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UK “WAG’s” World Cup Fashion Inspires New Trends on the High-Street
Our fanatical passion for football is legendary in the UK and as we close the season on the World Cup, everyone has become a little bit more obsessed with the beautiful game—especially in fashion.
| Leggings, Tights, + Layers Add Heat to Summer Street Fashion Trends + Likely to Push on for Fall/Winter
Even though it’s summer and the heat is on, across America latest trends in leggings and tights as the new key accessory has made this style the “hottest” new thing, literally.
| Fashionable Hats Infiltrate Tokyo’s Fashionistas + Coolest Districts
After years of creative hairstyles and colors and sophisticated hair designs, young people 13-25-years-olds specifically, have discovered the joy of hats.
| Stovepipe Denim Summer Trends-America’s Latest Hybrid Styles
Tight, skinny jeans, also known as stovepipes continue to be a popular fixture in American youth culture street fashion. However there are growing subcultures of creative hybrids to stovepipes based on new ways of wearing them, including a unisexual look that can be dolled-up or dressed-down.
| Sunday Shopping in France Possible for Quiksilver—Not for Louis Vuitton
France’s wacky Sunday shopping restrictions for certain boutiques continues to be a source of debate between French businesses and unions, as well as baffled tourists. In most places, you can’t shop on Sunday, unless the store is in a designated touristy area and has a cultural or sports-like component.
| Urban “Peacocks:” Strategic Cross-pollination in Urbanwear Sparks Colorful Permutations
Like the gathering of the colorful Otaku culture in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, Broadway in lower Manhattan has become the new gathering place for small crews of fashion peacocks to strut their bright, colorful styles.
| Japanese Import/Tuner Scene “Drifts” into American Fashion Trends
June 7, 2006
| Polo Jeans USA Killed for $355 Million by Ralph Lauren
June 7, 2006
| NYC Sneaker Trends: Why it’s Back to Basics for Summer ‘06
May 24, 2006
| Shops for a New Generation: The Changing Landscape of Retail
May 10, 2006
| Summer Fashion Indicator from the Season’s First Festival: Coachella in Palm Desert, CA
May 3, 2006
| Changes in Fashion Brand Preferences in New Data from the North American Youth Culture Study—Spring Report ’06 Indicates Youth Culture Transition
April 26, 2006
| Adidas’ $400 Million Deal w/NBA May Boost Brand Preference among Global Youth Culture
April 19, 2006
| PacSun “Shoe” Stores + Accessories Launch in 3 Cities Marking a Potential Changing of the Guard
April 19th, 2006
| Adicolor Sneaks from Adidas Taps into DIY Aesthetics + Podcasts, Art Shows, Designer Collabs
April 12, 2006
| T-shirts in America one of the Highest Grossing Markets in Youth Fashion
April 12, 2006
| Fred Perry Revives British Mod + a New Gen of Youth Culture Prep Fashionistas
April 12, 2006
| Sweatshop-Free “Keep” Gives Girls an American Apparel-Alternative
April 4, 2006
| Urban Female Market: The Blurred Line of Music + Fashion in the Urban Market
March 26, 2006
| “Paul Frank” Gets Fired by Paul Frank
March 26, 2006
| Designers Against AIDs
March 14, 2006
| Fashion Week in Paris: Rendez-Vous Fashion Showcases High-end Street Youth Culture Brands
March 6, 2006
| Disposable Fashion vs. Couture: The Furious Fashion Debate Continues
March 6, 2006
| Red Wing Boots-The New Timbs on the Block?
February 24, 2006
| The Ultimate Mash-up: Burton “Ducati” Boards
February 21, 2006
| Pink Timbs: The Hot Boots in Town
February 12, 206
| LaCoste Takes Sneaker Culture to Wimbledon (Circa 1963)
February 12, 2006
| The Rise of Utilitarian Fashion
February 10, 2006
| Denim: Inside the Vortex of Youth Culture Streetwear--From a European + North American Perspective
January 30, 2006
| Snow Sports Outerwear Preview—What’s Next for ’06-’07 Winter Season
January 25, 2006
| "untitled" Exhibition Expresses European Street Culture
January 19, 2006
| European boots step out on their own
January 19, 2006
| Cheap Monday Jeans Logo Causes Religious Backlash
January 5, 2006
| Nixon Watches Sold to Billabong
December 27, 2005
| Burton-Motorola Audex Jacket brings iPod + Bluetooth Technology to Outerwear
December 5, 2005
| Abercrombie & Fitch Gets Heat from Girl T-shirts
November 14, 2005
| The Best of the West Coast Fashion Designers Debut at GenArt's Fresh Faces in Fashion Show?the Kick-Off to Los Angeles Fashion Week
October 17, 2005
| ASR - ELLEGirl Fashion Show 2005
September 13, 2005
| Goldbox Mission Inside ASR Gives Custom-Inspired Brands a Showcase
September 13, 2005
| Teen Vogue - Billabong Fashion Show 2005
September 13, 2005
| Agenda Street Fashion's Stepchild
September 13, 2005
| Pool?s So Cool it Got Bought by Magic, plus Top Brands from Pool
September 3, 2005
| Pretti Vacant Premieres at Pool
September 3, 2005
| Tsubi Opens up in New York Bringing Coveted Pieces of Rockstar Glamour
July 4, 2005
| Volcom - IPO
May 3, 2005
| UK?s ?Chav? Culture Gives Some Brands New Meaning
March 2005
| SK-II, Asia?s Leading Skincare Brand, has made P&G Re-think its Global Marketing Strategy
March 27, 2005
| ISPO Vision Fashion Show Defines New High-end Sporty Styles
February 12, 2005
| ASR Winter Fashion 2005
January 2005
| ASR Winter Fashion 2 2005
January 24, 2005
| Agenda??Serious Fashion Transactions are Going Down?
January 2005 |
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Madden NFL 2007 Next-up to Feature Breakout Bands in Game Soundtracks, thus Pushing the Convergence of Video Gaming +Music Entertainment
Entertainment Arts (EA) started in 2004 posting video game music “playlists,” then from Madden NFL 2005, as an iTunes exclusive, which in turn helped break-out bands such as Franz Ferdinand top the charts from an unexpected source.
| YouTube Attempts Monetization via Music Industry
Even though Warner Music Group at one point was among the plethora of industry Haters of Napster-esque online music sharing and downloading, they’ve seen the writing on the YouTube and have recently embraced the entrepreneurialism of artists desperate to get their music and self-made videos out to the public via this distribution/destination.
| Warped Tour Kick-off Launches New Trends in Music, Fashion, Eco-Friendly Touring, + Sponsor Initiatives
June 21, 2006
| Dance Influences in Street Culture Give Rise to Surprising New Trends Like “Pants-Off Dance-Off”
June 13, 2006
| “Music Saves Lives” Kicks off Youth Market Blood Drive among Top New Artists + Fans and Provides Positive Grassroots Promo for Sponsors
May 31, 2006
| Ozzfest 2006 Showcases Top Bands + Key Sponsors Looking for New Grassroots Opportunities in the Rising American Metal Scene
May 24, 2006
| MTV + Microsoft Create the “Urge” to Deliver Online Music
May 17, 2006
| Coachella Music + Arts Festival Delivers on Top Selection of Today’s Influential Music Scenes
May 3, 2006
| Vans Warped Tour ’06 Announces Activity Line-up for the Tour, including Several Unique Ways to Attract Young People
April 26, 2006
| Getting Hyphy—Hip-Hop’s Latest Incarnation May Make San Francisco the Next Seattle
March 27, 2006
| Vans Warped Tour Announces Line-Up + Why You Should Know
March 13, 2006
| Paris Riots + the Hip-Hop Scene: Booba @ Center Stage
March 7, 2006
| Reggaeton Artist Daddy Yankee Launches DY Line w/ Reebok
March 6, 2006
| Musician Documentaries--A New Genre on the Rise—to Be Seen @ SXSW
February 28, 2006
| Arctic Monkeys: English pop worth the hype
February 21, 2006
| Coachella ’06 to Headline Depeche Mode, Sigur Ros, Tool, + Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs
Febuary 10, 2006
| Doggy Biscuitz from Pony
January 27, 2006
| Taste of Chaos Presented by Rockstar Energy Drink
January 9, 2006
| Breaking Music Videos on MySpace
January 9, 2006
| Warped Tour Chiefs Steve Van Doren + Kevin Lyman Launch "Unite the United" Auction for Katrina Relief + Label Networks Gets the Word out to Young People
September 13, 2005
| Kanye West, Top Idol among Global Youth, Rips Bush
September 4, 2005
| Virtual Music Touring: Gorillaz Take it to the Next Level
August 21, 2005
| South Central Hip-Hop Clowns Give Rize to Krumping
July 4, 2005
| Warped Tour Launches Introducing New Music + a New Generation of Trends
July 4, 2005
| Grand Opening of Gorillaz Store in New York Draws Urban Vinyl Fans
June 5, 2005
| Warped Tour Kick off Party 2005
May, 18 2005
| Coachella Music Festival 2005- Round up
May 4, 2005
| Hot Nights at the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival Defy Homogenized Music Culture by Cultivating their Own
March 8, 2005 |
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Van’s 40th “Off the Wall” Anniversary in Barcelona Shows Brand Strength Through Personality with Steve van Doren
Last week in the cultural and graffiti-inspired capital of Catalonia, also known as Barcelona, Steve van Doren was the cover-model adorning most skate and street culture magazines in anticipation of the company’s 40th Anniversary party, held on a large boat (that tilted precariously from an overflowing crowd) on July 6th
| Burton Snowboards to Acquire Channel Islands Surfboards
Last week Burton announced that it will be acquiring Channel Islands Surfboards, marking the entry of Burton into surfing hardgoods.
| Germany Shows It’s Colors through World Cup Fever Sparking New Trends from a New Generation of National Pride
“The World at home with friends” is the translation of one of the campaigns that preceded the World Cup in Germany last month. But people here in Germany were slow to believe such a campaign.
| Dew Action Sports Tour Launches in Louisville with an Interactive Festival Village
The 2nd annual Dew Action Sports Tour launched its 5-city tour with the “Panasonic Open” in Louisville, KY, last weekend June 24, and drew more than 410,000 attendees, compared with just 31,000 last year.
| Toyota Hybrid, Billabong, Von Zipper, Nikita among Top Brands + Sponsors of International Surf Day
June 21, 2006
| X Games of Surf + Launch of Surfparks Mark Potential for a New Breed of Surfer + Lifestyle Associations
June 13, 2006
| 8th Annual SKATEboarding Awards Provides Insight on Industry’s New Heroes + Future “Cool-Icons” for Corporate America
June 7, 2006
| World Cup Football (Soccer) Fever Reaches New Pitch in Europe w/Team-Themed “Balls,” Sneaks, Limited-Edition T’s, Books, Voodoo dolls, + a Coca-Cola box-set
May 31, 2006
| Surf Industry Names Most Influential Companies at the Annual SIMA Image Awards
May 24, 2006
| Snowboarding Industry Poised for Massive Boost in Youth Markets from Olympic TV Viewers, as Revealed by Label Networks’
May 10, 2006
| MotoX Champ to Backflip Caesars Palace Fountains for “Mission: Impossible III” Promo
April 19, 2006
| Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom HuckJam Tour “Tours” Six Flags
April 19, n2006
| New Laws Making Street Skating Illegal in Paris + Barcelona Force Guerrilla Tactics by Hardcores
April 12, 2006
| U.S. Open of Snowboarding Showcase Olympic Medalists + Sponsorship Ingenuity
March 27, 2006
| “USBlanks” Begin to Stabilize Surf Industry w/ Production of Surfboard Blanks
March 14, 2006
| Snowboarders New Lil’ Darlin’s of Major Sponsors + What to Expect at the U.S. Open
March 6, 2006
| Backside Method to Glory
February 21, 2006
| Barcelona Skateboarding Brings in a New Form of Street Culture
February 13, 2006
| Winter X 10th Anniversary Games Brings out 230 Top Action Sports Athletes
January 27, 2006
| SIA Trade Show Featured Cool New Trends in Outerwear, Boards, + Cross-over Effects of Freeskiing + Snowboarding
January 27, 2006
| Surfer Andy Irons Wins Prestigious Pipeline Masters
December 27, 2005
| Grassroots Sponsorship of Winter Sports Gets Big Brands in Front of Youth Markets
December 5, 2005
| Dubai Opens 1st Ski Area and Launches 1st Middle Eastern X Games
December 5, 2005
| China Snowboarding + Ski Season Kicks-off with New Parks + the 1st China Snowboard Tour
October 17, 2005
| Against the Grain: Surfing + Punk Rock Collide
September 11, 2005
| Transworld Skateboarding Awards Take Over Hollywood
June 5, 2005
| Salomon being Sold to Amer Sports Corporation
August 12, 2005
| A Local?s Review from ISPO China
March 26, 2005
| Action Sports Retailer Trade Show Lives Up to Their Tag, ?Where the Stories Begin?
January 24, 2005 |
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Top 10 Global Youth Culture Insights by Label Networks Featured on Guy Kawasaki’s Internationally Acclaimed Blog
June 21, 2006
| “Mosquito” Ringtone a.k.a. “Teen Buzz” Which Most Adults Can’t Hear
June 13, 2006
| “TXTual Healing” Uses SMS Message-Inspired Bubble Projections to Turn Urban Walls into Personal Graffiti Art
June, 13, 2006
| Nike Sneaks w/iPod Nano Compatibility Pumps-up “Last-Mile” Fatigue
June 7, 2006
| The “iPhone” by Apple in Development w/Softbank Marks Where Things are Headed for the Mobile Generation
May 17, 2006
| Cell Phone Gamers in Youth Culture Markets Increasing + What This Means for Future Gaming Entertainment, as Reported by Label Networks
May 10, 2006
| McDonald’s Taps into Digital Lifestyle + Grassroots Marketing to See Who’s Lovin’ It
May 3, 2006
| AT&T to Ditch the Cool Brand Name of Cingular in Favor of an “Elegant Solution” Formerly Known as the Death Star
May 3, 2006
| Online Shopping Increases in North American Youth Culture Markets: A Wake-up Call to Retailers
April 26, 2006
| “Homebrewing” Your PSP Gives New Life to Old Games which Makes for an Unhappy Sony
April 12, 2006
| MobileActive Gives DIY-ers Cause-Marketing Capabilities via SMS
April 4, 2006
| Hollywood Launches Movies Online Changing-Up Ancient Distribution Patterns of the Entertainment Industry
April 4, 2006
| iPod Culture Brings U iLounge.com
March 14, 2006
| EDonkey, the Popular European Peer-to-Peer Network Gets Shut Down
February 28, 2006
| PlayStation 3 release to be late? How this may hurt video gaming sales and product placements
February 20,2006
| Olympic Snowboarders the 1st to Get Podcasted
Febuary 13, 2006
| Global Nomads Group Provides Face-Time for Youth Cultures
December 27, 2005
| Video-on-Demand Tweaks Content Distribution, but Not Surprising among Youth Culture Markets
December 5, 2005
| Video iPod's Apple gets Disney Content
October 17, 2005
| Sideloading via Cells Picks-up among Young People in Japan + the UK
October 11, 2005
| iTunes Phone Moves America out of the Ringtone Generation + into the Mobile Generation
September 13, 2005
| Into the Pixel 2005?An Exhibition of the Art of the Video Game
June 5, 2005
| Nike ID Rings up Times Square
June 5, 2005
| Celebrities Sign onto Cell Phone Culture
September 22, 2004 |
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Johnny Depp Named Favorite Actor among North America Youth—Even Before “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” and its box office success Friday, July 7, at $50 million in just one day, came as no surprise to Label Networks. Johnny Depp, as reported in our North American Youth Culture Study—Spring Report ’06, is clearly the #1 favorite actor by 13-24-year-olds in North America.
| “La Santa Lab” Delivers Top Graphic Artists Inspiring New Trends in Apparel + Cultural Design
Graphics have been an important aspect of T-shirt and street apparel design for the past 5 years and can be seen on everything from the latest trends in fitted and DIY T-shirt styles to couture Japanese denim and eclectic accessories.
| U2’s Bono #1 Humanitarian Hero + Angelina Jolie #3 Behind Gandhi, According to Youth Market Study
Activists-celebrities clearly rank higher as heroes than regular celebrities among 13-24-year-olds in North America. As we’ve quantified in our North American Youth Culture Studies over the past few years, when it comes to “why” young people often choose certain heroes, percentages reflect the greater respect they see in those who do more--above and beyond their craft.
| Bicycle Customization Show @ Venice Beach Brings Out Latest Trends in the Subculture of “Bike-Dub” with Low-Riders, Choppers, + Banana Bars
June 13, 2006
| LN YouTube Top 5 Playlist—June 14, 02006:
Jujne 13, 2006
| LN YouTube Top 5 Playlist
June 7, 2006
| “Youth Culture Humanitarian Study” by Label Networks to Provide Insight on Youth Perceptions to Environmentalism, Humanitarian Causes, + the Future
May 31, 2006
| Venice Beach Graffiti Wall - May 2006
May 24, 2006
| Using Online Networks to Reach the Connected Consumer: How Activision, EA, Yahoo Music + Amp’D Mobile Do It, plus Label Networks on New Media—Highlights from E3
May 17, 2006
| The Console Wars, the Online Explosion, + Mobile Gaming—What to Expect from the Future of Entertainment
May 17,2006
| Warner Bros. Announces Deal w/Pirate Peer-to-Peer Developer, Bit Torrent, for “Legal” Downloads of Films + TV Shows
May 10, 2006
| Social Online Networks Capturing the Heart of American Youth Culture—A Peak inside Latest Trends from Label Networks
May 10, 2006
| The “Arts” at Coachella Adds a Unique Interactive, Electronic, + Environmental Aspect that Raises the Bar on Future Sponsored Festivals
May 3, 2006
| Space-Invader Pacman’s Paris + Brings “Rubik” Street Art + Old-School Game Artwork to Global Urbanites
April 26, 2006
| “Fulla—the Hijab-Wearing Barbie w/Muslim Values Thrives among Young Girls in the Middle East
April 19, 2006
| Fuse TV Launches 4 Programs that Tap into Trends: Lo-Fi Pixilated Animation ala Vintage Gaming Consoles, a Dance-off Strip Game Show, + Selects from Top User-Generated Web Content
April 19, 2006
| ElleGirl Goes Digital, Beefs up w/Alloy, which Bought Sconex
April 12, 2006
| Protests from “First Job Contract” + Increasing Ethnic Tensions in France Ironically Spawn New Street Trends in Art, Music, Fashion, + Sports
April 4, 2006
| Scion Installation, Los Angeles, Features International Showcase of Graffiti Artists
April 4, 2006
| “What’s New” Exhibit presented by Okay Mountain + Volcom Opens @ The Lab 101
April 4, 2006
| The “Kleenex Generation:” Youth Riots in Paris Spark Debate on Future Opportunities
March 27, 2006
| The United States of Japan: Invasion of J-Pop Culture in America
March 14, 2006
| Swindle Magazine: Provides New Stoke from Punk, Skate, Graffiti + Art Scenes
March 7, 2006
| YouTube.com—“Broadcast Yourself”
February 28, 2006
| Ubisoft Signs up “Flying Tomato” for Next-Gen Video Game
February 21, 2006
| The Grammys: Where Were the Youth-Based Artists?
February 10,2006
| Barcelona—Europe’s Great Graffiti Scene
January 24, 2006
| Venice Beach Graffiti Wall 2006
January 15, 2006
| "Superiority Complex" Showcases Top Artists + Scion Gets in on the Action
January 8, 2006
| Manga Comics Enter Mainstream Newspapers
January 5, 2006
| Graffiti Gets Fresh Again with the launch of "Also Known As"
December 5, 2005
| Keep-A-Breast Art Show Produces a Powerful Display of Art + Activism in NYC + LA
October 24, 2005
| Steven Spielberg to Design 3 New Video Games for EA
October 17, 2005
| Machinima?s Impact on Entertainment Redefines ?Original Fall Programming?
October 11, 2005
| Citizen Journalism Attracts Young People in the UK
October 11, 2005
| IGN, the Online Video Game Site, Bought by News Corp
September 13, 2005
| Bread and Butter Bulletin?the Official Magazine of Bread and Butter
July 20, 2005
| Untitled?Documents of Street Culture, showcases again at Bread and Butter Barcelona
July 20, 2005
| Sundance 2005?The Children of Leningradsky, Monster Thursday, and Happy Endings
March 8, 2005 |
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