hoodies

Rihanna, Kanye, and a new investor: the stars have aligned to bring back Sean John, and those famous velour tracksuits.

How the most basic and beloved of American garments became both a symbol of racial injustice and an exclusive runway collectible.

Few garments have created such controversy. We trace the lineage of the humble hoodie from the playing field to the catwalk via hip-hop, hardcore, grime, and everything in between.

'When we think about protest again, we think about it as telling the truth in public, and the hoodie is perhaps our most public, truth-telling piece of clothing.'

From Raf’s prophetic past to Yeezy’s utopian future, we explore why 2015 was the year hoodies became high fashion’s most potent political tool.