No matter how Thug or hard you are, or you swear to be, You watched Cartoons. No matter how smart or studious you think you are, You watched Cartoons. We all did. Most of us Still do. We grew up on Cartoons. We even had our faves. Mines was G I JOE, TRANSFORMERS, THUNDERCATS. Its so interesting when I watch the movie adaptions of these cartoons, and compare & contrast the differences and similarities. We all watched/watch cartoons.
What I liked, was in the early days of fashion, when the designers started mixing the Cartoons we watched, with clothing & accessories. They would take a regular sweatshirt, put a character like uhh, lets say, Goofy on it, slap a hefty price tag on it, and POOF!!! we all went crazy tryin to buy it. worked double shifts...saved a little extra...Hell, some even Boosted it. One brand in particular was the italian company Gilmar, most of us may know as ICEBERG. the cartoon ish was known as ICEBERG HISTORY designed by Moroccan born/French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac (who clothing goes by JC/DC nowadays) . History was that brand, because it put classic cartoons from Tom & Jerry to Disney to Looney Tunes on clothing and accessories and heads PAID THAT GUAP for it. With the hip hop culture, we wanna wear what the rappers wear. Big gold chain. check. gold fronts. check. $300 sweater.check. Alot of us even wanted to rap. LOL. Thing is, alot of rappers had stylists, that brought the clothes to the video sets...and alot of rappers just had dat $ to purchase these expensive threads. I read that Jay-Z collected up to 150 ICEBERG HISTORY pieces. WOW!!! Another brand that went there with the cartoons was MOSCHINO. The Cheap & Chic line featured accessories, perfumes as well as clothing showcasing Olive Oyl & Popeye. I even bought my wife a Moschino Olive Oyl scarf back in the day. From NY discount famous designer retailer Century 21. Even for Century, it was Chic, but not that Cheap.
With the total domination of the internet, and sites like Amazon, and ebay, one can still purchase & own a piece of this fashion history. Or just go to the websites of these fashion brands. Yes, they are Still around, but I doubt you will find any cartoon stuff for sale, and WOULD YOU WANT TO??? I can't front. I like silk scarfs...Yes, I'M A MAN, and I like that particular women's accessory. I would still buy Another one for my wife to rock. Not for bed tho...
JAY ROCKIN DA POPEYE ICEBERG JOINT
RAE WIT THE SNOOPY
LINUS
SNOOPY THE FLYING ACE
JAY ROCKED THIS IN THE STREETS IS WATCHING MOVIE...THIS WAS MY FAVE GOOFY
MOSCHINO (CHEAP & CHIC POPEYE & OLIVE)
I SWEAR IMA GET MY WIFE ANOTHER OLIVE OYL SCARF
