Baby Phat first launched in 1999 as a subsidiary of Simmons' ex-husband Russell Simmons' Phat Fashions clothing line.
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Baby Phat originally launched as a subsidiary of Simmons' Phat Fashions line, and thanks to signature pieces (like its baby tees featuring the Baby Phat rhinestone cat) and major celebrity endorsements (from Britney Spears, Alicia Keys and more) it became a hugely successful line.
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Fast fashion retailer Forever 21 teased this week the return of Baby Phat, announcing that a new line — Forever 21 x Baby Phat — from the brand would be hitting stores Thursday.
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Simmons took those lessons with her when she was given the reigns to launch Baby Phat, at first just an offshoot of her then-husband Russell Simmons' Phat Farm hip-hop clothing brand.
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Like Mo'Nique didn't snag a handsome doctor in Phat Girlz!
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When the mogul started Baby Phat in 1999 — a clothing, shoes, and accessories off-shoot of her then-husband Russell Simmons' Phat Farm — she should have been lauded as being way ahead of her time.
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When Kimora Lee Simmons started Baby Phat in 1999 — a clothing, shoes, and accessories off-shoot of her then-husband Russell Simmons' Phat Farm — she should have been lauded as being way ahead of her time.
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Baby Phat was also one of the first fashion brands to celebrate Black women's curves, which has more recently been co-opted by Fashion Nova/ Kardashian Instagram culture; it will be interesting to see if Baby Phat reclaims that space.
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Lately the workers at An Phat have spent more time catering to American tastes.
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Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons is coming back, thanks to its original founder.
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We didn't want anything to do with glowsticks, phat pants, or stuffed animal backpacks.
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"@inkerella_leave her thick thighs and phat pussy out of this!!!!!!" the Kylie Skin mogul wrote.
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I'M THINKING 'SCAR,' 'ROCKY,' 'BEAR,' 'SPIKE' OR 'PHAT AL': Latest path: From The Weather Channel.
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Ming made her runway debut as a young girl — as Kimora famously closed her early-2000's Baby Phat and Baby Phat Girlz fashion shows by strutting down the catwalk with her daughters hand in hand — and has been modeling with her mom ever since.
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The brand had originally launched as a subsidiary of then-husband Russell Simmons' Phat Fashions line.
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It's a far cry from the fabulosity of Baby Phat and Kimora's subsequent larger-than-life looks.
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It was paid for by Ly Yong Phat, a businessman with close ties to Mr. Hun Sen.
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The brand had originally launched in 1999 as a subsidiary of then-husband Russell Simmons' Phat Fashions line.
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In a cryptic tweet posted on Tuesday, Forever 21 announced a possible Baby Phat relaunch through its stores.
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LATEST WITH HURRICANE 'PHAT AL': Latest projection: Florida may take a direct hit Sunday morning from Hurricane Irma.
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We get to interact with Baby Phat fans in a way the brand never got to do before.
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Take, for example, the hot, garlicky stir-fry with wilted holy-basil leaves, known as phat ka-phrao.
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And, check out the pic we got ... Fashion Nova is emblazoned on the screen with those phat asses.
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They're totally phat, gnarly, groovy and … you get the idea: Topher Grace and Mila Kunis in That '70s Show.
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" — A.B. Phat Phuc Noodle Bar "This place is outdoors, basically under a tarp in the middle of fancy Chelsea.
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Q: By expanding into other business lines, like clothing with Phat Farm, what lessons about entrepreneurship did you absorb?
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Heritage Keepers and Promoting Health Among Teens (PHAT) had one study each showing positive results in reducing sexual activity.
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Within the last year we've gotten into a pretty phat funk phase, so like disco and funk from the 70s.
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Baby Phat's apparel quickly inherited the urban aesthetic of Phat Farm—aspirationally decadent, comfortable, bold— but for a more feminine customer.
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I was, like, a fat 14-year-old with a huge gold stud in my nose and a Baby Phat hat.
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L.A. EyeworksYes, this shop has some seriously rad limited-edition specs and sunnies, but there's more to it than phat frames.
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Last year, she tracked down the license of Baby Phat and purchased it back so that she could relaunch the brand.
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It's been a long road, but Ole Henriksen's PHAT Glow Facial has renewed my faith in the at-home treatment category.
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From phat-riffing industrial metal to beat-centric techno bangers, you never know what you're going to get with these guys .
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Hoa Phat aims to triple production capacity to up to 6 million tonnes over 21.2-234 years using modern blast furnace technology.
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Hoa Phat took over the project from Guang Lian Steel Vietnam, which has delayed the project for 10 years, the statement said.
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At An Phat, there is almost giddy excitement about its chances of acquiring big new customers, and not just for plastic bags.
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Might as well pop some phat wheelies with a mob of bicycles set to a funkadelic rhythm with Royal Canoe and Begnonia.
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According to a representative for the company, all items sold by Phat Buddha are named after New York City streets or landmarks.
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When word let out that supermodel, businesswoman, and entrepreneur Kimora Lee Simmons was resurrecting her clothing brand, Baby Phat, fashion mavens everywhere rejoiced.
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"My stepbrother would head for Phat Farm, FUBU, those sections, and I would look for anything that was made in Italy," he said.
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Cameras trailed the former supermodel turned fashion designer, creative director, and president of famed women's streetwear line Baby Phat as she moved between her mega-mansions in New Jersey and Beverly Hills, and the Phat Farm offices in midtown Manhattan, where she manned the multi-million dollar fashion empire started in 1998 with her rap mogul ex-husband, Russell Simmons.
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"It's going to feature our key pieces and nostalgic moments," she explains, hinting at the return of the famous "Baby Cat Phat" rhinestone tee.
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In March, International Women's Day, Kimora Lee Simmons announced that she personally purchased her streetwear label Baby Phat with plans to relaunch come summer.
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Behind him was an off-white display wall decorated with the essentials: colorful beanies, a knockoff Baby Phat tee, Baltimore Ravens gear, and more.
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After every fight, I would delightfully peruse the shops, excited to see what new Phat Farm and wristbands I could buy for my character.
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Kimora Lee Simmons Leissner's iconic early-2000s brand Baby Phat — which she founded with then-husband Russell Simmons in 1999 — relaunched Friday on babyphat.
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Vietnam's Hoa Phat Group has climbed 35 percent this year, smaller rival Hoa Sen has gained 94 percent, and Krakatau Steel has rallied 123 percent.
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Rather, a Baby Phat comeback signifies the reminder that we need POC designers creating for POC consumers and rightfully claiming ownership in traditionally white spaces.
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"Fashion has such a nuanced life cycle, and I'm thrilled to bring back Baby Phat with this capsule for Forever 21," Leissner tells Refinery29 exclusively.
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The news of Aoki's new chapter comes just a couple weeks after Kimora made a big announcement of her own — Baby Phat is coming back.
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Oh wait, they totally can, and do, smack down the middle of this phat little Stu Ockman venture, like a surfer bisecting a gnarly bomb.
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The hip-hop mogul is the founder of Def Jam Records, Phat Farm clothing company, All Def Digital online content company and the list goes on.
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Or so you might conclude after a visit to An Phat, a Vietnamese company that is one of South-East Asia's largest exporters of plastic packaging.
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If you owned a pink Nextel phone or a ruffled denim skirt in the early 213s, there's a good chance it was made by Baby Phat.
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Mone had finished giving a speech to an audience of 3,000 people, when Nguyen Tan Phat approached the stage to present her with a bouquet of flowers.
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In addition to her college studies, Aoki will be stepping in (along with sister Ming) to assist her mother in re-launching the Baby Phat fashion line.
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The Baby Phat woman was finally being targeted as a bonafide fashion consumer, and subsequently, the production value and placement of ads had to be top-bill.
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Maybe. When the Baby Phat relaunch rolled out via a limited in-store and online collaboration with Forever 21 in early June, the collection quickly sold out.
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"Even though people are still with the opposition party, they want to stay quiet, people are afraid to protest," said Phat Sokan, a 38-year old vegetable seller.
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"When I created Baby Phat 20 years ago, it was because women – especially women of color – had no voice at all in the streetwear category," Simmons tells Refinery29.
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The BABY PHAT logo of Spears' pink T-shirt is distended by her ample chest, and her silky white shorts — with dark blue piping — cling snugly to her hips.
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Baby Phat defined what a feminine, lifestyle brand could be, and this partnership with Forever 21 allows us to share that journey through reinvention with a whole new audience.
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She was a long shot to make it this far, but Fiona the hippo turned 1 year old Wednesday ... and the Cincinnati Zoo is having a phat fat celebration!
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Baby Phat was known for featuring Black artists on its ads and in runway shows, while Forever 21 has been criticized for using white models in culturally questionable contexts.
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From music production with Def Jam to clothing with the Phat Farm label, to consumer finance with RushCard or even his yoga studio Tantris, Simmons keeps popping up everywhere.
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She was trying to move units and get people to buy into the world of Baby Phat, playing up people's perceptions of her and her over-the-top lifestyle.
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In 22 he sold his stake of Def Jam to Universal Music Group for $250 million, which was followed by the sale of Phat Farm in 2004 for $140 million.
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HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese steel firm Hoa Phat Group received approval on Monday to build a steel complex worth 60 trillion dong ($2.7 billion), the company said in an online statement.
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Might be something to what Arenas is saying ... Iggy hit up the iHeartRadio Music Awards this weekend, with the phat engagement ring Nick gave her snug on that left hand.
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We've been waiting with bated breath for Kimora Lee Simmons Leissner's return since she announced that she personally purchased her streetwear label Baby Phat with plans to relaunch come summer.
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This was, after all, the woman who famously staged Baby Phat fashion shows at Radio City Music Hall and enlisted David LaChappelle to shoot the brand's traffic-stopping ad campaigns.
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In March, former model Kimora Lee Simmons Leissner told PEOPLE she was planning on relaunching her seminal fashion brand Baby Phat sometime this summer — and it looks like day is here!
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Dean Cain is giving Roger Goodell a Kryptonian kick right in the ass ... telling TMZ Sports the commish's PHAT new contract is money horribly spent, cause Goddell SUCKS at his job.
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Obviously sad news if you just bought an expensive new pair of headphones, but the interface is used for a lot more than just pumping phat beats down your ear tunnels.
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"The baby was just starting to learn to run around and talk," Chey Phat said, speaking to Reuters by telephone from Svay Rieng province, near Vietnam, where some funerals took place.
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It wasn't until the second half of the 90s, that the lines between the two would start to blur, when the first generation of ravers outgrew their phat pants and discovered house.
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"I grew up on the runway, walking with my mom and sister at the end of every Baby Phat show during fashion week in New York," she told W Magazine in 2017.
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Now, it seems like Baby Phat may make its return as soon as this Thursday, much to the delight of fans tweeting about their nostalgia for its turn-of-the-millennium trends.
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He tantalized the Whitney, in 22004, by allowing "Phat Free," a seven-minute, inexplicably riveting video of Hammons kicking a bucket along an empty Harlem street, to appear in that year's Biennial.
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Aoki first took a turn on the runway at 18 months old, joining older sister Ming Lee to celebrate mom Kimora during the final bow for her Baby Phat fashion line in 2004.
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From running Baby Phat design meetings to taking her kids back-to-school shopping (you can see the cute clip here), Kimora shared everything for the camera, including many memorable scenes raising Aoki.
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Simmons previously announced the Baby Phat relaunch back in March on International Women's Day, describing it as the "rebirth of [her] baby," and mentioned that the first collection would drop in the summer.
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According to a press release, Baby Phat will following in the footsteps of other successful streetwear brands by releasing new products on a continuous basis, with the second launch happening later this month.
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Ryan -- star of 'White Booty,' "I Like Phat Bunz 2" and "Plump Rumps" -- says she's sick and tired of seeing her team lose and wants to take all matters into her own hands.
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"China is a major force with huge supply dominating the world, but we have solutions to deal with it," Tran Tuan Duong, general director of Vietnam's biggest steel firm Hoa Phat Group, told Reuters.
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"Now, everybody's doing retro with a little high-waisted jean and tube top, or the sneaker and the jean — that's the Baby Phat girl," Simmons told Refinery29 backstage at her KLS spring 2018 show.
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The menu is also an ode to Chinatown's quickly changing restaurant scene dominated by non-Chinese establishments like Pok Pok Phat Thai and Howlin' Ray's Nashville Hot Chicken, which sits across the plaza from Endorffeine.
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Even meat-forward dishes like Thai-style phat ka-phrao, in which ground meat is stir-fried with powerfully flavored ingredients like bird's-eye chiles, basil and fish sauce, are comparable to their meaty counterparts.
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With Phat FX and Step FX, a strip at the bottom of each displays all of the plug-in's modules and lets you rearrange the order to affect the chain of how a sound is processed.
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Case in point: Russell Simmons, the hip-hop mogul and serial entrepreneur behind brands like Def Jam Records and Phat Farm clothing learned how to be an entrepreneur selling drugs on the streets of New York.
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Below, Aoki, Ming and their brother, Kenzo Lee Hounsou, (Kimora's older son with her partner at the time, actor Djimon Hounsou) all supported their mom at the Baby Phat and KSL Collection show in September 2009.
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But when his 10 hectares of land were taken from him to make way for a sugar plantation owned by Ly Yong Phat, a Cambodian tycoon, Mr. Peung Thy began to lose his sense of patriotism.
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Even after Mr. Simmons sold his remaining stake in Def Jam for a reported $2000 million in 23, he served as an ambassador for hip-hop through comedy ("Def Comedy Jam"), clothing (Phat Farm) and activism.
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Created over a span of two decades, the works are David Hammons's "Phat Free" (1995), Arthur Jafa's "Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death" (2016), Steve McQueen's "Five Easy Pieces" (1995), and Mika Rottenberg's "NoNoseKnows" (2015).
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Now, Simmons Leissner has bought it back, and she's bringing her two teen daughters, Ming, 19, and Aoki, 16, (with ex-husband Russell Simmons) along with her to help rebuild and relaunch Baby Phat into the world.
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Wilson's comment quickly went viral, with people pointing out on Twitter that she's far from the first curvier lead, with movies like Beauty Shop, Just Wright and Last Holliday with Queen Latifah, and Phat Girlz with Mo'Nique.
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DJ Ross One, a leading collector of rap T-shirts, said that traveling to New York had been like making a pilgrimage, in which the holy sites were Triple Five Soul, Canal Street Jeans and Phat Farm.
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Highlighted by signature pieces such as velour tracksuits, fur jackets, and embellished jeans, Baby Phat became a brand known for celebrating women of color and their influential role in the world of streetwear and fashion at large.
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Although it may have been more appropriate for Baby Phat to partner with a company that understands its rich legacy in Black culture, we're nonetheless eager to see how the brand reintroduces itself for a 2019 audience.
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During a recent Gillum campaign visit to Phat Headz Barbershop in Sarasota, supporter James McCloud of the Democratic Black Caucus in Manatee and Sarasota counties said his community finally has a candidate with its issues at heart.
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The Phat Girlz star told Harvey her family suffered from the loss of opportunities after the Oscar flap and failed Netflix deal, but that he and other prominent African Americans in Hollywood had not stood by her publicly.
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Kimora launched the line in 1999 as part of then-husband Russell's Phat Fashions company, and it took off – but by 2010, she exited her role as creative director when it became a part of the Kellwood Company.
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"They all lived at the construction site, there was no other home, they all worked and slept there," said Chey Phat, 32, who lost four members of his family and works at another construction site in the area.
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"When [Baby Phat] first popped on the scene what I loved was that it was so in your face and you could tell that a woman of color put it together," writer and educator Stevona Elem-Rogers tells Broadly.
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The business mogul who co-founded Def Jam Recordings, produced the Def Jam comedy and poetry sets, brought us the unforgettable Baby Phat clothing line, and created the RushCard is one of the most recognizable figures in hip-hop.
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Founded in 1999, Simmons' Baby Phat became, specifically for women of color, a cultural symbol for the decadence, glamour, and sex appeal with her now iconic rhinestone tees, adorably chic feline logo, jaw-dropping magazine ads, and star-studded runway shows.
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Simmons via Baby Phat, helped meld together the worlds of high-fashion and hip-hop, in a way that wasn't kitschy or forced, because it was merely a reflection of her lifestyle as the model wife of a hip-hop mogul.
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" In response to the criticism on social media, Phat Buddha released the following statement to Refinery29, clarifying the inspiration behind the naming of the style: "For those of you in the know, in 1957, Northeast flight 823 crashed into Rikers Island.
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In the 1990s he was the D.J. at Russell Simmons's wedding to Kimora Lee and at various events for the clothing company Phat Farm, and the M.C. at a birthday party for Wendy Williams, who was then a radio personality.
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It was an invasive time, but it did get me an incredible source and then I could track down the exact bag they were carrying in every year — Baby Phat, Von Dutch, Rock & Republic, Ed Hardy, Bebe, all of those.
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Thanks to some signature pieces — like the line's signature baby tee featuring the Baby Phat rhinestone cat and a pink tufted flip phone — and major celebrity endorsements (from Britney Spears, Alicia Keys and more), it became a popular line of the aughts.
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Whether photographed naked wearing nothing more than a Baby Phat body chain or exiting Air Force One with her two children as the would-be first female president, Simmons hooked her customers with a trademark glamour and over-the-top aspirational lifestyle.
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"From the first day we announced that there was a Baby Phat relaunch in the works [in March], we have had women clamoring for new tracksuits via comments and DMs on Instagram – or begging us to restock our capsule collab," she said in a statement.
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Earlier in the evening, David TG, the club's co-promoter and founder kicks off festivities with a bunch of abrasive, noise-heavy bangers, including Dyro's "Like a Boss", "Phat Bass 2016" by Wolfpack and Warp Brothers and "The Grave" by Black Tiger Sex Machine X Apashe Feat.
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The record label he founded in 1984, Def Jam Records, has signed major rap artists, including Public Enemy and LL Cool J. Simmons went on to found more than a dozen ventures, ranging from the street-style fashion brand Phat Farm to the digital media company All Def Digital.
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Today in cringe-worthy copywriting, New York-based activewear brand Phat Buddha is selling a pair of $95, one-size-only leggings called Rikers Island, named after the plot of land on the East River between the Bronx and Queens that hosts the city's notoriously violent correctional facility.
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As a result, Dr. Phat Nguyen Ngoc, the head of a district hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, said about a third of his patients with drug-resistant disease had gotten it because they had seen private doctors first and had taken too few pills, or the wrong ones.
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Simmons, who co-founded the pioneering rap music label Def Jam with producer Rick Rubin in 1984, has launched a bevy of other companies and organizations including the streetwear label Phat Farm and the yoga clothing brand Tantris, many of them held under his umbrella company Rush Communications.
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" The commenter wrote: "Stass I would delete this, your private area skin is rippling, which makes the photo looked altered" — and without missing a beat, the Kylie Cosmetics mogul popped into the comments to applaud her friend's body, writing, "@inkerella_ leave her thick thighs and phat p—- out of this!!!!!!
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Streep gets down to the phat beats of Lil Jon: Sings an epic ballad: Takes a starring role in Mulan: Breaks it down to DJ Casper: And gets on board with Queen: It isn't clear who started the meme or why a two-year-old photo has resurfaced now, but some people have their theories.
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Pre-Instagram, Simmons and the Baby Phat team were creating opportunities for themselves to be recognized: turning Baby Phat's fashion shows into must-see events, wherein the front row was dotted with A-list celebrities like Puff Daddy, Mary J. Blige, and Missy Elliott, was one part of that equation, and advertising campaigns was another.
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You should probably also apologize to the cab driver who took you home because that half-digested combo of Red Bull, vodka, and pad Thai isn't coming out of the seats anytime soon But now it's time to jumpstart your system with an invigorating glass of Vietnamese iced coffee, made in the style of Phat Pham of Indochine Estates Coffee.
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To make each dish sparkle even more, Kimmel recruited a team of mixologists to create complimentary cocktail pairings for guests and celebrity friends like Jennifer Aniston, Matt Damon, Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth and Rita Ora, who performed during the star-packed event along with Snoop Dogg, Bebe Rexha, and Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band—a 14-piece jazz orchestra band.
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Not only did she begin her career in modeling at the age of 14, signing an exclusive contract with Chanel, but she then went on to become the CEO and Creative Director of her then husband Russell Simmons' fashion line, Baby Phat, helping to define the look of the millennium, and in just 2015, she relaunched her eponymous high-end sportswear line KLS.
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There are three new EQs modeled after coveted API, Neve, and Pultec hardware made from the 1950s through the 1970s: Vintage Graphic EQ, Vintage Tube EQ, and Vintage Console EQ. Phat FX is a nine-module multi-effect plug-in with a customizable X/Y pad that can add warmth, crunch, and out-there distortion, and Step FX is an eight-module step sequencer that easily lets you add complex rhythmic movement to tracks.
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