For this week's Variations on a Theme, we'll be loosely riffing off Leor Galil's
cover story on the symbiotic relationship between Chicago's hip-hop artists and local streetwear lines ("There's no longer a Tower Records or Virgin store where you can have parties or signings when mix tapes drop," says
Fake Shore Drive's Andrew Barber. "The streetwear stores gave people a place to hang out."). The Bleader has already featured posts on
office-worker camo for the NATO summit, including one that sparked a
bit of a hubbub. From here we'll branch out, including posts by style contributors
Isa Giallorenzo and
Heather Kenny (whose kickoff is
here), staff writers
Deanna Isaacs and
Kevin Warwick, and
Reader editor
Mara Shalhoup.
If you missed last week's Variations on a Theme, I especially recommend Elly Fishman on the Chicago origins of the hoochie coochie and Ben Sachs on one origin we all share.
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