With summer music festival season in full-swing, the focus on band merch, new T-shirt graphics, styles, and changes in spending patterns bring fresh importance to this influential component of youth culture fashion.
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ISPO Summer Trade Show in Munich Canceled After 35 Years
Nu Rave Fashion’s Evolution: Street Snaps from Label Networks’ Reporters Capture Subculture of Styles, Colors, Inspirational Brands, and Their Muses
Coachella Music Arts Festival Mixes Pioneering Performers from Prince to Portishead with Burgeoning Artists Like Metric, Data Rock, and Hot Chip, Resulting in a Ripple-Effect that Will Impact Music Culture
As the first festival of the summer circuit, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival produced by Goldenvoice, which took place last weekend April 25-27, is where you’ll see a good chunk of the bands that will be doing the festival circuit this summer. It’s also the place where new up-and-coming bands, particularly in the indie rock genre, electronica, rave, and synth are showcasing for the first time in front of larger audiences, particularly internationally as a lot of these bands will hit up the European festival circuit later in the summer.
Sunglasse-Who’s the Top Brand Now Why: Label Networks’ Fresh Data on Sunglasses Trends, Brands, Spending, Size of Market Indicate Who’s Leading the Pack Where New Opportunities Lie in this Crowded, Colorful Marketplace
Over the past 5 years, accessories have become key aspects to fashion style when it comes to global youth culture. In particular, sunglasses have taken on new meaning not only in terms of the style one wears, but also the corresponding color of one’s shades to coordinate with various outfits. In Label Networks’ Spring Youth Culture Study 2008, we reveal fresh consumer preference data about sunglasses among 13-25-year-olds in North America, including the top brand preferences, spending patterns on sunglasses, size of market, frequency of purchases, and other characteristics that are shaping the sunglasses and accessories markets in general.
Pool Trade Show Launches”Concept to Creation” Theme at Loop Space Featuring their Upcoming Transition to Emphasis on Design, Featuring Brands Anzevino & Florence, Mary Meyer, Feral Childe, Gytha Mander, Velvet Leaf, Meadow, and REVL
Pool Fashion Trade Show kicked-off a special event June 7th called “Concept to Creation” which in many ways indicates their new direction of focusing on fashion design and the designers themselves rather than just art and fashion. With invites featuring designer sketches, rulers, swatches, and pantone color flip books, you can see how the transition is making a special emphasis on the designers behind the brands that will be a part of their upcoming trade show August 26-28 in Las Vegas.