URBAN PLANNING

The urban young man has gone missing.

Fifteen years after the birth of the urban apparel consumer, a market that once generated hundreds of millions of dollars annually seems to have vanished into thin air. But cities have not cleared out, hip-hop has not died and clothing, of course, has not become optional.

So where’d he go? If you want to find him, skip the urban specialty stores and check out the floors at Nordstrom or Metropark instead, where he is picking up some premium denim and a rock & roll–inspired T-shirt. At his local skate shop, he’s decked out in So-Cal action-sports labels. Underground sneaker shops sell him hard-to-find gear from progressive streetwear labels. Even Abercrombie & Fitch, home of the white-bread frat boy, has become a popular destination for the wandering urban shopper.

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