Mixing designer labels, a 'no-no'?

[stylenoob]

*Accidentally posted in the wrong forum earlier*

Hey all, my first post here.

I'm a hip-hop fan and tend to spend some time reading hip-hop blogs. Today I read a jab from rapper Jim Jones at Jay-Z in regards to Jay-Z's fashion sense.

The full blog post can be found here (it's unimportant, really) : http://blogs.sohh.com/nyc/archives/2...les_contd.html

With the important part being Jim Jones calling out Jay-Z on wearing a Gucci belt with an LV scarf:

"And look at the Vibe cover. Tell me who Jay-Z looks like in there? Did you see the picture of him? With the Louis Vuitton scarf and all that... he had a Gucci belt with a Louis Vuitton scarf. Who does that?... That's like wearing one Nike and one Puma; how you going to get away with that?

I had no idea that this was a fashion faux-pas! :\\

What are the general rules about 'mixing' labels?

Are there any?

 

[rach2jlc]

It's not a faux-pas.

I don't know about in hip-hop, but in the real world, wearing head-to-toe of one label is called a "Fashion Victim." Not only is it a no-no, it makes you look like an idiot who doesn't have the sense OR style to shop around and figure out what he/she actually likes.

Jim Jones sounds like he needs to stick to rapping and leave fashion to others, because he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.

 

[ashenwreck]

Sounds like middle/junior high school mentality to me.

 

[tagutcow]

Originally Posted by ashenwreck

Sounds like middle/junior high school mentality to me.

Maybe more of a gang mentality. You can't affiliate with both the Bloods and the Crips at the same time, as I myself have learned through bitter experience.

 

[bimmernate]

Sounds like Jim Jones is just jealous.

 

[FlyingLotus]

Don't listen to fashion advice from this guy

 

[Booshi]

I don't know how much stock I'd put in Jim Jones' fashion sense. In fact, it seems that in most cases, having fashion sense and being a rapper are mutually exclusive.

 

[totally epic]

Brand synergy, yo!

 

[Neo_Version 7]

I do feel rather uneasy when I wear pieces of the same brand in one outfit (especially shirts and pants). However, that's not to say I wouldn't "synergize" a brand if the pieces work well together.

 

[PG2G]

Jim Jones is an idiot, he's just trying to get some press.

That said, it may look kinda weird if you're a bunch of different monograms. Though it looks stupid if you're wearing a bunch of the same monogram anyway.

 

[rach2jlc]

I'm the first to admit I know nothing about hip-hop... but "Hustler's POME" is the stupidest title for anything I've heard in a long time. Looking at the guy on the cover, though, it seems to make sense and gives the quote of the OP more context...

 

[tagutcow]

Originally Posted by Booshi

I don't know how much stock I'd put in Jim Jones' fashion sense.

Well he's weaing baggy jeans with a skull belt, so Bill Cunningham things it's fascinating at least in an anthropological sense.

 

[Booshi]

Originally Posted by tagutcow

Well he's weaing baggy jeans with a skull belt, so Bill Cunningham things it's fascinating at least in an anthropological sense.

See, that's the thing. Why isn't his necklace made out of little mini-skulls also? You can't wear a regular necklace with a skull belt! What a hypocrite.

 

[TheFusilliJerry]

jim jones, in addition to having no idea what he is talking about, is an illiterate moron.



(To answer your question, wearing the lv monogram or a gucci web belt together is not a fashion faux-pas, although most around here don't like clothing that has branding on it)

 

[ang_kangkong]

Hate matchy-matchy.

I went to school with a guy who color-coordinated his accessories (e.g.Red sneaks, red belt, red baseball cap). Drove me insane. Sometimes he'd match his tees to it, too. How the **** can so many color variations of the same thing? To me, that's the same thing with brands.