Tag: Streetwear

Incase -Where Lifestyle meets Technology and Apple Enters the World of Boutiques

Technology and industrial design never looked as good as it does with Incase, the Apple-centric accessory brand moving into boutiques near you. Label Networks catches up with Dre Hayes from The Foundation to get the scoop.

T-shirt Brand Innovator Exclusive Interview Delivers Insight on Sales Cycles, Reps, Distribution, Manufacturing, Music, Inline, and Skateboarding Influences on the Marketplace, How Lady Footlocker Could Have Made a Fortune

This week’s Interview is with AJ Jackson, a T-shirt Action Sportswear Pioneer -Los Angles, CA New York City. Specialties include: Streetwear, Action Sports-inspired Apparel, T-shirts, Denim, Sales Reps, Trade Shows, Connection with Music Apparel Crossover Particularly Punk, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Dub, Indie

New Sports Trends Impacting Youth Culture Lifestyles Indicate Changing Marketplace Especially for Skateboarding, Rise of Fixed Gear Cycling, Aggressive Inline, Other Sporting Cultures

Two weeks ago, we were quoted in USA Today in an article that the newspaper was working on regarding a story that noted Tony Hawk was the highest recognized athlete among young people. This, to them, marked a serious change in sports. At Label Networks, we have been tracking so-called youth sports or action sports since our inception and even before that, personally, as the former senior editor of Snowboarder Magazine. In the article, I was quoted for saying that it’s “not uncommon” that action sports heroes would rank higher within certain demographics than football, basketball, and baseball players.

Youth Culture Fashion Redefines Itself with Adaptations to Street, Urban, Urban Superior, and Contemporary, Providing New Dangers to Brands Getting Profiled

Revealing discoveries from fresh research quantifies which former top brands are now tumbling and why, who’s the new kid on the block, and how economic shifts are influencing spending patterns, preferences, even fashion classifications.

Hot Topic to Launch ShockHound -MP3's and Tunes to Raise Profile of Selling Band Merch

Band merch continues to be the hot product for Hot Topic and starting next month with ShockHound, could grow exponentially.

White-on-white, Neon Splashes, Lego Accessorie-Nu Rave X Hip-Hop Culture = the Future in Upper-Street Style

Everyone wants a piece of style, even if it's simply wearing a unique belt buckle or owning a coveted sticker posted carefully on a beloved beat-up car. The growing fascination for personal style and piece of personal couture has reached a new crossroads in street fashion, and the evolution of this movement includes a distinct trend: Streetwear styles are quickly evolving into the ironic high-end.