On Saturday night I had one of those moments where you look back and wish you had gotten a picture. Imagine a guy who wouldn’t look out of place in the back streets of Brooklyn New York, shooting hoops with his hommies and just generally killing it. He was wearing a black Wu Wear heavy weight crew neck sweat with the 'Cream Team' print. If you’d seen how bad-ass he looked you’d all have to go out and buy one. It reminded me of how sick Wu Wear is and that I really should post about it.
The Wu-Tang Clan (pronounced wu:taen) is a highly influential hip hop collective from Staten Island, New York that consists of a group of rappers that chop and change (Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, Ol' Dirty Bastard and others by equally cool names).
The move from music to clothing resulted in Wu Wear, which at first was not particularly high quality. But in 1999, Nike released a Wu-Tang Clan themed dunk hi. Not many of the shoes were made and they were really popular, the resell prices now can be as much as $7,500.
I got onto this brand from a sneaker store in Australia; the Wu Wear 'Supreme Clientele' singlet is perfect dancing attire.
I got onto this brand from a sneaker store in Australia; the Wu Wear 'Supreme Clientele' singlet is perfect dancing attire.
In 2007 and 2008 Wu Tang and the Alife NYC clothing group collaborated and came out with custom sneakers and t-shirts. The collection was named "A Wu-Tang Life".
This got me researching Alife which I don't know much about, they have possibly the hardest website to navigate, but I found a few items that seemed like it could be worth a second look some time.
Wu-Tang seems to be highly sort after for collaborations at the moment so keep an eye out.
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