MILANO ICE

Since the mid-90's, the emergence of the old school cartoon characters like Charlie Brown and Bugs Bunny have been vividly popping up on shirts, sweaters and jackets throughout the inner cities of America. Nothing is a more visual oxymoron than seeing a scowl-faced, bandanna rocking teenager sporting a T-shirt with Linus of the Peanut Gang head locking his blanket while sucking on his thumb. And who is to blame for this urban fixation that led to even FUBU getting in on the cartoon character kick (check their Fat Albert Platinum Collection)? Ice History, the trendsetting clothing line, steered by head designer Paul Mochrie of the Marignano, Italy-based Gilmar, which is the production company of high-end fashion label Iceberg.