Shell Toes and hoop earrings: eight hip-hop fashion items that changed what we wear

Rolling Partners. On the Lower Eastside of Manhattan, 1984. Photograph: Jamel Shabazz

From Professor X’s hat to Spike Lee merch and the Thom Browne dress Doja Cat wore on the red carpet in 2022, Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous, a new exhibition at New York’s Museum at FIT, traces the history of hip-hop style across 50 years. Elizabeth Way and Elena Romero, the event’s curators, talk through the importance of eight items – including one from Romero’s own archive – that changed fashion.

Shell Toes