Category: Crafting

Recycled Cotton Dress Makes Fashion Sustainability History

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A little yellow dress produced by two Swedish organizations, the Royal Institute of Technology and GreenHouse Labs, has made sustainability history. Unveiled at the prestigious Almedalen Week, a political event held on the Island of Gotland, Sweden, the dress is made completely of recycled cotton fibers. According to Sportswear International which also reviewed the dress, […]

SXSW Eco Announces Speaker Line-up Including Label Networks! Topic: #TheSustainables: Youth Culture’s DIY Future

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SXSW Eco has announced their latest round of new speakers and panelists for the upcoming SXSW Eco conference October 6-8, 2014 in Austin, TX. Label Networks is among the invited presenters featuring our topic: #TheSustainables: Youth Culture’s DIY Future. In addition, we’re pleased to announce that Label Networks’ President, Tom Wallace, and Senior Vice President, […]

Rent the Runway Joins Netflix, Laying Down the Competitive Groundwork for Fast-Fashion

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Renting out designer clothing and accessories has become a booming industry in fashion, especially for those who know what’s-what in fashion but can’t afford to buy such items. The undiscovered additional marketplace, however is a new youth marketplace moving into their mid-20’s who shop differently–with an environmentally conscious buying pattern and who seek ways to […]

Volcom Documentary Chronicles 21 Years of Insane Action Sports Footage and Life Lived Completely Out of the Ordinary

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There’s been a growing nostalgia in the action sports world these days with snowboarding coming up to its 30th or 35th anniversary depending on who you ask, and the advent of skateboarding and surfing homegrown video technology and movie-making capabilities. So it makes sense that Volcom just announced the upcoming release of a new documentary […]

Agenda Long Beach Trade Show Brings Elements of Technology, Accessories, to the Fashion Forefront of Streetwear and Action Sports

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Agenda trade show, the leaders in streetwear and action sports inspired apparel, footwear, and accessories, kicked-off the next season of fashion trade shows in Long Beach, CA, July 10-11, 2014 with a bustling scene and new trend directions. First, the crossover between technology and fashion is clearly influential in streetwear with more designer headphone brands, […]

Alternative Energy and Lifestyle Effects on Youth Culture—How Brands Need to Adjust for the Future

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In our upcoming 3rd Annual Sustainability and the State of the Future Youth Culture Study 2014, we reveal a number insightful shifts in the youth culture marketplace based on their concerns, buying patterns, trends, and ideas regarding global climate change, a world of limited fossil fuels, and expectations from brands regarding sustainability. In this story, […]

Bread and Butter Announces New Shows in Barcelona and Seoul, Plus What to Expect at Bread and Butter Berlin

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Called the “Grand Slam” with the slogan “Always the Sun,” in usual big-media style, Bread & Butter’s founder Karl Heinz-Muller announced a bombshell tonight during the opening of the Bread & Butter Berlin with some major news for Europe’s leading fashion and denim trade show. The show is moving back to Barcelona for the winter […]

Made in Japan’s Levi Strauss Denim Now to Be Available Worldwide

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Japan is known for making some of the best denim in the world. Levi’s “Made in Japan” collection is a unique combination that combines local Japanese artists towards creating Japanese boro details, different, deeper, indigoes, and various finishes. Levi’s has announced that it will bring its Made in Japan collection worldwide, rather than just available […]

Fergus “Fergadelic” Purcell Designs Moto, BMX, Skate-Inspired Collection for Marc by Marc Jacobs—First to Bring Moto Style into High Fashion

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Fergus “Fergadelic” Purcell has been at the center of graphics for streetwear and skateboarding for years. He’s the man behind Palace Skateboards’ Tri-Ferg logo, and has done a number of collaborations with brands such as Stussy and Silas. He’s been given cred for bringing grunge-wear to the runway and crossing boundaries of music, fashion, art, […]

Pharrell Launches Another Collab with His Bionic Yarn, G-Star RAW for the Oceans

PHARRELL WILLIAMS Curates Collaboration Between BIONIC YARN and G-STAR Turning Ocean Plastic into Denim

Pharrell William’s has been on a collaboration frenzy these past few months, but one of greatest collabs is his sustainably driven Bionic Yarn. Later this month, during Pitti Uomo, G-Star RAW for the Oceans collection will collaborate with Bionic Yarn to create a new collection which will be available first in various Italian stores before […]