This week, we got to experience this phenomenon ourselves. The Brooklyn House of Vans held an event alongside Friends NYC , the shop located in Brooklyn offering us the best Britney Spears-style clothing we could ever hope to find in the cityβ and in ! The event included pop-ups from other local shops, a skate lesson by Skate Kitchen, and a live show featuring The Kills. The aesthetic is approachable to those of us who want to return to the excitement of our youth, of the pop culture that pushed us thus farβ but it also applies to a new wave of women who are able to step beyond the skatepark sidelines and embrace the strength and status that women of all ages have working towards today.
We got to talk to the ladies leading this movement, the founders of Friends NYC, who are fueling this new generation of bad-ass girls being taught by Skate Kitchen--offering them a sporty, stylish, statement wardrobe that speaks to the strong work these young women in skateboarding stand for. Hear from Friends and Skate Kitchen below for more on what the future holds for the fusion of fashion and female skating.
So, initially, it was vintageβ and then it expanded from there. Other brands like Lazy Oaf and Dickies, stuff that kind of just goes with the community, which is pretty young and trend-driven.
Why do you think the 90s is such a popular period for kids, who may have not even experienced that era? I came here to get my masters degree at FIT for fashion industry and fashion curation, so I worked at the costume institute at the MET for a few years, but I randomly got into this and I just totally changed gears. Good call, I worked at galleries for a while.
My background does have similarities to what I am doing currently. And Mary went to school for art, and was a designer, so between the two of us it does bring a unique perspective. I wish I had learned how to skate. Do you think that skate fashion is changing also?
