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Cardboard Robot’s Mixed Themes for Fall ’08 Ranging from Hollywood to Miami Vice, Politics, Deer Hunters, Music, Keeping Retailers on Their Toes

Cardboard Robot based out of Long Beach, CA, has always been a fascinating brand for their mix-up of themes and tight connections with music, politics, skateboarding, and artists. In the last 4 years, the brand has crossed over into having complete collections with between 80-100 accounts per season, and are now expanding internationally.

LA vs. War Art Show Attracts Thousands Around Anti-War Messages Featuring Hit and Run, Crewest and Unification Theory, Yo! What Happened to Peace, Others in Landmark Event Featuring Latest In AntiWar-ProPeace Messaging, Screenprinting, Graffiti, Posters, VJs, Film

From April 10-13, in the old Firehouse in downtown Los Angeles’ budding warehouse district, top artists from LA gathered in a landmark event focusing all artwork on the travesty of this senseless war in Iraq now entering it’s 6th year. In an exercise of freedom of speech and art, the 4-day event, produced by John Carr, a top political poster artist and the curator of the international show Yo! What Happened to Peace? brought together artists from diverse communities of screenprinting, visual arts, sculpture, photography, DJs, postering, and film in a free event that had the city buzzing about the importance of protest and promoting peace through art.

MAGIC, S.L.A.T.E., EcoCollection, Project, and Pool -Fashion Trade Show Week Showcases Latest Collections by Top Street and Contemporary Fashion Designers with Packed Halls Despite Economic Forecasts

Fashion trade show season brings out the best in street and contemporary fashion brands, as scores of buyers, media, and fashion industry players descend on Las Vegas for 1 crazy week of trade shows, runways, and parties.

The School of Anti-Fashion and the Rise of the Design-Free Zone

There’s been a long-running bubbling underground movement going on among real trendsetters in the smack middle of the reactor-core of fashion that’s now threatening to become the very cult it was hoping to avoid.

WeSC Men’s Line Partners with Bloomingdales

WeSC launched a massive party at Bloomingdales in NYC to celebrate their recent collaboration and introduce their latest men’s collection including denim and fresh designer headphones, which brought out NYC’s hipsters, music industry, and fans of the brand.

10 Deep’s Emeka Obi Talks with Label Networks TV about the Birth of the Legendary NYC Streetwear Label, the History of Streetwear, Where Things are Headed Next

10 Deep is a true legendary brand in streetwear, having been around for 12 years and pushing the scene before it was even coined as the subculture called “streetwear.” “We’ve been riding the wave of highs and lows since its existence,” says Emeka Obi, the Marketing and PR Director for 10 Deep in an exclusive interview with Label Networks TV at MAGIC Fashion Trade Show. “We come from a variety of different things and where things started, ranging from punk, skateboarding, hip-hop and where things fuse together into socially relevant forms. Our work is a part of these things -sometimes political, sometimes nonsensical -cues taken from global influences.”

Agenda Fashion Trade Show Review

Siphoning off the cool-factor from ASR, Agenda captures the buzz of a new crossover culture that includes skate, music, art, street-inspired fashion brands making it a must-see show for anyone looking for what’s next.

MAGIC’s S.L.A.T.E. Fashion Trade Show Provides Fresh Platform for Progressive Street Lifestyle Brands

Shows within THE SHOW was the theme of MAGIC International Fashion Trade Show this year, with one of the highlights being a new home for progressive street and lifestyle fashion brands called S.L.A.T.E.

Nikita Street Fashion for Girls Crosses the American-European Divide with Fresh Collections Including an Exploding Denim Line, Outerwear, Bikinis, Hoodies, and Upper-end Street Contemporary

Unique silhouettes, patterns, colors, and of course, back story, make Nikita an anomaly of a brand that simply keeps getting better as demand increases.

MAGIC Takes Heat from Main Hall Brands with Re-Vamp Likely; Capsule to Launch Another Show in Vegas During Magic as the Trade Show Wars March On

Fashion trade show industry undergoes heavy changes as large brands re-evaluate and smaller shows continue to attract growing niche brands and buyers.