In the 1980s, corporations started co-opting street culture to buy their way into new markets. Today, streetwear has been subsumed into high fashion, and wealthy people are buying just the symbols of street culture to seem more authentic.
Before he passed, likely from COVID, Sam Hargress, Jr., ran Paris Blues in Harlem for over 50 years. I spoke to those who knew and loved him. The title here is inaccurate; Sam’s son plans to reopen. curbed.com/article/paris-…