Cross Colours is that brand you saw everywhere in the 90s - I mean, everywhere! From Will Smith, to TLC, to Muhammad Ali, Cross Colours made its mark with bright, colourful, cut. In anticipation of The Hundreds X Cross Colours upcoming collaboration: We asked the founders of iconic '90s street brand Cross Colours - Carl Jones and TJ Walker (pictured below) - to get a bit nostalgic. Below, they share their favorite celebrities of yester-millennium who proudly wore Cross Colours' clothing without prejudice and why.: 1) WILL SMITH Will Smith was the first to.
The fledgling company got a big assist from TV: Will Smith donned Cross Colours on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air; the clothing appeared on characters in In Living Color and Martin, and in movies such as Sister Act 2. Rappers and sports stars strutted their outfits. Then it all came crashing down.
When the company's biggest account, Merry-Go-Round, went bankrupt, Cross Colours couldn't. In 1990, on the first season of the hit primetime television show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, lead actor Will Smith wore a series of boldly hued and geometric looks designed by a young Los Angeles-based urban apparel line named Cross Colours. African American-owned, founded by Carl Jones and T.J.
Walker, the brand quickly skyrocketed, securing a plethora of orders across the country and. New Exhibit Features Fashion Brand Made Famous by Will Smith on 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' The California African American Museum's September exhibit 'Cross Colours: Black Fashion in the. Cross Colours is that brand you saw everywhere in the 90s - I mean, everywhere! From Will Smith, to TLC, to Muhammad Ali, Cross Colours made its mark with bright, colourful, cut-and-sew pieces that built a legacy.
The real legend of Cross Colours, however, is the brand's origin. Founded by Carl Jones and TJ Walker in 1989, Cross Colours was built on a single message: Clothing Without Prejudice. As the attention on Cross Colours grew, so did their influence on the fashion industry and pop culture.
In 1990, Will Smith loved the color. If you ever watched The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air back in the day, you will remember how Smith made kids want to dress just like him. And among today's many Cross Colours clothing offerings are a striking t-shirt tribute to the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC and a full line of vibrant Tupac fits.
The year before Cross Colours originally launched back in 1989, the movie Colors (and the. As luck would have it, Will Smith appeared in the brand on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and from then on, celebrities were vying to wear Cross Colours. Marked by the tagline "Clothing Without Prejudice," as well as its core colors-green, yellow, and red-among other bold hues, Jones and Walker wanted to make it clear that the clothes.
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