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Some Interesting Articles On Fashion

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Sly is Gone But Fly Lasts Forever ​
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Sly

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Sly and The Family Stone

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That’s my Mom’s era

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But it became mine
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Whatever my Mom liked, I liked
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Your Mother is your first teacher

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She was also my first influencer

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That's because she was a tastemaker

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I loved the music of the Sixties

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And Sly was the end of that era
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I loved his music
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It just sounded so cool

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His “Greatest Hits” album is one of the best compilations ever
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So that’s the music
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Let’s talk about the style
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A lot of obituaries reference the Bay Area
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Specifically, San Francisco
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But he was from the East Bay

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Oakland
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A rough and tumble area
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With a significant African American population

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That had to have played a significant influence in his fashion

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But he took bits and pieces of everywhere to make his own
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Black culture
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Rock culture
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Haight Ashbury
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London
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Leather
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Suede
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Cotton

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Hats
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Man, he could wear a hat

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Playing it safe doesn’t get you remembered

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It doesn’t turn heads

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Spark conversations

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Or make people feel something when you walk in the room

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Sly Stone never had that problem
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Fringe, furs, leather

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Colors and patterns that didn’t care what people thought

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Sly wasn’t just a pioneer in funk music

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He was a revolution in personal style

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He taught us that fashion can be electric, chaotic, and soulful

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And still be you

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He took a “Stand.”

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His fashion was his brand

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Reginald V. Ferguson

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