|
|
Article: Triumph of the wheels: long before the trucker hat became a fashion accessory, hot rod artist Von Dutch was inventing street credibility.(biography of Von Dutch)(Biography)
- Article from:
- Los Angeles Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 Emmis Publishing L.P. dba Los Angeles Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
THREE TIGHT-LIPPED MEN IN DARK SUITS AND TIES CLUTCHING briefcases stride single file from the second-floor office. They look like venture capitalist superspies. Not one of them wears a trucker hat fashionable, Von Dutch. It is designed to look like a garage and is full of bowling bags, leather jackets, and of course, trucker hats. In one shining moment of 2003, the company reinvented the roomy, mesh version of the baseball cap, taking something that belonged to the Pabst Blue Ribbon drinker and making it a fashion statement. Here at the store where the trucker hat was reborn, the bespoke gentlemen pass along a wall of pictures of hat-wearing celebrities.
Justin ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: DENIM DICTATES THE AGENDA AT MAGIC.
WWD;
February 23, 2005 ;
700+ words
... ... and I don't want to be the Von Dutch hat of the industry," said Montesano ... embroidered corduroy coats. After the Von Dutch trucker hat craze two years ago, the company ... director of the brand. Former Von Dutch designer Christian Audigier left ...
|
|