CNN Films <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Fshows%2Ffresh-dressed">"Fresh Dressed"</a> takes a look at how hip-hop grew to have a global impact on the high fashion industry.<br /><br />Jamel Shabazz took many iconic photos of the style revolution that was happening on the streets of New York City in the '80s and '90s.
CNN Films "Fresh Dressed" takes a look at how hip-hop grew to have a global impact on the high fashion industry.

Jamel Shabazz took many iconic photos of the style revolution that was happening on the streets of New York City in the '80s and '90s.
Jamel Shabazz
Brooklyn native Shabazz first picked up a camera at 15 years old, and documented his peers.
Brooklyn native Shabazz first picked up a camera at 15 years old, and documented his peers.
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"I wanted the world to see something unlike they were seeing before," photographer Shabazz says in the film. <br /><br />"That despite people's condition, they're still able to maintain a great degree of integrity and it's shown by the way people dress and the pride they take in having clean sneakers on."
"I wanted the world to see something unlike they were seeing before," photographer Shabazz says in the film.

"That despite people's condition, they're still able to maintain a great degree of integrity and it's shown by the way people dress and the pride they take in having clean sneakers on."
Jamel Shabazz
Photographer Joe Conzo Jr. became friends with hip-hop pioneers The Cold Crush Brothers, and captured images of rap battles and live performances in the South Bronx in the late '70s and early '80s.<br /><br />The New York Times called him "the man who took hip-hop's baby pictures."<br />
Photographer Joe Conzo Jr. became friends with hip-hop pioneers The Cold Crush Brothers, and captured images of rap battles and live performances in the South Bronx in the late '70s and early '80s.

The New York Times called him "the man who took hip-hop's baby pictures."
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Photographer Janette Beckman also documented hip-hop's emergence into mainstream popular culture.
Photographer Janette Beckman also documented hip-hop's emergence into mainstream popular culture.
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"Fresh" soon became part of the lexicon to describe someone's good-looking appearance.
"Fresh" soon became part of the lexicon to describe someone's good-looking appearance.
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Hip-hop group Kid 'n Play popularized the "high-top fade" hair style.
Hip-hop group Kid 'n Play popularized the "high-top fade" hair style.
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When Run DMC released "My Adidas" in 1986, hip-hop's sneaker culture went mainstream.<br /><br />The group signed an endorsement deal with the the brand, paving the way for other musicians to ink deals with sneaker companies.
When Run DMC released "My Adidas" in 1986, hip-hop's sneaker culture went mainstream.

The group signed an endorsement deal with the the brand, paving the way for other musicians to ink deals with sneaker companies.
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Television shows like "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and "In Living Color" put black-owned brands like Cross Colours in the national spotlight. Within four years, Cross Colours was worth $100 million.
Television shows like "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and "In Living Color" put black-owned brands like Cross Colours in the national spotlight. Within four years, Cross Colours was worth $100 million.
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The success of Cross Colours inspired a series of other fashion entrepreneurs. In 1992, Daymond John founded FUBU at the age of 23. The brand would -- at its peak -- have annual sales of $300 million.
The success of Cross Colours inspired a series of other fashion entrepreneurs. In 1992, Daymond John founded FUBU at the age of 23. The brand would -- at its peak -- have annual sales of $300 million.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs also founded his own line of clothes in 1998 called Sean John. By that time, urban brands had saturated the market so Sean John took a more high fashion approach. <br /><br />"With Sean John, I didn't want to just make it a fashion brand. I wanted to make it a lifestyle. I wanted to make sure that we were able to go from the block to the boardroom," Combs said.<br /><br />In 2004, Combs even won the Council of Fashion Designers of America award for men's wear designer of the year.<br />
Sean "Diddy" Combs also founded his own line of clothes in 1998 called Sean John. By that time, urban brands had saturated the market so Sean John took a more high fashion approach.

"With Sean John, I didn't want to just make it a fashion brand. I wanted to make it a lifestyle. I wanted to make sure that we were able to go from the block to the boardroom," Combs said.

In 2004, Combs even won the Council of Fashion Designers of America award for men's wear designer of the year.
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"In hip-hop fashion right now, people are taking way more risks," Sean "Diddy" Combs says in the film.<br /><br />"They feel empowered with a lot more freedom. It's almost like the more risks you take, the more respect that you get.
"In hip-hop fashion right now, people are taking way more risks," Sean "Diddy" Combs says in the film.

"They feel empowered with a lot more freedom. It's almost like the more risks you take, the more respect that you get.
Andre Perry
In the age of the internet, hip-hop fashion has embraced a more individualistic and bold approach -- but not without taking style cues from the movement's early days.
In the age of the internet, hip-hop fashion has embraced a more individualistic and bold approach -- but not without taking style cues from the movement's early days.
Andre Perry