Street Luxe Rules: Luxury Brands Infiltrate Streetwear’s Top 10
Luxury’s rule book went out the atelier window when streetwear started to drive fashion trends. Quick to adapt, luxury brought streetwear’s trend-makers in house to reinvent their traditional labels. In the past five years, sales of streetwear pieces by traditional luxury brands grew 991%. This year, a luxury brand rises to the top and streetwear officially grows up with a full-fledged culture that goes beyond sneaker and hoodie staples, crossing over into art, kids and womenswear.
“It’s become increasingly clear that traditional luxury houses view streetwear as a force that cannot be ignored – from Dior’s Kim Jones tapping Shawn Stussy to Givenchy welcoming Matthew Williams. As the lines between luxury and streetwear continue to blur, shoppers are embracing the new elevated streetwear look. In the past two years, demand for streetwear pieces by traditional luxury brands spiked 486%. The luxury brands quick to embrace streetwear’s influence are becoming some of the hottest brands in resale.”
Sean Conway Sneaker & Streetwear Expert, The RealReal
The Hype Is Real: Streetwear Takes Over
We’ve seen 13X more shoppers buying streetwear in the last five years. It’s official, streetwear is ubiquitous across all categories.