Tag: Fashion

Lifestyle Choices in 2009: Craftivism, Living Virtual, and Interactive Solutions Among Top Youth Culture Lifestyle Choices in Label Networks’ New Year’s Zeitgeist Report

Youth culture lifestyle choices provide forecasts for effective brand strategies across the board -from entertainment and news, to fashion, technology, music, sports, and choices in living.

Media Update: Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ Scale Back Staff; Fuel TV Grows

Entertainment’s re-vamp indicates that many aspects of today’s youth culture, i.e., topics of importance, technology, and alternative business models, are what’s going to survive.

Urban Outfitters’ Space 15Twenty Officially Opens and Brings Fresh Ideas to the Concept of Progressive Event Retail

You could call it pop-up retail made permanent but that still doesn’t quite capture the full-picture of Space 15Twenty’s mercurial landscape.

Project’s Fall Fashion Show Creates New Excitement for Denim, Contemporary, and Premium Street Brands Attracting Scores of Leading Retailers and Buyers Interested Discovering New Season Collections and Hidden Gems

Drawing comparisons to Bread & Butter, Project this time around seemed more its own show with an expanded women’s section, footwear, accessories, and of course latest collections among the world’s leaders in denim.

The Rise of Band Merch as Important Fashion Component in Youth Culture Lifestyles

Data, images, style trends, top online retail from Label Networks’ Music Youth Culture Profile Report 2009 indicate where things are headed in the world of merch, key influences, and market opportunities within global youth culture lifestyles.

DNR Fold-Men’s Fashion Trade Magazine Calls It Quits

Yet another print publication bites the dust, and this one doesn’t even try to attempt “moving online” as an excuse.

Trade Show Season Prep Part 3: Trade Show Lead Generation, Marketing Materials, Follow-up -How to Make the Most of Limited Funds Towards Getting Your Brand Noticed

Keepsakes for buyers and media are a good idea but bigger is not always better. Other than a postcard or marketing kit flyer, if you have cool buttons or pins that are designed and include your URL on them these tend to create a viral marketing buzz. Here are other good give-aways that work well but are not all that expensive:

Hipster Rap Revival and How the New-School Version of this Music Genre is Impacting Fashion, Home Recording Biz, and other Cultural Industries

The deconstruction of an older era into something altogether new is what creates the ripples effects of change by crossing many boundaries. Here’s information about one of the biggies.

Retail Openings: Emily the Strange Concept Store in Athens, Greece; Miner49er by Denim Design Lab in San Clement, CA; Forever 21 in Times Square

Youth and street culture retailers still moving forward with store openings for Fall.

Europe’s Biggest Shopping Mall Opens in West London

Despite the economy, the long-awaited Westfield London opens to throngs of shoppers eager to discover what the 13-year construction plan was all about.