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Walker Wear: From Fashion Boutique to Pioneering Streetwear Brand of the '90s

Walker Wear: From Fashion Boutique to Pioneering Streetwear Brand of the '90s

FromIDEA GENERATION's All Angles


Walker Wear: From Fashion Boutique to Pioneering Streetwear Brand of the '90s

FromIDEA GENERATION's All Angles

ratings:
Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jul 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 1988, April Walker opened Fashion in Effect, a custom clothing boutique for the burgeoning hip-hop audience in New York City. In the years that followed, April would launch her own streetwear brand, Walker Wear, and become a pop culture phenomenon, working closely with A-Listers like Notorious B.I.G, Tupac, and Shaquille O'Neal. But just as Walker Wear started to ascend from hip hop staple to mainstream recognition, April made the shocking decision to shut down the brand.On this week's episode of All Angles, we talk to founder April Walker, assistant Miles Hopkins, lead stylist and designer Gloria Cherubin, and head of marketing Kimya Rainge, to hear the full story of how Walker Wear became the hottest streetwear brand of the ‘90s, and how the brand has re-emerged today with a refreshed approach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Jul 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (14)

“IDEA GENERATION's All Angles” is a twelve-episode co-produced series highlighting brands from the fashion, food, media and music industries that shape and define today’s culture. Hosted by former Complex Chief Content Officer and founder of IDEA GENERATION—an independent media brand dedicated to the education and inspiration of tomorrow's creative entrepreneurs, whose eponymous interview show airs weekly on Bloomberg's linear cable channel—Noah Callahan-Bever, the unscripted series steps behind the curtain and talks with a variety of company leaders to uncover the crucial role that team chemistry plays in the making of the most popular culture-creating brands today.