Telfar bag, polyurethane and polyester, 2021, USA, museum purchase

Hip hop designers are often not recognized by the mainstream fashion industry, but they contributed greatly to diversifying fashion. Although inequity continues to exist, young designers of color are finding greater mainstream acceptance and continuing love from the hip hop community. Telfar Clemons is an example of one such designer whose “Bushwick Birkin” bag has been spotted on rappers from Megan Thee Stallion to A$ASP Ferg and Lil Nas X.