{"id":56672,"date":"2012-10-20T12:02:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T10:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=56672"},"modified":"2012-10-18T21:03:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T19:03:37","slug":"harlem-world-dapper-dan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/harlem-world-dapper-dan\/","title":{"rendered":"Harlem World: Dapper Dan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HChHAXySJTc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With his eponymous store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered streetwear in the early 1980s by co-opting luxury branding from the likes of Louis Vuitton and MCM and designing original menswear with high-end detail\u2014including exquisite leathers, furs, and skins. First drawing neighborhood hustlers and friends, Dan eventually outfitted rappers and other celebs of the time, such as Eric B &amp; Rakim, and Mike Tyson, to name a few. Now, nearly thirty years after entering the clothing game, Dan is plotting his return to the public eye. The reclusive designer recently sat down with Life +Times to discuss his career\u2014alongside childhood friend Pee Wee Kirkland\u2014retracing Harlem history in the process.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/lifeandtimes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Life &amp; Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egotripland.com\/dapper-dan-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Legendary Hip-Hop Designer Dapper Dan\u2019s Vintage Photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With his eponymous store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered streetwear in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-eK4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}