Players With Attitude.
I can’t take full recognition for this post, the good hommieTony T gave me the idea for this post. The Fab Five could easily be compared to NWA, but as basketball players.
The Fab Five changed everything.
BasketBall. Style. Life.
The game of basketball has had many revolutionaries in its history, but the Fab Five were the group that took a lot of the the things we love about the game and sports today and injected it into our culture, even if there was a strong backlash at the time.
When this squad broke onto the scenes at Michigan, they didn’t try to be like everyone else, they took the game of basketball and they made it their own. They broke out the baggy shorts, when everyone was still wearing the old-school shorts. These players were brash. They spoke their mind and weren’t willing to back down to anyone.
Not only that, but they let it show on the court. The Fab Five would taunt you, showboat and do it with pure joy on their faces. College basketball had never seen anything quite like this team and it rocked the foundation of basketball.
Style.
Nineteen years ago, five freshmen enrolled at the University of Michigan and forever changed the world of college basketball. Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson joined forces to play for Wolverines’ coach Steve Fisher. The group known as the “Fab 5” introduced baggy shorts, black shoes, black socks and more to college hoops.
Black socks.
When the 1993 Wolverines walked onto the court wearing black socks to match their black shoes, jaws dropped. Everyone knew already that the five sophomores playing tremendous basketball: they’d gone to the NCAA Finals the previous year, as a squad of starting freshmen. And everyone knew they’d been wearing long, baggy shorts, cool and young and brash. But this was something else again, a calculation and a declaration: the Fab Five knew who they were.
The black socks, recalls Jalen Rose for The Fab Five, the ESPN documentary that premiered 13 March to coincide with the start of March Madness, were exactly that. The team had been alternately acclaimed and vilified during their freshman year. Jason Hehir’s movie shows how they came together, recruited by the University of Michigan, starting with Juwan Howard. Once he was signed—and felt welcomed and cared for by the coaching staff—he went on to become “the mastermind behind everything,” according to guard Ray Jackson. Howard helped coach Steve Fisher and assistant Brian Dutcher to bring in Jackson and Jimmy King (both high school stars in Texas), and then Detroit natives Chris Webber and Rose.
Gangster… Gangster…Gangster.
The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History
Chanel No. 5 is one of the biggest perfumes in all of history. What’s its lure? Is it the name, the legend, the marketing, the juice? Take a look at the illustrious past and present of Chanel No. 5 to understand what people love about Chanel perfumes and what other aspiring best-seller perfumes can learn from this marvel.
Chanel No. 5 was selected by designer Coco Chanel from perfumer Ernest Beaux’s lab. Drawn by its unique character, Coco said she wanted to release a perfume that was completely different from natural floral perfumes. The perfume was supposed to make women smell like women, not like a flower. Indeed, compared to the regular slew of perfumes in the 1920s, Chanel No. 5 debuted as a wild synthetic romp.
What made Chanel No. 5 completely unique was the profusion of aldehydes, which are molecules that are responsible for the sparkling character that reaches high towards a citrus-like composition and descends down into a tinny, metallic quality. Today, Chanel No. 5 is advertised as an abstract perfume, the first modern perfume, made completely with synthetic chemicals.
But there are a few hidden secrets that Chanel hides about its most magical, longest selling perfume.
Chanel No. 5, behind the dazzling sheen of aldehydes, presents a soft floral mix. Whatever Coco said about Chanel No. 5 can’t be taken for complete face value. Ernest Beaux added a dash of soft rose notes. And some scent pyramids actually go as far as to attribute more than one flower—including jasmine, lily, ylang ylang and neroli—to this scent. And to ground the sparkling combination of citrus and florals, Chanel No. 5 includes favorites like oakmoss, amber, vanilla and patchouli. Perfume critic Chandler Burr explains that the result of this avant garde blending make Chanel No. 5 smell “like a bank of white-hot searchlights washing the powdered stars at a movie premier in Cannes on a dry summer night.”
Another secret behind this market dominating perfume is that there are many formulas circulating. If you’re like me, and you think that Chanel No. 5 smells a little different every time you smell it, you’ll be surprised to find that there’s actually a rhyme and reason behind all of your confusion. Luca Turin points out in an NZZ Folio essay that there are currently 3 types of Chanel No. 5 at large. Chanel No. 5 Parfum, says Turin, is “the 1921 original, and smells fresh as paint and changed from day 1.” Eau de Toilette under the same name, is “all soft and peachy, a fifties mom in a fur coat coming to tuck you in bed before going to the theatre.” Turin goes on to completely dismiss the Eau de Parfum formula, calling it “an eighties lapse of judgment.” So if you’ve smelled one Chanel No. 5 and didn’t enjoy it, Chanel ensures that there’s a Chanel No. 5 out there that’ll suit your style.
Vintage Ralph Lauren Ads Circa 1975
These are truly priceless, Ralph Lauren ads featured in a vintage men’s wear magazine. at the time when these ads were produced Ralph Lauren Polo was a fairly young brand.
The Classic Style Of Miles Davis
Miles Davis undeniably had style for miles, no pun intended. Besides that it was well recognized that Miles did everything to the fullest from music, women, heroin, art, and fashion. Just like a true artist his style was always evolving and innovative. Miles Davis may have been somewhat misunderstood, but at the end of the day you would still respect his artistry. Follow us on a journey of the ever evolving style of the legendary Miles Davis.
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The Timeline of Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren is an American fashion designer Ralph Lauren’s luxury lifestyle company Polo specializes in high-end casual/semi-formal wear for men and women, as well as accessories, fragrance, and housewares. Here is a timeline of the brand that sells the American Dream.
Ralph Lauren establishes the Polo label with an instantly successful line of ties. In direct opposition to the narrow ties and conventional styles of the time, Lauren designs wide, handmade ties using unexpected, flamboyant, opulent materials. The ties quickly become a menswear status item.
Already interested in promoting a lifestyle with his ties, Ralph Lauren names his line after a sport that embodies a world of discreet elegance and classic style: Polo.
1970 Ralph Lauren released a line of women’s suit that were tailored in a classic men’s style, which was when the first Polo emblem was seen. It was on the cuff of the women’s suit.
1972 Ralph Lauren released Polo’s famous short sleeve mesh shirt with the Polo logo. It came out in 24 colors. It became an overnight classic.
1974 Lauren gained recognition for his design after he was contracted to provide clothing styles for the movie The Great Gatsby.
1977 Lauren designs clothes for both Diane Keaton and Woody Allen in Annie Hall.
Polo was the first cologne launched in 1978.
1985 The company makes inroads in the denim market with its “Dungarees” campaign.
1987 Lauren was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. In April of that year, he underwent surgery to remove the tumor, and made a full recovery.
1989 The Polo flag sweater is introduced.
1990 Lauren tees off with Polo Golf.
1993 The designer introduces Double RL, a line of casual wear named after his Colorado ranch.
1993 Polo Sport launches.
1994 Lauren unveils Purple Label, his take on classic Savile Row tailoring.
1996 Polo Jeans Debut
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