Baby Brings Life to New Karl Kani Clothing Line; Grammy-Nominated Rapper Teams Up With Urban Fashion Originator.Entertainment Editors/Urban/Fashion Writers NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2003 Bryan "Baby" Williams (Birdman bird·man n. 1. also One, such as an ornithologist, who works with birds. 2. Slang An aviator. ) has teamed up with Karl Kani, the founding father of urban fashion, for Life -- a new line of urban street-wear due to hit the streets and stores in March. Life clothing will encompass the from-the-streets urban feel that has become Kani's trademark married to the bling-bling lifestyle of Baby and the Cash Money Records stable. "There's no one better than Baby," says Kani, who is widely credited with being at the forefront of the urban fashion movement. "Baby's about success, focus and having the best things in life, and that's what the Life clothing line is all about." Life clothing will combine the flashy aspects of the Cash Money lifestyle with Kani's urban perspective by combining the two elements in a balance of fashion. The line will bring out a lot of denims den·im n. 1. a. A coarse twilled cloth, usually cotton, used for jeans, overalls, and work uniforms. b. denims Trousers or another garment made of this cloth. 2. , T-shirts, intricate embroideries and wovens, as well as a combination of fabrics incorporating mink and 14k gold thread A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold. (Bot.) A small evergreen plant (Coptis trifolia), so called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in marshy places in the United States. into jeans. "Karl Kani's clothes speak like our music does; he combines street with bling in the same way we do," says Baby, whose current solo single "What Happened To That Boy" is the #1 most added song on rhythm crossover Crossover The point on a stock chart when a security and an indicator intersect. Crossovers are used by technical analysts to aid in forecasting the future movements in the price of a stock. In most technical analysis models, a crossover is a signal to either buy or sell. radio this week. "Karl wants his clothing line to be where the trends are and where things are happening," continues Baby, "and that's where Cash Money is. Where things are happening big time." Life clothing will blitz blitz n. 1. a. A blitzkrieg. b. A heavy aerial bombardment. 2. An intense campaign: a media blitz focused on young voters. 3. the country with a full media campaign including billboards, commercials, print media ads, and a Cash Money-penned theme song for each clothing line, a first in fashion history. Kani and Baby plan on a series of street-oriented commercials filmed in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , accented by Kani's Brooklyn flavor. "We wanna wan·na Informal 1. Contraction of want to: You wanna go now? 2. Contraction of want a: You wanna slice of pie? do Nike type numbers. We're going to dominate urban street apparel, with no doubt," prophesizes Kani, adding, "I started this game and I've seen what everybody else has to put out right now, and I'm like, `That's the best you all got? Let me show you what you need to do.'" |
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