Hip hop fashion
Louis Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs recently joined forces with music producer and hip-hop artist Pharrell Williams to create a line of funky eyewear. Terms of the deal were not available. But such partnerships between upscale companies and hip-hop artists are becoming increasingly common.
October 12, 2004
Companies take to the rap culture
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Hip-Hop fashion: From gold links to pink
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