Category: Crafting

Best of 2012! Label Networks Presents the Top 10 Profile Reports on Global Youth Culture

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Happy Holidays! As we take a look back at 2012, we’ve combed through the most popular Profile Reports that readers and subscribers gravitated to the most. Profile Reports keep industry leaders in youth culture up to speed with a variety of timely topics, insights, data, street photography, analysis, and future forecasting. This is where we […]

Street-Art Round-Up: Swoon Featured on MOCAtv for Swimming Cities and Konbit Shelter, Haiti; Space Invader Invades Space for Art Basel Miami

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MOCAtv has been producing an amazing series of short films featuring a number of unique artists including a fair number of street artists and the work that they do. Their latest short features Swoon talking about her Swimming Cities of Serenissima and the Konbit Shelter that she and other artists helped build in Bigones-Leogane, Haiti. […]

Street Report: Hair Color Catches the Colors of the Rainbow, Plus Urban Decay Bought by L’Oreal Seeking Youthful, Edgy Market

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Hair styles and particular hair color choices reflect trends not only in fashion and key accessories, but also one’s sense of individual style. With the advent of hair chalk, for example, sold by Urban Outfitters and edgy cosmetic companies, fresh new looks are easy to achieve and relatively inexpensive. Hair color reflecting the color of […]

U.S.A.’s Largest Fashion Trade Show, Owned by Advanstar, Just Got Bigger

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ENK International announced yesterday, November 15, 2012, that it has been purchased by Advanstar Global, owners of MAGIC, Project, Street, S.L.A.T.E., and Pool. ENK ran shows that often competed with MAGIC, for example, taking place during the same timeframes and nearby locations, including shows such as ENK New York, ENK Vegas, and the Fashion Coterie, […]

Deus Ex Machina Creates New Crossover of Surf Culture with Greaser Moto and Car Cultures

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Parking lot d ’elegance and surf culture came together last month at Deus Ex Machina’s latest soiree in Venice, CA. Known for its eclectic corner location at the intersection of Venice and Lincoln Blvds. the retail flagship has become more of a hang-out for the new generation of greaser retro moto biker-heads and bearded surfers […]

Sperry Topsider’s Project by the Sea Incorporates Art, Fashion, Street-Level Outreach for the Heritage Boating Brand

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Heritage brand Sperry Topsider, known as the quintessential prep boating shoe for the upper class, is once again in vogue thanks to the growing movement of Americana and heritage trends. In an interesting shift for the brand, they’ve launched a new artistic and philanthropic marketing campaign called “The Sea Project” which starts with an art […]

Levi’s Made to Order Project Highlights Tailoring in Denim vs. Manufacturing—More From the Slow Fashion Movement

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Ironically, as the level of lawsuits in copyright infringement cases in youth culture fast-fashion continues to rise as more brands are suing and copying in an all-out war in our graphic-centric period of time, so too has the slow fashion movement gained momentum among various brands as the rise in craftivism takes centerstage. Levi’s Made […]

Getting Inked: The Influence of Tattoo Culture Among Today’s Youth Lifestyles—Label Networks’ Latest Report

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We are often asked by brands creating new strategies what makes the most sense for them in terms of relevancy and connection with youth culture markets. Taking a look at a variety of youth culture lifestyle associations and playgrounds that are shaping new subcultures within the marketplace today in the United States, in this story, […]

H&M Among Leaders in Practicing Sustainability: Latest Move Puts Ban on PFC’s

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One of the best trends coming out in the past 3 years among major brands in youth culture fashion markets are the introduction of transparent sustainability plans. One of the leaders in this arena is the fast-fashion giant from Sweden, H&M. Last week, they announced yet another plan of action which hopefully many brands in […]

Capsule Vegas Brings High-end Heritage, Surf, Adventure, and Denim to the Forefront

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Capsule is a trade show that continues to have a strong following among brands that could loosely be classified as upper urbanwear, or high-end contemporary from a wide range of locations ranging from northern Europe to Japan to the USA. During the trade show season earlier this month, Capsule’s Vegas show featured a unique selection […]