{"id":86149,"date":"2019-07-27T13:53:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T11:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=86149"},"modified":"2019-07-27T13:55:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T11:55:22","slug":"the-comeback-of-the-du-rag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/the-comeback-of-the-du-rag\/","title":{"rendered":"Du-Rag is back: culture, history and fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Either you love it or you hate it. What is undeniable is that Du-Rag\u00a0is back in fashion<\/strong>. For the absent-minded who don’t know what we’re talking about, Du-Rag, also called do-rag<\/em>, is the fabric that is placed around the head and tied at the back. It’s also a village in Poland, but that’s another story…<\/p>\n

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But durag is not something new. The first users were African-American slaves<\/strong> in the 19th century<\/strong>, but it wasn’t until the 1930s that it became popular among all African Americans. In the beginning, the function of the Du-Rag was to preserve the brushing<\/strong> and that the hairstyle was not damaged while they slept. Little by little, it ceased to be an accessory only for the home and more and more people dared to go out with it. Years later, as early as the 1990s, when black artists became famous, durag became a trend. Chamillionaire, Cam’ron, 50 Cent and Nelly were in charge of making it fashionable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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But whites also wear Du-Rag. If you don’t believe us, think of the classic American bikers<\/strong>. They use it to prevent the helmet from smelling bad after sweating. Or in case they don’t wear a helmet, which as we all know is something illegal and something nobody ever does, not to get burned by the sun.<\/p>\n

In the prisons of the 70’s, the toughest guys wore durag, if not you weren’t so much. Maybe that’s why it started to become fashionable among football players. However, in 2001, the National Football League (NFL) banned its use. They were also banned in the NBA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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From then on, less and less was used. The turning point came when A$AP Ferg retrieved it from the archive<\/strong>. In fact, in this GQ video they recorded just a year ago, he shows you step by step how to tie the Du-Rag in his own way.<\/p>\n