CULTURE

How High Fashion Learned To Love Hip-Hop

Stylist June Ambrose reflects on the evolving relationship between the streetwear and the runway from the ’90s to today.

by Katherine Cusumano

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June Ambrose at New York Fashion Week Fall 2015.

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Naomi Campbell & Sean “Puffy” Combs

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Jay Z is on hand for a Launch.com party at the Armani Downtown store.

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Missy Elliott at a press conference for her new Adidas collaboration “Respect Me” in New York, New York, April 2004.

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Missy Elliott and June Ambrose at New York Fashion Week Fall 2005.

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June Ambrose and Nicki Minaj front row at Givenchy Spring 2016 in New York, New York, September 2015.

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June Ambrose outside Nanette Lepore at New York Fashion Week Fall 2016.

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June Ambrose with Jay Z at the premiere of Styled by June in New York, New York, March 2012.

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June Ambrose with Kanye West at a Rocawear party in New York, New York, June 2010.

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June Ambrose with Naomi Campbell at the model’s Taschen book party in New York, New York, April 2016.

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June Ambrose at New York Fashion Week Fall 2016.