Author: Ryley Bane

Backpacks Bag-Summer Season Accessory Trends Bring Freshness to this Growing Marketplace

When it comes to backpacks, bags, and purses this summer, don't expect to see your average-looking Jansport or oversized plain tote on the fashion-forward crowds of music tour and festival lovers this season.

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.

Vests Top Must-Have Layering Piece among Youth Culture Fashionistas as Summer Styles Move into Fall

One of the more notable post-gender fashion movements of summer has been the incorporation of vests as a key styling piece. First seen in Texas, New Mexico, and Florida, the styles captured pockets of leading-edge fashion players across the U.S. and Canada. Fresh photos from Label Networks deliver the scoop.

Sneakers Capturing the Market Indicate Fresh Importance in Preferences for Color, Textures, and DIY Style -Part 3 of the Footwear Photo Report

In our last street photo report on footwear (until next season), we take a look at top trends in sneakers as worn by young people throughout North America and parts of Western Europe.

Top Store Preferences for Fashion Shopping Among American Youth Culture Have Shifted, Indicating How Some Retailers Capture New Trends and Styles, Meet Price Point Needs, and Create Cred

Based on a variety of new influences, trends, and options, youth culture preferences for fashion retailers has changed considerably, particularly among males, in the last 6 months. Label Networks takes a look at fresh data on which retailers are hot and getting more popular and why.

Car Culture in America Is Changing Fast Thanks to a New Generation of Drivers Taking the Wheel on What's Important and Why, and Reinventing the Industry Altogether

Fresh results from Label Networks' Fall Youth Culture Study 2008 indicate automotive changes among youth culture continue to carve out new trends and ideas that for some reason the auto industry (and corresponding agencies) simply don't get.