Tag: Fashion

Retail Round-up: Volcom Down 8% but Beats Expectations; Gap’s On the Rise and Here’s Why; H&M Proves New Strategies Work; Billabong Dips and Misses the Mark

More strategies than you can possibly imagine, indicating what works and what doesn’t when it comes to retail, fashion, action sports-inspired brands, and youth culture.

Mishka Opens Streetwear Store in New Cool Area of LA–Echo Park

Based out of Brooklyn, the fact that Mishka now has an LA chapter means great things for street fashion peeps and lovers of Japanese denim, horror graphic T’s, urban vinyl, backpacks, and patches.

MAGIC, S.L.A.T.E., and Street Fashion Trade Shows Indicate that Urban Has Taken the High Road and Street Contemporary Means More than T-shirts and Sneaks

Label Networks bi-annual review of MAGIC and its sub-shows bring together a dynamic change in fashion, as MAGIC itself split into 2 campuses to further attract its retailer and buyer base.

A Tribute to Alexander McQueen

Highlights from the legendary designer and how he influenced many in fashion, footwear, and modern theater.

ASR Fashion Show Reveals Action Sports-Inspired Brands Bringing Back ’70s Proto-Punk, ’80’s Flashdance, and Early ’90’s Grunge

Acid wash denim, strategic rips, bright colors, florals, and off-the-shoulder silhouettes created a unique range of genres and styles indicating where things are headed for Fall 2010.

ASR/Class/Crossroads Trade Shows Prove 3 in 1 is WAY Better than None

One way to keep a rapidly morphing action sports industry “together” is to give each genre their own space. The results seem to be working. Here’s the scoop.