Tag: American

Top T-shirt Brand Preferences by North American Youth Culture Indicate Vital Changes in Fashion Landscape-Fresh Data from Spring Study 2009

As one of the highest-grossing markets in youth and street fashion, T-shirt brands that score high as favorites indicate where things are headed and why.

Immigration Reform Protests in Downtown LA Bring Diverse Youth Groups Together with American Apparel at the Forefront

Thousands of activists gathered May 1 in alliance for immigration reform, workers rights, and Made in America symbolism, many carrying Shepard Fairey posters and American Apparel “Legalize LA” T-shirts.

Retailer Round-up: Hot Topic Grows; American Apparel Gets Cash Infusion; Quiksilver Gets Loan Extension and B-; American Eagle Hits Hard Times Along with Abercrombie & Fitch, J. Crew, and Others

The wide range of successes and slumps in the youth culture marketplace among retailers indicates vast changes for the industry and new direction for survivors.

American Apparel Continues to Blaze Trails as the Brand to Watch -Label Networks Reveals Other Insights and Top T-shirt Brand Preferences Among 13-25-year-olds in North America and Europe

Label Networks’ Profile Report on American Apparel illustrates data analysis from our North American and European Youth Culture Studies on trends and what youth culture consumers think

Hellz -A Crime for All Seasons, Presents a Fall Collection That Set’s the Pace for Women’s Street Fashion

Ranging from new motifs in boyfriend jeans to mixed materials, polka dots, and Native American prints, this is one of the best collections we’ve seen in women’s street contemporary fashion.

Re-Scene Scensters: Thrifted Street Styles Are Redefining Old Eras into New

The recession is now “official” but youth culture is a step ahead, tapping into the old to create something new. Here’s what’s going on from London, LA, Brooklyn, Tokyo.

Elmer Ave.’s”A Night of Tragic Emotions” Fashion Show Reveals How the Brand Stays One Step Ahead with High-end, Deconstructed Menswear with a Rock %u2018n Roll Edge

The Elmer Ave. fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios was one of the most highly anticipated shows of LA Fashion Week, particularly by those of us interested in what’s coming next from street and music-inspired apparel. The 4 owners, Collin Pulsipher, Jonny Day, Ward Robinson, and Sean Murphy have been at the cutting-edge of creating high-end menswear with a rocker aesthetics since 2002, and very much like the owners themselves, each collection has inspired a fair amount of wannabes trying to achieve the “Elmer Ave.” style that is uniquely it’s own.

Action Sports Retailer Trade Show Kicks Off with Runway Fashion Featuring Top Styles from Skate, Surf, Snow, MotoX Industries – Part One

ASR launched Thursday, January 24th with all of the excitement that comes with walking the trade show halls of fashion from the giants of surfing, skateboarding, motocross, and action sports lifestyle. Of course the Volcom area had it usual themes this year including neon green and pink, and Electric Vision next door which was just bought out by Volcom celebrated with a Let It Snow theme and confetti snow everywhere. But interestingly the motocross area continues to expand and provide new energy -all surrounded by Famous Stars & Straps. Check out next week’s stories for more from the show floor.

Nu Rave Fashion’s Evolution: Street Snaps from Label Networks’ Reporters Capture Subculture of Styles, Colors, Inspirational Brands, and Their Muses

New takes on neon, steovepipes, accessories among youth culture have created fresh concepts in the subculture of nu rave fashion, moving now towards synth-punk %u201880’s with hip-hop/hyphy influences.

The School of Anti-Fashion and the Rise of the Design-Free Zone

There’s been a long-running bubbling underground movement going on among real trendsetters in the smack middle of the reactor-core of fashion that’s now threatening to become the very cult it was hoping to avoid.