Author: willyang15

This meme has to do with my topic because it is making fun of people who are into streetwear. They might be a little negative but it’s definitely good to laugh at yourself once in a while. The “starter pack” memes usually try to add all the characteristics of people who are in a certain group. For streetwear enthusiasts lots of these are accurate, many of us are of asian descent and follow the similar patterns. The ideal of this meme is “wow he got me” the hope of the memer, was to correctly depict the usual streetwear enthusiast. (Davidson, 123) The ideal situation would be someone who is part of the group the memer is targeting, to read and laugh at the self-depricating humor. A few “manifestations” in the meme are all the little images and texts describing this “character” for example “5’8 men and women” is describing many men who are shorter being into how they dress, and taller women being interested in alternative subjects like streetwear. The memer created these characters hoping readers will relate.

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Kunal Sinha, https://dragoballden.home.blog/

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Enrico Borromeo, https://buzzerbeaters.food.blog/

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Will Yang, Email: wyy3@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

As provided in the last post, Lebron James is an internationally known NBA player and a fashion icon. From his Prada suits to his John Elliot collab, Lebron always comes to his games prepared. But aside from his fashion influence, he has made a bigger splash in philanthropy by starting the Lebron James Family Foundation. The underlying purpose of the LeBron James family foundation is to provide proper education and support at-risk kids of families in need. Through public fundraising orchestrated by Lebron himself, the LeBron James Family Foundation was able to launch the “I Promise School” (IPS) in Akron, Ohio, being established in 2018 hosting grades 3 and 4, with plans to host grades 1-8 by the year 2022.

Please donate to the cause at https://www.lebronjamesfamilyfoundation.org/

Lebron James is an internationally known NBA player and a fashion icon. From his Prada suits to his John Elliot collab, Lebron always comes to his games prepared. But aside from his fashion influence, he has made a bigger splash in phylanthropy by starting the Lebron James Family Foundation. The underlying purpose of the LeBron James family foundation is to provide proper education and support at-risk kids of families in need. Through public fundraising orchestrated by Lebron himself, the LeBron James Family Foundation was able to launch the “I Promise School” (IPS) in Akron, Ohio, being established in 2018 hosting grades 3 and 4, with plans to host grades 1-8 by the year 2022.

Philadelphia is a city that easily adopted streetwear. It was once for the skaters, rappers, or ball players. Now it is accessible for everyone to be a part of. If you are planning to visit Philly, I made a video to make it easier to get around and plan finances to make the most out of your shopping trip.

Here’s a list of companies mentioned in the video:

Ubiq-https://www.ubiqlife.com/

Common Ground-https://commonground12.com/

Lapstone & Hammer-https://www.lapstoneandhammer.com/

P’s & Q’s-https://psandqs.com/

Suplex-https://suplexphiladelphia.com/

The header of Abakus shows the famous street Fairfax Avenue in Central LA. Fairfax represents more than just streetwear but a culture that started on it. Fairfax is home to stores such as Supreme, Bape, Pink Dolphin, etc. It does not seem like the flashiest street where high end clothes are being sold, but the street carries many garments most of us would not think to purchase.

I faded the abacus logo because the street has lots of history and it made it seem old and worn out. I found the source images on Flickr and Google Images. I made sure the images were made for noncommercial use. The First Layer was the image background I picked with many light colors because the original picture had many black lines. I then used a second layer from the logo and lowered the opacity. The single layered bitmap is similar in that your can edit a plain, but the difference is that each layer I use in Pixlr is totally seperate and can be edited seperately.

Header image made by using background photo “Fairfax, Los Angeles Thank You” by Man E (CC BY-NC 2.0) on Flikr. Abakus image courtesy of Google (public domain)