Culture & Civilization By Sylvester Ch’ng Ying
FNBE March Intake 0334060
of • What is streetwear Introduction
Timelines of streetwear
Cultural difference
How to purchase
• 1970 & 1980 • 1990 & 2000 • 2010 and onwards • Asian Brand • Western Brand • Street terms and slangs • where to purchase
• Events & Contests Sneakerlah
Timeline of Streetwear
1970 & 1980 o Bucket Hat o Formal-ish wear o Round Glasses o Loafers o Semi Casual look
Time Zones of Streetwear
1990 & 2000 o Baseball cap o Comfy wear o Oversized clothing o Skater shoe o Casual look
2010 AND BEYOND Streetwear has been greatly embraced and doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Trends come and go and came back around but it seems streetwear is here to stay.
Mixed Culture wear
Casual look
Graphical Clothing
o Skater Look o Graphic tee o Skinny fit jeans / Ripped jeans o Skater shoe Brands
Top : Adidas The Brand With The 3 Stripes Tee Bottom : Pull & Bear Premium Skinny Jeans Sneaker: Vans X Fear of God Era 95 DX
o Rapper Look o Oversized Hoodie o Track Pants o Running Sneakers Brands
Top
: Thrasher Skate Mag Hoodie
Bottom : Adidas Tango pants Sneaker: Adidas X Kith X Novative Ultraboost Mid
Cultural Difference
Asian Brand
Western Brand
TOP 3 STREETWEAR BRANDS Supreme
Off-White
Top Asian Brand
Undercover
Neighborhood
A Bathing Ape (Bape)
Mastermind
Top Western Brand
Stussy
Supreme
(Pioneer of Streetwear)
Off-White
Adidas
Top Malaysian Brand
Stoned & Co
Nerd Unit
Pestle & Mortar
TNTCO
HOW AND WHERE TO PURCHASE STREETWEARS? Due to the inadequacy of major brands such as Supreme and Bape in Malaysia, drops are harder to cop, but there are still ways to buy them.
Streetwear brands releases their product in a different manner, they’re known as “drops”. They’re released in a limited quantity and if you wish to purchase, most of the time you have to obtain a raffle ticket in order to have a chance of purchasing.
Physical Raffle
Online Raffle
STREETWEAR AND Street terms are mostly used in buying and selling or trading
Reselling / Trading / Buying Terms
Meaning
WTB
Want to Buy
WTS
Want to Sell
WTT
Want to Trade
BNWT
Brand New With Tag (For Clothing)
BNIB
Brand New In Box (For Sneakers)
DS
Dead Stock (Brand New)
Drop
New Release
Cop
Purchase
InstaCop
Instantly Purchase a Product
Beaters
Sneakers for use in adverse condition (Poor Condition due to over-wearing)
Backdoor
Scoring a very hype item thanks to a personal connection who holds you down by putting product aside for you.
COD
Cash on delivery
Steal
Selling at a very cheap price (usually below retail price)
HOW TO
IF YOU DID NOT MANAGE TO THE ?
There are a few ways for you to cop the drop even if you did not manage to enter the raffle list.
Ask What You’re Looking For and people will post their offers To join streetwear resell/trading page, simply just search for them or ask in facebook discussion.
You can ask what are you looking for by posting a discussion or just look through what others are offering
- You can join a WhatsApp group (Worldwide or not) and simply ask what are you selling or what are you looking for.
- You can find a Streetwear WhatsApp group online (Facebook, Twitter, Reddit)
- WhatsApp trading is relatively faster compared to Facebook
These third party apps act as a medium for resellers (Or Retailers) to sell or post an auction for buyers to cop -These apps have a worldwide shipping service -Shipping price may differ according to region -Apps like “GOAT”, “END Clothing”, and “StockX” is a verified reseller apps where authenticity checking is compulsory in their system. Therefore they are highly trusted
How to: resell Your Clothing/Sneaker online
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Post a picture of your want-to-sell list Name must be hand written and put it beside your items to indicate that its not selling from other party but you.
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List out your offer in a fixed fashion with proper terms and format
THE BIGGEST STREETWEAR EVENT IN MALAYSIA
Sneakerlah is a streetwear festival where many people from all walks of life from young to old would dress to impress at this event. Many social influencers and international celebrities would attend this huge event as well.
There are tons of resell stalls in this event with many steal prices *A must go if you’re a streetwear enthusiast*
At Sneakerlah you can buy, sell or even trade your items for steal prices.
There will also be some huge offer from major official brands such as Nike, Adidas, Jordan, and so on
Some ultra rare collections of items will be framed and put for display
There are many vintage sneakers that will be put for auctions
There are many events in the festival such as Skateboard Competition and ThreePoint Contest There are no age restriction for these competitions
Winner will get some of the rarest piece of streetwears or sneakers
Through this culture and the events you can also find new friends (or even your soulmate) because everyone is friendly in this hype-culture.
Sneakerlah is an instaworthy event where you can show off your newly bought piece
- BOBBY HUNDREDS
References Streetwears information https://www.complex.com/style/2017/02/what-isstreetwear-by-bobby-hundreds Street terms https://www.highsnobiety.com/2015/09/29/streetwearglossary/ Street terms – https://fashionista.com/2017/08/reselling-resale-streetwearclothes-guide