Carl Banks Shows Off New Orleans & NFL Themed Starter Jackets | Billboard News

Carl Banks show off New Orleans inspired and NFL themed Starter jackets for Super Bowl weekend.

Carl Banks
Hi it’s Carl Banks, two time Super Bowl champion and I am here with Billboard. The interesting thing about my relationship with Starter, is I was one of the first athletes to wear the brand when they introduced it back in the 80s. I had a sit down with Rakim and Ed Lover, two of the pioneers of culture and Ed Lover was on Yo MTV Raps and they were responsible for making this brand as popular with culture and then, the guy at MC himself was telling a story, a starter story about how they would go on Delancey Street and Orchard Street and just try to find the newest Starter jackets. So I think when you have those cultural icons that were at the forefront of the brand, it just tells you a lot. Starter has the flyest silhouettes, there was no satin jacket before Starter and they’re still trying to knock it off. The pull over break away jacket, the Anorack is still an iconic piece, these were pieces that were created that people were like “ wow I need that” and you just can’t find that in any other brand. Music is an expression of something, sport is an expression of something, fashion is an expression of something and I think all of those things people can relate to one or the other, Starter is kind of the connector to all of those things. We’ve done a lot of different collaborations, we did Acme Studios which was really cool, we did Levi’s this past fall which was really cool.

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