#new era

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TAEMIN - 'This Is The End' Official Video

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404 new era on tumblr

[dear-lucyfortune]

𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒂 𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒂 𝒆𝒓𝒂: 𝘜𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘴 𝘢 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘺'𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘪

Durante un tiempo tuve una cuenta de arte dedicada a Hailey's on it una serie de Disney TVA que fue lamentablemente cancelada en su primera y única temporada, cuando el episodio final tenia un cliffhanger... (」°ロ°)」

Ese verano del 2024 fue una de las etapas más increíbles de mi vida (˶>⩊<˶) no solo porque fue la primera vez que mostré mi arte a un publico tan masivo (a diferencia de mostrárselo a mis padres, profesores o compañeros de clase) fue más el sentido de haber formado parte de una comunidad („• ֊ •„) que, aunque pequeña, me hizo conectar con personas tan cálidas y talentosas a pesar de la barrera del idioma, si porque curiosamente me metí en la comunidad anglo 😹

Mentiría si dijera que fue una serie perfecta (ᵕ—ᴗ—)🥀... hubo muchas tramas desaprovechadas, huecos de guion, clichés, etcétera 😅. En si era una combinación de ver los primeros episodios de The Owl House junto al formato de sitcom episódico de Amphibia; con pocos brillos de seguir un hilo narrativo (¬_¬"), más en los últimos episodios donde se veía una clara intención de que en la siguiente temporada se daría un giro de tuerca con la subtrama romántica entre los protagonistas; donde al fin Scott mostraría un interés por Hailey, tomando en cuenta que su dinámica era solo de "mejores amigos" (¬⤙¬ ) e incluso indagar el indagar en quién fue el creador de los robots (villanos principales) en primer lugar...

Lo más triste quizá es que parte de es la imposibilidad para revivir la serie ( ˶°ㅁ°) !! se deba a que aquellos que trabajaron en ella ya están en otros proyectos, no solo hablo de los creadores como tal sino también de: storyboarders, animadores, diseñadores de personajes, artistas de fondos y guionistas que aparte de ya ser despreciados en una industria tan injusta como lo es la animación ٩(ˋᗣˊ*)و ya ni siquiera es posible ver la serie de forma legal tras su eliminación de Disney+ aquel fatídico 27 de septiembre de 2024 (╥ ᴗ ╥)

(˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) Gracias Hailey's on it por enseñarme lo que es que el arte aunque no tenga un reconocimiento gigante es valioso con ya solo haber marcado la vida de una persona (ㅅ´ ˘ `)

Tal vez el objetivo sí fue los amigos que hicimos en el camino xd xd

Nota: Mi antiguo seudonimo era: lucky_lucy1307 perdi acceso a mis cuentas anteriores :'v

My old username was lucky_lucy1307; I lost access to my previous accounts :'v

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My “good vibes and gritty realism” poster is gritty realism vibes (new era dawns)

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I love my new hair 👀👀

[deewellsosd]

The People Made This: Timberland x New Era x MLB Is Just the Receipt

Before Timberland ever saw a dime from the culture, the culture had already claimed it.

In the early 1990s, nobody at Timberland's headquarters in New Hampshire planned for their waterproof work boot to become the signature footwear of hip-hop's golden era. Nobody in a boardroom decided that Wu-Tang, Nas, Biggie, Jay-Z, and Mobb Deep would make the wheat-colored 6-inch boot the most recognizable silhouette in urban fashion. The people did that. Block by block, borough by borough, the boot got adopted, styled, and elevated into something the brand itself didn't fully understand until revenues crossed $1 billion by 2000 — up from $100 million in 1991. That growth had a name, and the name was Hip Hop.

New Era has a similar story.

The 59FIFTY was the official on-field cap of Major League Baseball. A functional piece of equipment. Then the same communities that laced up their Timbs started crowning themselves with fitted hats — flat brims, high crowns, team logos worn as neighborhood flags. By the late '80s and through the '90s, the fitted cap became as much a statement as a style. When bootleggers flooded the market, New Era added an authentication sticker to the brim. Hip Hop kept the sticker on — turning a brand's anti-counterfeit measure into a cultural signal for realness. That's not marketing. That's alchemy. That's what the people do.

So when I see the Timberland x New Era MLB collaboration — boots and hats unified under the logos of baseball teams — I don't just see a product drop. I see a full-circle moment.

Two brands that were each quietly shaped by Black and Brown communities, now formally bringing those two worlds together under one roof. The same block that rocked a New York Yankees fitted wasn't watching the box score. They were expressing identity, neighborhood pride, and aesthetic language that predates the brands capitalizing on it. The hat and the boot were already in conversation — on every corner, every video, every cipher.

This collab just made it official.

There's a lesson here that goes beyond sneakers and streetwear, and it's one I try to bring to every student I work with:

Culture doesn't wait for permission. It creates, and then the institutions follow.

Hip Hop didn't ask Timberland to be part of the culture. Hip Hop didn't petition New Era for a seat at the table. The culture moved, and the market responded. That is economic power. That is cultural capital in action.

When we teach young people — especially those who don't see themselves reflected in traditional career pipelines — we have to start here. With the things they already love. With the proof that the worlds of music, fashion, sports, and design are not separate from the economy. They ARE the economy.

The Timberland x New Era x MLB drop is a business story. It's a design story. It's a licensing story. It's a brand storytelling story. It's a supply chain story. And underneath all of it, it's a Hip Hop story.

If you're an educator, a youth worker, a brand professional, or someone who sits at the intersection of culture and commerce — this is a case study worth unpacking with the next generation.

Ask them: Who made this cool? How did a work boot become a symbol? What does it mean when communities shape brands without ever being on the payroll?

And then ask: What does that tell us about where the power actually lives?

The boots have always been more than boots. The hat has always been more than a hat.

Culture is currency — and the people have been rich for a long time.