URBANCORE
(URBAN STREETWEAR)
The culture of Urban has its roots in the skate and hiphop cultures. Big cities carry a mellow hue in the air; perhaps this is where urbancore personalities find their nostalgic, carefree auras.
Urban Street Wear is bold & oversized, comfortable, blunt and graphic. "Viewer discretion advised" type warning labels are amongst the most popular designs.
Whether it's Bronx or Berlin, Stuttgart or Rio de Janeiro, Urban Streetwear tells the tale of the lonely youth, straight out of the metropolitan, with a spirit for change and activism.
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Urbancore
My heart burns for the city lights.
Urbancore is an aesthetic based on imagery of urban cities and street life. Urbancore is associated to real-life, modern-day society and almost always is based in recent decades. It can revolve around city streets, graffiti, skate parks at night, and picnics. This aesthetic embodies a youthful and somewhat rebellious spirit living in a nostalgic time.
Fashion
Urbancore fashion draws heavily from Skater, Art Hoe, Hip-Hop and Nostalgiacore fashion, since this aesthetic is fairly active, a lot of the clothing is fashionable and breathable. A very particular kind of Urbancore fashion, Streetwear, is a style of casual clothing which became global in the 1990s. It grew from Californian surf and skate culture to encompass elements of sportswear, hip hop, punk and Japanese street fashion and continued to grow and evolve from there.
Some Urbancore staples are:
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baggy pants or sweatpants (sometimes highly decorated with different textiles)
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brand-name oversized t-shirts/vintage brand name t-shirts
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dad hats/caps
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fanny packs
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short bubble/puffer jackets
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customized pants
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sports bras/ racerback bras
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overalls
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brightly colored socks
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sneakers (usually Nike or Jordan) or flat-bottomed skating shoes
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sweaters over collared shirts
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chains/pants chains
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cargo pants
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flannels
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plaid skirts
QUICK FACTS
Decade of Origin
2010S
early adopters
Virgil Abloh
Key colors
Neutrals:
Gray
Black
Beige
sometimes contrasted with bright paint colors
Key motifs
Cityscapes
Graffiti
Concrete architecture
Alleyways
Skyscrapers
Streets
POP CULTURE
REFERENCE
Chrome Hearts
Gucci
Louis Vuitton
Nike
Off White
Prada
Supreme
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