Saturday Style: Every Cutie With a Booty Bought a “Coogi”

Posted on January 10th, 2009 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: News, Notorious Big, Saturday Style

Posted by Bossip Staff

biggie in a coogi

It’s Coogi y’all. Since the new Notorious movie is coming out at the end of the week we can’t help but remember when Biggie threw that line out in the title, also the one, “However living better now Coogi sweaters now.”

Born in Australia, raised in Europe, and growing up on the streets of America, Coogi is truly an international brand. Its heritage as an Australian Brand inspired its classic vibrant patterns and colors palette true to the wild and authentic bravado that is Australian heritage.

Acquired by a Group of Companies in 2003 one of the first charges was to add the element of high end apparel which naturally brought them first to design houses of Malan and then to the heart of New York where they tapped into a more sophisticated luxe look… perfect for the aspirational need of today’s young man. Coogi’s greatest asset is still its 36-year history, reaching back into 1969. There unusual knitting technique and twisted yarn sweaters, makes the brand easily recognizable. Coogi design concepts are based on four fundamental factors.

1. Color (vibrant and tumultuous)2. Movement (swirling serpentine knits and amazing intrinsic detail)

3. Pattern (intricate layers of different depths and positions)

4. Texture (luxurious, extremely buttery hands, and smooth feels)

The company is still held down by the “roots”, not only by the urban community, but by the globe. They have been legit in the male and female fashion world for the longest with clothes presentable on all facets. So, if you are wondering where Coogi went, the answer is: global. No longer known for just loud colors and sweaters, they offer shorts, polos, blazers, and even attractive shoes.

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  • http://yahoo Dena

    I love Biggie. He is still my favorite rapper!! Can’t wait to go see the movie.

  • sillyrabite… watchmedomabirdwalk

    rest in peace biggie… we miss u!

  • http://wandaphullworld.wordpress.com/ Ms. Wandaphull

    I hate coogi all the ghetto broads and hodd rats wear it way too much…

  • Mrs. Rance

    I’m not crazy about Coogi. It’s too loud for my taste.

  • http://www.youtube.com/skorpionshow The Skorpion Show

    I’ve never liked Coogi. I love The Skorpion Show

  • Proud ArmyWifee

    My mother and her ex have coogi fits, she got the dress and he got the sweater they thought they were cute

  • Raquel26

    @Mrs. Rance
    @Ms. Wandaphull

    What??? Ya’ll dont like Coogi!! lol

    I’m kidding.

    I would not be caught dead in that overpriced ugly stuff. I agree with ya Ms. Wonderful (*wink*)…..the only people I see wearing this crap is ghetto broads. Hey…it has to match the colored weave and the neon bright colors on their acrylic nails!! :)

    I’ll stick to Express, The Gap, and the like. I’m too old for that stuff anyways.

  • http://dicooper.spaces.live.com/ DICooper

    The Notorious B.I.G is the greatest rapper that ever lived.

    Coogi, not so much.

  • http://bossip.com Juice!

    It’s threw not through.

  • http://www.myspace.com/phillystudio Philly Da Boss

    i miss the 90′s so much….im in pain seeing this shit

  • MeMe_Slim

    We should remember Biggie,yes, but not for those ass ugly sweaters! I hated those. Cosby killed me . Those damn things were artistic but UGLY. People will wear ANYTHING for status. :-(

  • Raquel26

    And Bossip those Asic Gel looking shoes are NOT attractive.

  • Raquel26

    *see who is THIS

  • http://signoftimes@msn.org mild sauce part of the sauce family tradition

    The dude is cool!

  • c from stl

    Bill Cosby is actually the first icon to rock Coogi like that….

  • Sydney

    I still can’t believe that Angela Bassett is appearing in this movie. . .

    SMH.

  • Sydney

    I liked Cliff Huxtable’s sweaters, lol.

  • Angee

    @Sydney

    Me either! How did she get cast to play Voletta Wallace?? I don’t see it. Nothing against Mrs. Wallace, I just don’t see it.

    As far as Coogi is concerned, I hated this stuff. I used to seee couples wearing matching sweaters to show their togetherness!! Lol!

  • Sydney

    @Angee

    Yeah, I was stunned to hear that Angela was going to appear in this movie that looks like a BET flick to me.

    Oh, well, another film for me to skip. . .

  • charlieblanko

    “it’s my nigga pop from the barber shop/told me he was in the gambling spot/and heard the intricate plot/ How niggas wanna stick me like fly papa’ babay/ slow down, please chill, drop the caper!

  • http://www.k.com NOELLE

    I think my dad has a Coogi sweater from like back in 1993, but his look more like the Bill Cosby ones.

  • VanillaLime

    @Raquel26

    @charlieblanko

    Keep going!!

  • CHRISSY

    I HATE COOGI SWEATERS AND ALL THEIR CLOTHING..I DON’T CARE HOW CUTE A GUY LOOKS IF I SEE HIM WEARING A COOGI SWEATER I WOULD NEVER SPEAK TO HIM….AND THAT ALSO GOES FOR THAT OVERSIZED LEATHER JACKETS THAT GUYS WEAR IN THE HOOD WITH ALL THE STUFF WRITTEN ON IT UGGGHHHHH…GROSS……..

    MEN SOME OF THE STUFF YA’LL WEAR IS AN INSTANT TURNOFF..

  • D

    CHRISSY, YOU SOUND OPEN MINDED. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SITE. lIKE THE ARTICLE SAYS, THEY ARE GOING INTO A NEW ERA, AND ARE VERY AWARE OF IT. SOME OF THE GEAR IS VINTAGE COOGI, AND SOME OF IT MY DAUGHTER OR SON WOULD LOVE, AS WELL AS MY WIFE. THE BLACK JACKETS AND POLOS ARE COLD BLOODED. NO,NOT THE LOUD ONES EITHER

  • PURPPLE

    lol, daym i dont know where yall been but coogi’s used to be the shyt. specially them coogi dresses …and how bout coogi’s are still hot for the guys, they got the sweaters in the all one colors and they are tight

  • Truth

    OMG I hate our low standards, doesn’t that sound ridiculous when you read it without the beat and production this is what’s iconic to this race JESUS, he was a FU*CKING entertainer period nothing more nothing less, look some people didn’t even know what the hell he was saying.

  • VanillaLime

    @TiVo

    That’s because your mind was in the gutter! Lol!

  • rastacowboy

    it still is “coochies wetter now” for me

  • I am Black

    Ya, know bossip. You are now my favorite blog. Dope shit. I don’t live in the states, and coogi is old school respectable clothing when worn correctly. Get it together brothers and sisters.

  • http://bossip AKEYS

    Nobody has Swagger like Biggie Christopher Wallace was the Man R.I.P

  • http://bossip AKEYS

    I wiil go out and support this movie but I hate diddy with a passion

  • BossLa

    Coogie is str8, I like some of their newer men’s designs, it takes a confident man to rock colors like that

  • TRU_TO_ALL

    People still wear Coogi? Coogi has been played out for over 10 years.

  • Common Sense

    Biggie was a great rapper but no where near the greatest! That title is reserved for 2 Pac. If it were not for Diddy and some east coast niggas he would be more or less forgotten now.

  • BMS

    Yes people are wearing coogi again, College students who wanna spend the money mostly

    You old people need to catch up

  • chai

    It’s not hot like it was back in the day. Who wears that shit these days anyway?

  • who Knew

    Heyyyy…I just copped two Coogi fits. They hittin’ out here in LA, that’s if you got three notes at least.

  • http://myspace.com870bg bg

    Hey dont let bossip pump yall up to go cop some Coogi.

  • Crazy Ass Rodney

    Those sweaters make my eyes bleed

  • Karlita

    Aight Bossip, how much was the check for?

  • Chefe

    I have a few Coogi dresses and I have class and they are very nice,comfortable, to each his own

  • max goldbloom

    HOT!!

  • Yo-Yo

    That’s Biggie

  • http://bossip.com/72853/saturday-style-every-cutie-with-a-booty-bought-a-coogi/#more-72853 TruthSayer

    It was all a dream
    used to read Word up magazine
    Salt n Pepa and Heavy D up in the limosine

  • http://bossip.com/72853/saturday-style-every-cutie-with-a-booty-bought-a-coogi/#more-72853 TruthSayer

    Spit yo game talk yo shit
    grab yo gat call yo click
    Squeeze yo click hit the right one
    pass the weed i got to light one
    all them niggas I got to fight one
    all them hoes I like to like one
    our situation is a tight one
    what you gon do fight or run

    Man……..I loved biggie one of my favorite biggie song i will never forget

  • http://bossip.com/72853/saturday-style-every-cutie-with-a-booty-bought-a-coogi/#more-72853 TruthSayer

    Girl you look fine, like a windface Rolex, you just shine
    I like that waistline
    Let me hit that from behind, which wall you wanna climb
    My styles genuine, girl I love you long time

    Get at me I loves me some biggie

  • DDub

    Coogi used to be fly back in the mid-late 90′s. They went for $400. Now they’ve been reduced to FUBU status. Damn.

  • http://gallery.me.com/silkyj#100088 Txhustla15 (Austin’s Finest)

    @Dareelest – thats my joint right and there and some of the sickest beats from “Ready to Die”

  • http://bossip.com/72853/saturday-style-every-cutie-with-a-booty-bought-a-coogi/#more-72853 TruthSayer

    If I got to choose a coast I got to choose the East
    I live out there, so don’t go there
    But that don’t mean a nigga can’t rest in the West
    See some nice breasts in the West
    Smoke some nice sess in the West, y’all niggaz is a mess
    Thinkin I’m gon stop, givin L.A. props
    All I got is beef with those that violate me
    I shall annihilate thee……

  • http://bossip.com/72853/saturday-style-every-cutie-with-a-booty-bought-a-coogi/#more-72853 TruthSayer

    why my pic isn’t comming up?

    Oh wait………

  • Tisha

    I never liked Coogi. I always thought it was so ugly.

  • swagger jacker

    fugly

  • barb

    -i always thought those sweaters were ugly.
    -i love biggie, but the reason i wanna see the movie is bcuz i love angela bassett even more.
    -hey, bossip, try “threw” in this context, thanks.

  • http://bossip I know u c it!!!

    What about when he said….”Heart-throb, never; black and ugly as ever, however, I say COOGI DOWN TO THE SOCKS”

  • Brianna !!

    those dresses are on point…=]

  • JJ

    Biggie schooled Cosfool in those Coogi’s, y’all. This movie is bringing it all back. Getting the old gang 2gether this Sat night to see this fine ass show. Gonna be tight.

  • Wallace

    Oh man those sweaters bug me. But they take me back to. Cannot wait to see this bad boy. Going with my boys Sunday.

  • bedstuymama

    biggie was the best rapper EVER!!! all y’all who love the B.I.G., you gotta see NOTORIOUS! it drops today and my whole crew is hitting up the theater. check it

  • Billy Baddass

    Where the hell have you guys been. Coogi has been on hit on the East coast for the last couple of years. It’s in ALL the storefronts uptown, Brooklyn and the Bronx..and the young kids have been going HARD at it for a minute now. It has definitely been revitalized from the 90′s and they are selling more then Sean John and Rockawear…so when you say Coogi is played in the streets….then you really don’t know what you’re talking about.

  • yoshimi

    i loved coogi back in the day! NOTORIOUS THE MOVIE was so ill, it brought back all the good memories…go see it with your whole crew

  • jamalsgirl

    haha coogi…blast from the past! notorious the movie is the shit, i loved every second. see it and NO BOOTLEGS…that money is for bigs kids

  • http://raed2.5@hotmail.com raed

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