Fashion styles are cyclical, with trends and fads reemerging decades later as “it” styles. Even though we hate to admit it, the fashion we experienced growing up is now looked at as vintage. That certainly rings true for Avirex, the NYC-based brand known for its vintage military-style leather jackets that dominated the ‘90s and early 2000s, which is making a comeback. Tapping into this renewed energy, adidas is teaming up with the brand for a capsule that includes an adidas Superstar.
If you’re unfamiliar with Avirex, the brand was founded by Jeff Clyman in NYC back in 1975. The brand initially focused on military-style apparel, pulling references from WW2 and the Korean War for its clothing. In the ‘80s, the brand landed a contract to supply leather bomber jackets (A-2) to the Air Force. The styles would eventually get picked up by street culture and hip-hop in the ‘90s, specifically on the East Coast. The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, Jay-Z, and more all rocked Avirex.
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