Tag: Fashion

How Video Gaming is Changing the Face of Real World Fashion

Video game designers in character-fashion, plus manga, and anime continue to crossover into youth culture as a major source of inspiration. Here are some real-world trends to expect this summer and fall from the virtual world.

New Streetwear Trade Show: Higher Ground at the Hard Rock Takes a Bold Step to Attract Select Brands, Retailers, Media

Bucking trends, here’s another trade show to consider. Things are getting very interesting.

Fashion Week Video Game Launch Brings Virtual Experience to Fans of Fashion

505 Game publishers have teamed up with fashion experts to launch a video game that could be better than the real thing.

%u201CWhich website is your favorite to buy apparel from?” Fresh Data on Youth Culture Online Retailer Preferences

As online retail increases, Label Networks tracks changes in top preferences and where the market is shifting alliances, shopping more, and less. From Label Networks’ North American Youth Culture Study 2009.

Gap Profits Fall, But Pushes Ecomm Plan and Return of Khakis; Aeropostale Blows Doors (in a good way); CFDA Announces Retail Revitalization Event; IMG and 505 Games to Produce Fashion Week Game

Retail reports indicate several different strategies, plus fashion gets into gaming.

The Urban Cycle Fashion Movement and the Cult of Transportation

When the journey surpasses the destination, and style and green ethics count too, you know you’ve located a worthy trend.

Forever in Lawsuits, Fast-Fashion Retailer Forever 21 Ramps-up for a Showdown with Trovata -Outcome May Impact Fast-Fashion Chains in General

Raging copyright debates between designers and fast-fashion retailers brings to question where “inspiration” comes from.

Louis Vuitton’s”A Passion for Creation Exhibition” Exemplifies Art and Commerce Starting with Artist Richard Prince’s Pulp Fiction Wrap of the Entire Hong Kong Museum of Art

Ever since Marc Jacobs took the helm in ’97, French lux brand Louis Vuitton has pushed the limits of the meaning of collaborations. Here’s another big one.

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.

Youth Culture Study Reveals Recession Impact and New Market Trends in Fashion, New Media, Sports, Entertainment, Spending, Lifestyle Traits

Label Networks%uFFFD highly-anticipated Spring Youth Culture Study 2009 is released, providing fresh insight on youth culture trends.