I was fabric-hunting in LA's garment district yesterday with my business partner — we run an online design company that sells cool furniture — and I stumbled on this.
I asked fabric dealers about it, and they told me Ho Couture is huge. Pimp jackets for postmodern playas. Dealers stock two kinds of material for this: first, patterns like the "mudflap girl" (far left), or pinup chyxxors (right). Next, really cheesy fake fur (also shown at left). Leopard, Zebra, whatever, but also outrageous day-glo polkadot fur, like this. Puke-inducing. Think, "Barney, with the measles, after two hits of X." Ghettofabulous designers combine the materials into long smoking jackets and other "pimp" garments. Photos here. Discuss
