The film offers a scholarly commentary on aspiration, self-projection and the street-level appropriation of couture exclusivity ...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 1, 2015

The fascination of Fresh Dressed lies in the inventive and revealing way it interweaves politics, music and sociology. This, it turns out, is much more than just a documentary about fashion.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2015

Jenkins' film is never explicitly judgemental, but it does point us toward the ideological switcheroo that governs all fashion.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2015

Hardly revelatory, though about more than just street fashion.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2015

With a bright explosion of politics, Kangol caps, Air Jordans, gold chains and Ralph Lauren Polo shirts, Fresh Dressed charts the genesis of hip-hop fashion in American culture.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 29, 2015

The film peers beneath the oversized pants and graffiti-sprayed jackets to examine the cultural psyche that spawned them.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 29, 2015

Unlike the baggy fabrics, the material is stretched a little thin.

| Oct 22, 2015

As rhythmic and hypnotic as the old-school hip-hop-heavy soundtrack that supports it.

| Jun 29, 2015

"Fresh Dressed" shines a light on the hip-hop fashion phenomenon, but it's not just about hip hop; it's about ambition and absorption and our need - black, white, brown, whatever - for authenticity.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 26, 2015

The throwback elements of "Fresh Dressed" are probably enough for most people to thoroughly enjoy the film. But nostalgia only gets you so far, and I hungered for more sustenance.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 26, 2015

Much of this film is told through interviews: Mr. Kani is fascinating and also funny; Mr. Combs is cocksure; and Kanye West is appealingly hyper.

| Jun 25, 2015

Fashion is the primary focus of Sacha Jenkins' vibrant documentary on hip-hop style-and indeed, it leaves no Air Jordan or FUBU overall unturned.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 25, 2015

[An] engaging history of hip-hop fashion ...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 25, 2015

[A] lively documentary about the rise of hip-hop fashion ...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 25, 2015

It's an interesting look at an often glossed-over aspect of the subculture - although the doc sags as it progresses into the mid-1990s and current modes of fashion.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 25, 2015

A lively history of style, from the street to the stage.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 25, 2015

It's not deep but it is thoroughly entertaining and edifying, albeit not quite as educational or as substantive as it could have been.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 25, 2015

Journalist-director Sacha Jenkins is careful not to tread too heavily on Adidas-clad nostalgia, instead unearthing valuable NYC history by talking to forgotten tailors and outfitters like Harlem's legendary Dapper Dan, who made miracles out of nothing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 24, 2015

Jenkins clearly knows the territory and has access to all the right people, but he doesn't really push in the places that could benefit from pushing.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 24, 2015

Fashion is about that clash between commercialism and individuality -- how can I stand out while fitting in? -- and Sacha Jenkins's streetwear doc nods its Kangol hat to that irony

| Original Score: B- | Jun 24, 2015