owned Clothing Lines? Why Do We Love Ralph Lauren?

[Rigby.]

Depends on what's attractive to you. Kanye is decently black and I wanted a pair of Yeezys for the past 4 years. Marshawn Lynch shyt was nice. Some nikka dropped Virgil Abloh who is a fashion god. Hell black people are the ones who makes this street wear shyt look good nowadays. Kanye shyt getting rocked by a lot of famous entertainers (mainly the younger famous crowd), so that's a plus.

If you got A$AP Rocky, Kanye, Virgil, Michael Jordan (mainly the patents and trademarks attached to his name), and Pharell in one room with unlimited resources, you'd corner the clothing and shoe market. Hell, they'd have a stranglehold on the fashion industry.

Your real problem should be why these nikkas won't work together without big businesses resourcing them. Go out on a financial limb and get this done without Adidas and Nike. Use your Off-Whites and DONDAs to their full abilities.

 

[mson]

Only on the coli do real people look at something at the store or on TV and be like "is this black owned??"

We all have lives to live. Ain't nobody with a real life sitting around thinking they need or want something and ask who owns it and if they are black or white or whatever.

People making the real money in this world don't have time for that shyt. They are out making MONEY

Are those people black? If we don't support each other then who will?

 

[Losttribe]

a million excuses

All these post amount to this

 

[Sick Boy]

Karl Kani was ascending at the same rate as Tommy Hilfiger in the early to mid 90's. If nikkas stayed loyal to him like whites did TH he would have his own stores and shyt. Same goes for FUBU. nikkas treat black clothing lines like they do hot rappers, they fukk with them tough initially but then they move on to the next thing. White folk treat white clothing lines like they do rock and roll artist, they usually get lifetime run.

That's because African Americans are trendy as fukk, not only that but we start the trends. Once some shyt ain't poppin no more, nikkas drop it. Funny you mentioned rock and roll because I was about to use that as a point. nikkas did the same shyt to rock and the blues once soul and funk came out. The new generation looked at rock and the blues like it was slave music or their parents and grandparents music. It just is what it is.

 

[Music Fiend]

Because most black clothing lines are trash. I wear polo because it's cheap and the qualities decent.

I bought a rocawear varsity jacket a few years back. Buttons fell off before I ever wore it.

Bingo!

When is the last time you had a black clothing line deliver quality for a good price with good style.

It's always missing one of the 3 factors. Either I'm washing the shyt and it's shrinking heavily or fading, or buttons are damn near falling off. Or it's hella overpriced competiting with polo prices and it's not even in its maturity of its product cycle. Can't be competing in price with a company who doesn't have to advertise. Or the last ad worst part, the style sucks. Too many random colors, trying to be too trendy so they never settle in with a dope product.

 

[SeveroDrgnfli]

It's deep. When someone has very little and sees negative images of themselves, over compensation can be a side affect. Success in America is defined by white America. Some minorities who want to succeed imitate what they view as sucessful. Successful people in the US typically wear European designers.

Finding black clothiers is difficult. It can be expensive to have custom clothing made too. Also, when people see LV they respect it. When they see Trumaker they think cheap or knock off. They don't know the clothes are made by an AA who's producing high quality clothing because Tru doesn't have the clout of LV.

 

[AngryBaby]

Because i pay attention to the clothes themselves, not who's making it.

and we do support black articles of fashion, just go and see any jordan, yeezy, pharrel, BBC, Don C collaboration.

but unfortunately when it comes to clothes, black people tend to only act like we can sell oversized outdated trends.

we don't make things like zara, UO, Topman, H&M, asos etc and that's what is generally fashionable at the moment.

If you wanna wear what is traditionally seen in XXL then you probably are just going to end up looking like a stereo-type.

 

[David_TheMan]

If they could they would have already. Sad it's currently cheaper to have the work sent overseas.

You should support black companies because likely they will employ other black people. Never know if your child may need a job and better to have that opportunity for your child than us currently being at the mercy of cacs and gov.

Black companies don't employ other black people, just like white companies don't magically employ whites, and etc.
You get a job based on marketable skills, this notion that black business help anyone but the owners of the business is crazy.
As for trying to throw away the most important part, creating a competitive advantage , well I see why a lot of people will do nothing but sit back and complain.

 

[FeloniousMonk]

Lmao

I got in an argument with a coworker when I wore Karl Kani pants

Him: Those is old

me: So is Levi's

*SWISH*

Did you rock a South Pole jacket and Cross Color T to go with it?

 

[skokiaan]

Offer simple and clean, at the same or better quality as the major brands, but don't rape
me on the prices.

 

[Professor Beef]

If they could they would have already. Sad it's currently cheaper to have the work sent overseas.

You should support black companies because likely they will employ other black people. Never know if your child may need a job and better to have that opportunity for your child than us currently being at the mercy of cacs and gov.

No, you should support black businesses if you feel that they deserve your money. I'm under no obligation to give money to a non-white business "just because;" my money goes to businesses that have earned it because of quality and other factors, none of which (so far) include race. That being said, anyone is allowed to spend money how they see fit, don't let me try and stop you.

 

[:-)]

I wouldn't mind supporting black owned clothing lines but the ones I've found are all hoodies, t-shirts, and traditional African wear. I don't dress like that. I don't wear Moses sandals and all of that stuff. I'm a yoga pants, Nike shirt and comfortable sweater type of girl. If I ran into black lines that offered what I'm into they'd definitely get my money. But I've seen more street wear as they call it than anything. So I just buy what catches my eye.

And if I were to run into a black website that sold something I wanted its usually no refunds or exchanges.
How am I to know if my size lines up with your sizes (some material run too big or too small) and then it doesn't fit and I'm stuck with it? No ma'am.......

 

[ridedolo]

But can I keep it way real, doe?

How many of y'all niccas was really into "fashion" like that?
I mean really?

I mean, yer boy is scraight West Cizzoast, mayne.
Mama used to dress me in the Lacoste and khakis. For the most part i'm still livin' like that.
Even in high school, we didn't even trip off the shirt and pants - we'd iron a damn Stafford,
and go on about our bidness...we cared more about our shoes and hats...and a herringbone (lmao).

bk is a whole different animal.

we used to get fly in iceberg, coogi, moschino, polo knits,guess, expensive ass north face jackets with the gloves and hat, spyder jackets. timbs, jordans, 95s, wallaby's. fat gold chains, rings, earrings. and that was in HS across all races tbh. dudes were getting booked on the regular.

lot of those styles are coming back too. especially moschino and wallaby's. polo never stopped.

 

[philmonroe]

do you realize how it makes you look to call people names over the internet?




am i supposed to be offended now?

and

Who cares how it looks cause like you said its the Internet fakkit. It makes you respond though so it does something and even got you two groupie bytches in @1984 and @Blackthoughts to get on their knees. So since your just as to keep responding I'm good

nah nikka , you was buyin them acid washed skinnys too

Damn fam you got me lol

 

[Unknown Poster]

Who cares how it looks cause like you said its the Internet fakkit. It makes you respond though so it does something and even got you two groupie bytches in @1984 and @Blackthoughts to get on their knees. So since your just as to keep responding I'm good

Please don't tag me. I refuse to entertain immaturity in this thread....that you ruined.

You can't be black...you seem to be against any sort of black progress. Seems like you have some real deeply seated self-hatred that you refuse to address. I actually pity you.