Story and Photos by Kathleen Gasperini and Tom Wallace The Agenda Trade Show in Long Beach, CA, January 5-6, 2015, featured inspiring designs, brisk business, and a coming together of the best in action sports-inspired and streetwear fashion, footwear, accessories, and wearable technology. With an industrial theme made of a mix of barrels, pallets, and […]
Fashion trade show season is underway, and after a successful launch at Agenda last week, here’s more of what to expect next in the realm of street, denim, urban contemporary, and youth lifestyles. Selvedge Run When Bread & Butter initially announced that it would be heading to Barcelona for the summer edition in 2015, Maria […]
Following the cancellation of BREAD & BUTTER for January 2015, the management of BREAD & butter GmbH & Co.KG saw itself forced to file for insolvency on 16th December 2014. On the same day, the attorney Christian Graf Brockdorff (BBL) was appointed preliminary receiver in insolvency. According to BREAD & BUTTER, having been caught up […]
Today, December 9, 2014, Bread & Butter Managing Director, Karl-Heinz Muller, sent out a letter to officially announce that Bread & Butter in January 2015 is cancelled. It’s been a challenging couple of weeks for the European urban contemporary and streetwear trade show that first announced it would tighten down to one hall for January. […]
Karl-Heinz Müller has stated that Bread & Butter’s January show is still as planned—the scaled back version of one hall. According to Sportswear International, in a letter from Karl-Heinz Muller released today, December 5, 2014, a letter was sent to exhibitors to reconfirm their registration as soon as possible. But that there was no guarantee […]
News just in, that Bread & Butter’s January show is now canceled. No comments yet from Karl-Heinz Muller, but just last week, he announced the show would be smaller and down to one hall. Meanwhile, some of the original Bread & Butter brands are moving to other shows. Carhartt is headed over to Bright, the […]
Bread & Butter is one of the leading fashion trade shows that tends to spark debate and rumors. As a progressive entity, they have pushed boundaries more than any other fashion trade show, and tried to launch consumer days and another show back in Barcelona, only to be met with speculation by exhibitors and the […]
The latest cause-related collaboration is coming from Toms and Target with their new collaboration on a collection of women’s and men’s apparel, as well as housewares being released on November 16th. Blake Mycoskie has unveiled his latest revelation in a quick video that brings the casual California lifestyle to Target shoppers for all under $50, […]
While often these days, we are hearing about Levi Strauss in the context of their sustainability initiatives, vintage and heritage revitalization, or even skateboarding-inspired collections, today they announced that 500 jobs are about to be eliminated. Levi’s has been undergoing various phases to streamline its global productivity and deal with the fractured marketplace of denim. […]
VF Corp has announced their 3rd quarter earnings and once again, Outdoor and Action Sports segments including The North Face, Vans, and Timberland are leading the charge with overall revenues up 7% to $3.5 million. Other areas of growth include direct-to-consumer revenues up 16% and international revenues up 9%. “Our third quarter results validate our […]