Kim Osorio and Emil Wilbekin in conversation with Elena Romero about “Hip Hop Fashion in Magazines” at The Museum at FIT fashion symposium Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style held on February 24, 2023. IMAGES ARE NOT SHOWN DUE TO COPYRIGHT CONCERNS.

The symposium drew on the expert voices of hip hop style from journalists, designers, and stylists to curators, professors, and archivists who explored topics that center hip hop fashion as a force that has shaped American culture for five decades. Talks and panels focused on the role of jewelry, custom design, media, collecting, and designer brands in amplifying hip hop’s impact on fashion and society. This symposium was held in conjunction with the exhibition "Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style" (February 8–April 23, 2023).

Kim Osorio is a hip-hop journalist, executive producer, author, and media personality. Osorio spent her formative years covering hip hop in the 1990s, before becoming the first female editor-in-chief of The Source magazine. Osorio's memoir is Straight from the Source (Gallery Books, 2013). She is executive producer on the television shows "Love and Hip Hop" and "Growing Up Hip Hop."

Elena Romero is assistant chair and assistant professor of Marketing Communications at FIT and co-curator of "Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style." Romero is the author of "Free Stylin': How Hip Hop Changed the Fashion Industry" (2012) and is a featured expert in the style documentaries "The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion" (2019) and "Fresh Dressed" (2015).

Emil Wilbekin is a media professional who produces and creates digital, print, social media, and event-based content, appearing on VH1, MTV, CNN, and Today. He was the editor-in-chief of Vibe magazine and managing editor and editor-at-large at Essence magazine. Wilbekin founded Native Son, an advocacy and networking group for gay and queer Black men.

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