Tag: Trends

Festival Fashion Report: Coachella Fans Indicate Unique Crossovers for Summer ’09 with Indie-Punk, Hippie-Chic, and Goth-Rave

Fashion from the field indicates the youth market is taking crossover genres to the next level. Accessories included.

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Brings-Out Fresh Line-Up of Music and Officially Kicks-off Summer 09 Festival Fashion Trends

Highlights from the kick-off of music festival season provides a sneak peak inside entertainment’s best upcoming music and arts performances.

Gone to Coachella! Back on Monday, Meanwhile, Here%uFFFDs Last Year%uFFFDs Lowdown from Music to Festival Fashion

Off to the desert for the kick-off of music festival season 2009! Catch us on Twitter or read last year%uFFFDs highlights here.

General Growth Properties, Nation’s Largest Mall Owner, Declares Bankruptcy

It’s the biggest commercial real estate collapse in our history. As more malls grow dark, what happens to retail?

Label Networks is on Twitter!

Want to follow Label Networks%uFFFD global youth culture street reporters and researchers? Need the 140-word inside scoop fast? Here%uFFFDs your chance.

Loomstate for Target for Earth Day; Triple Collab with Arkitip the Ace Hotel Palm Springs and General Surplus Footwear

Sometimes certain collaborations just make mores sense than others. Here are a couple of unique ones to note.

Dick Baker, Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) Chairman Emeritus and former President of OP, Passes Away

Reflecting on my talks with Dick Baker and his business prowess in preparation for a presentation at a former SIMA summit.

T-shirt Graphics from the Dub, Lowrider, and After-Market Car Culture Scenes Attribute to the Most Core Urban Graphics in Apparel, Indicating a Source of Where Many Designs Come From and Why

This graphics round-up shows the power of the streets influencing design stretching from gang-influenced messages to downed ghetto birds and a strong “Straight Outta Compton” vibe. It doesn’t get more core than this.

Metal’s Back with Rockstar Mayhem Fest Gearing Up and the First-ever Heavy Metal Music Awards Show, the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards

America’s first-ever heavy metal awards show honored top old and new acts, featuring Ozzy Osbourne, Slipknot, Megadeath, Metallica, Slayer, and more. Here’s what went down.

Quiksilver%uFFFDs New Pop-up Shop In Santa Barbara%uFFFDs Famed Blue Beetle Gives Cred to Surf Culture and the Brand

Another reason why sometimes well thought-out pop-up shops in key locations work.