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CAAM’S New Exhibition Recognizes How Cross Colours Changed Clothing and Culture Forever
08.June.2020

CAAM’S New Exhibition Recognizes How Cross Colours Changed Clothing and Culture Forever

By Chante Griffin | Originally published on LAWeekly.com, October 8, 2019 Photo: Courtesy of Elon Shoenholz   When designers Carl Jones and T.J. Walker launched the Cross Colours clothing line in Los Angeles in 1989, the pair had no idea it would infiltrate television and hip hop, revolutionize the fashion industry, and impact African American street culture. Now, thirty years...

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‘Cross Colours: Black Fashion in the 20th Century’ Exhibition Coming to L.A.’s CAAM Museum
08.June.2020

‘Cross Colours: Black Fashion in the 20th Century’ Exhibition Coming to L.A.’s CAAM Museum

"Cross Colours broke a glass ceiling when urban hip-hip apparel wasn't considered a formidable player in fashion and merchandising."   By Booth Moore | Originally published on WWD.com, August 1, 2019  Photo: Courtesy of Cross Colours Archive   Los Angeles is shaping up to be a destination for African-American art and history exhibitions this fall.   In addition to the...

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BLURRED LINES — THE STORY OF CROSS COLOURS
08.June.2020

BLURRED LINES — THE STORY OF CROSS COLOURS

By Bobby Hundreds | Originally published on TheHundreds.com, July 29, 2014  Photo: Courtesy of The Hundreds    Cross Colours is back.   Well, the reality is that Cross Colours never quite went away.  In the early 1990s, Carl Jones and TJ Walker founded an urban streetwear brand that went against the drab gangbanger workwear of the time, opened the inner-city...

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The Most Iconic Cross Colours Celebrity Moments
08.June.2020

The Most Iconic Cross Colours Celebrity Moments

The brand celebrates its 30th anniversary with a retrospective at the California African American Museum   By Nadja Sayej | Originally published on Vice.com, September 22, 2019  Photo: Courtesy of Cross Colours Archive   If you watch any hip hop music video from the 1990s, chances are you’ll see dancers or performers wearing Cross Colours streetwear. The brand, founded in...

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