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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Hoodies: Historical and Contemporary...

‘Hoodies’: Historical and Contemporary…
Sam Mwaka-Karama
Mediaeval Europe – due perhaps to excessive cold first came-up with the clothing design; Cowl and Chaperon. Hood!

Monks then wore long robes with large and floppy Hoods that covered the head and shaded-off much of the face.

Early labor clothing designs of the Industrial and construction masonry age might have influenced the attachment of the hood on to workers coveralls and overalls – this mostly due to winter conditions.

By the 1930s – American outdoor clothing company: ‘Champion’ rolled-out the first workers hooded fur-lined jackets and popularized the hood. Tough clothing and dungarees for ‘Hell Jobs’ and sports like mountaineering and Ocean Whale hunting and mining or old fashioned oil rigging.   

Modern
Hood otherwise properly took-off in the 1970s; In Europe the ‘Yuppies’ and in America the ‘Hip Hop’ set the trends that was picked up by ‘Windbreaker’ designers of sporting wears…

Then came Rocky and several of the Stallone movies to guarantee the place of the hood in the sports and Blockbuster action clothing design…

The hidden characteristic of the spirituality which is its root – religion; was glamorized in Star Wars. That element of anonymity in the brooding life of the monk was glimpsed in science fiction then.

In Christianity, ancient clothing seem always to have a drape over the head – as is seen in most artists works of Christ.
The Hood, clearly divine – is therefore attractive to people who like to be anonymous. Perhaps that is why most dread-locked Rastas… find it trendy to have their heads covered in the hood.

So that the obvious psychological factor associated to anyone who constantly maintain that hood dress code is known as a ‘Hoodie’. A person who is hiding his true self. A person who may be of double personage. A character who is Hateful.  A person who is dreadful.

A negatively humble and unpleasing deceptively quiet person is also a ‘Hoodie’ or even worse a ‘Hoodoo’.
‘Dupel Ganger’ characters are mostly spiritually manipulated people. Unknown to themselves, they are unfree…


Most Africans “Hoodies” living abroad are highly ignorant persons, who don’t have an idea what or who “Hoodie” or “Hoodoo” really are!***  







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