How many of these "underground" labels are you familiar with?

[imported_Tomato]

Check out the brands here.

GLOBE

GALLAZ

MOOKS

WORLD INDUSTRIES

DARKSTAR

ENJOI

M-ONE-11

SPEED DEMONS

BLIND

TENSOR

ARTAFACT

ECKO

STUSSY

PAUL FRANK

UNDERGIRL

FRESHJIVE

INDEPENDENT

MOSSIMO


I guess Mossimo wouldn't be too underground, but it's all good...

 

[Nocturnal]

How about LRG, Milkcrate something, all of the other "hip-hop underground" brands. The ones you listed above are all skate brands, nothing "underground" imho.

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
How about LRG, Milkcrate something, all of the other "hip-hop underground" brands. The ones you listed above are all skate brands, nothing "underground" imho.

Heh. They're kinda undergroudn to me, I guess. So you're familiar with the skate scene?

 

[Radiohead]

Paul Frank is underground?

 

[slycat]

how is stussy and mossimo underground?

 

[Zugzwang152]

stussy and mossimo are so not underground.

 

[neovan]

isn't mossimo a target brand now.

 

[SuepaFly]

6 of 'em. Where Im originally from, lots of the skaters wear/wore these brands (minus Paul Frank).

ECKO

STUSSY

PAUL FRANK

FRESHJIVE

INDEPENDENT

MOSSIMO

 

[Nocturnal]

I used to skate, and I follow "hip-hop."

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
stussy and mossimo are so not underground.

Doh, never mind... x-nay on the Paul Frank, too. All the other ones, then.

 

[imported_Tomato]

If anyone's ever worn any of the brands above, are they any good? How's the quality, and is it worth it for the price? I need to expand my wardrobe.

 

[ElFenix]

mossimo is at target

 

[notfred]

Since when is skateboarding "underground"?

 

[conjur]

I thought this was going to be about music labels.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: conjur
I thought this was going to be about music labels.

me too

 

[MazerRackham]

How about alphanumeric? And volcom? Since you're a chick, you should be wearing Roxy anyways

 

[murphy55d]

Ecko isn't underground either. I know of it, Stussy and Mossimo.

 

[notfred]

GLOBE <- surf/skate shoes

GALLAZ <- no idea

MOOKS <- no idea

WORLD INDUSTRIES <- skateboard comapny that no one seems to buy stuff from after the age of 13

DARKSTAR <- skate comapny

ENJOI <- skate company

M-ONE-11 <- no idea

SPEED DEMONS <- skate comapny. They make bearings.

BLIND <- skate comapny

TENSOR <- skate trucks

ARTAFACT <- no idea

ECKO <- no idea

STUSSY <- popular in 1992

PAUL FRANK <- no idea

UNDERGIRL <- no idea

FRESHJIVE <- for some reason I associate them with volleyball...

INDEPENDENT <- skate trucks

MOSSIMO <- see stussy


So, yeah, good list if you're going to build a skateboard. Or you can never touch a skateboard and just buy some tshirts so that you look "underground"... that seems to be what you're after

 

[pyonir]

Why not get more for your money and not buy labels?

 

[eakers]

uhhhhhh those brands are everywhere...

try small INDEPENDENT companies that don't make clothes overseas in sweat shops for underground.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: conjur
I thought this was going to be about music labels.

me too

Same here

 

[astroview]

paul frank is good and stylish, expensive but nice

didn't you post about buying new clothes before?

 

[EvanGeliSt]

one

 

[amnesiac]

Um most of those aren't underground.

Marc Ecko has been around forever and is at the forefront of both skating and hiphop culture.

Stussy and Mossimo have been well above ground for at least a decade or more.

Paul Frank and his stupid sock monkey have been featured in every mall boutique for the last 3 years.

Chances are, if it's sold retail nationwide, it's not underground.

 

[BD231]

Ecko pants suck and so do their shoes, but their shirts and back-packs are sweet. What kinna cloths do you wear?

For pants I wear FUBU, Vincente Nesi, Roca Wear, Karal Kani and Enyce. Generally those are the best quality pants I've come accross.

Shirts are easy enough, button up's with style are pretty sweet regardless of brand.

I don't pay much attention to shoes, usually just nikes or some basketball players signature shoe.