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In the world of style, trends, brands, and labels hardly stand the test of time. A look at how rappers dressed 20 years ago shows a distinct difference between what used to be cool and what's hot right now. While it's easy to reminisce over the stuff we used to rock, it can have the opposite effect too. Far too often we take a walk down memory lane and find that our feet start hurting a lot quicker than they used to. Damn, we must be getting older.
We're not alone in feeling those years gone by, though. That's why we fired up the old nostalgia machine and compiled this list. From the brands we wore as kids to the shit we were into just a couple of years ago, here are 40 Facts About Fashion That Will Make You Feel Old.
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You haven't been able to buy "Polo Sport" for 15 years.
Everything in Will Smith's closet on this House of Style episode is now "vintage" 23 years later.
This Levi's 501 commercial is 26 years old.
Think that's old? The Levi's 501 just celebrated its 140th birthday.
Thom Browne launched his namesake collection the same year Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook.
A Bathing Ape's "Duckhunter Ape" pattern, designed by Mankey, is 17 years old.
Source: The Complex Guide to Camo
Snoop and Dr. Dre modeled for a Cross Colours ad 20 years ago.
The Polo Snow Beach parka from the "Can It Be All So Simple" video is almost as old as Raekwon was when he filmed it.
Mars Blackmon's "Air Jordan" commercials are old enough to buy you a beer.
Riccardo Tisci's "Rottweiler" graphic is 14 years old (in dog years).
The Motorola Razr was the most popular cell phone at the time Naomi Campbell threw hers at a maid in 2006.
Source: Wirefly.com
Takashi Murakami infused camo into the Louis Vuitton monogram more than a decade ago.
It's been 21 years since Dapper Dan's Boutique in Harlem closed.
Ralph Lauren's Polo Bear is older than most college freshmen right now.
No holograms here: Tupac walked in a Versace fashion show 20 years ago.
Usher was 19 when he appeared in this Tommy Jeans ad.
Karl Lagerfeld has been designing for Chanel longer than Theophilus London has been alive.
Old Navy is 19 years old.
This Birdman Lugz commercial turns 10 next year.
Bobby Hundreds was 23 when he started The Hundreds... that was 13 years ago.
Jay-Z's first baby, Rocawear, turns 15 next year.
Introduced in 1962, the Levi's Type III Trucker Jacket is old enough to be your dad.
J. Crew had the Dawson's Creek cast model in their catalog 15 years ago. The show hasn't been on the air for 10 years.
Source: Refinery29
Rick Owens' namesake label turns 20 years old next year.
Comme des Garcons PLAY debuted in 2002.
Graphic artist Filip Pagowski actually walked in CDG's men's show in 1992, 10 years before he designed the PLAY logo.
Pop some bottles: FUBU is officially old enough to drink this year.
A$AP Illz was born a decade after Stussy was started.
At 15, this Old Navy Performance Fleece jingle is old enough to be in high school.
This throwback "Bugs and Taz" sweatshirt at Urban Outfitters is almost as old as the hipsters who buy it.
Nostalgia, yours for $49.
