Fashionable moves

Fashionable moves

When we think of fashion, we usually think of clothes, shoes and hairstyles. However, other things can come in and go out of fashion just as quickly as the things we wear.

For a while, nearly everyone in the sports world was doing a move called the Dab. The Dab is when you put your head into the curve of one arm while throwing the other arm out behind you. It originated in the Atlanta hip hop scene, but was made popular by Cam Newton, an American football star who used the move during his most successful season. Then, in Europe, French footballer Paul Pogba did it on the pitch each time he scored a goal. Soon enough everyone was Dabbing.But now it's over, or very nearly. Newton and Pogba officially announced that they would no longer do the Dab when they scored, and now it is considered a little embarrassing to perform the move. Arthur Malone, an expert on social crazes, says that this is the typical progression. ‘When a craze starts out, it is cool and everyone wants to join in, but when you see older people like newsreaders and college football coaches doing it, it starts to become less appealing. It's exactly the same with fashion or music.’ In other words, what was cool is suddenly boring, and if you see your grandpa doing the Dab on the golf course when he takes a good shot, you know it's time to move on to the next cool trend.

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Fashionable moves

When we think of fashion, we usually think of clothes, shoes and hairstyles. However, other things can come in and go out of fashion just as quickly as the things we wear.

For a while, nearly everyone in the sports world was doing a move called the Dab. The Dab is when you put your head into the curve of one arm while throwing the other arm out behind you. It originated in the Atlanta hip hop scene, but was made popular by Cam Newton, an American football star who used the move during his most successful season. Then, in Europe, French footballer Paul Pogba did it on the pitch each time he scored a goal. Soon enough everyone was Dabbing.But now it's over, or very nearly. Newton and Pogba officially announced that they would no longer do the Dab when they scored, and now it is considered a little embarrassing to perform the move. Arthur Malone, an expert on social crazes, says that this is the typical progression. ‘When a craze starts out, it is cool and everyone wants to join in, but when you see older people like newsreaders and college football coaches doing it, it starts to become less appealing. It's exactly the same with fashion or music.’ In other words, what was cool is suddenly boring, and if you see your grandpa doing the Dab on the golf course when he takes a good shot, you know it's time to move on to the next cool trend.

Where did the Dab originate?

Fashionable moves

When we think of fashion, we usually think of clothes, shoes and hairstyles. However, other things can come in and go out of fashion just as quickly as the things we wear.

For a while, nearly everyone in the sports world was doing a move called the Dab. The Dab is when you put your head into the curve of one arm while throwing the other arm out behind you. It originated in the Atlanta hip hop scene, but was made popular by Cam Newton, an American football star who used the move during his most successful season. Then, in Europe, French footballer Paul Pogba did it on the pitch each time he scored a goal. Soon enough everyone was Dabbing.But now it's over, or very nearly. Newton and Pogba officially announced that they would no longer do the Dab when they scored, and now it is considered a little embarrassing to perform the move. Arthur Malone, an expert on social crazes, says that this is the typical progression. ‘When a craze starts out, it is cool and everyone wants to join in, but when you see older people like newsreaders and college football coaches doing it, it starts to become less appealing. It's exactly the same with fashion or music.’ In other words, what was cool is suddenly boring, and if you see your grandpa doing the Dab on the golf course when he takes a good shot, you know it's time to move on to the next cool trend.

Who made the Dab popular in the sports world?