Tag: snow

Trade Show Review: Action Sports Retailer Provides Insight into Surf, Skate, Snow, MotoX Inspired Apparel Indicating Strong Retro Trends and Pacific Northwest Vibe

Action sports apparel and brands re-define themselves as seen at the January smaller, tighter show.

Ed Hardy Gets Into Snowboarding and Skiing with New Snow Division Including Hardgoods and Softgoods

Tattoo-art looks from the kingpin of self-promotion is coming soon to a slope near you.

Top Store Preferences for Fashion Indicate Changing Spending Patterns among Youth Culture

The differences with fashion in youth culture markets vs. older markets (those 26 ) is that trends often come from the bottom-up, rather than from the 26 top-down. What we mean is that young people tend to pick up their ideas for fashion from each other, from utilitarian means, out of necessity, from the streets, grassroots word-of-mouth awareness, or their surroundings in general, rather than from the latest trends dictated by fashion houses, advertising, or marketing efforts on TV as a prime example.

MAGIC Fashion Trade Show Launches S.L.A.T.E. Show Inside South Hall for Juried Progressive Street, Skate, Surf Lifestyle Brands

Sub-shows within big trade shows are becoming attractive ways to deal with the niche directions of fashion, particularly when it comes to streetwear, urbanwear, denim, and progressive street/contemporary.

New Technical Outerwear Legislation Would Mean No More Import Duties on High-Tech Apparel

SIA and OIA have joined forces calling for new legislation, which if passed will mean outerwear such as jackets, pants, and other high-tech pieces will have duty-free importation giving a boost to sports apparel with possible implications for street fashion deemed “technical.”