New Balance Creates Skateboard Sneaker In Partnership with Black Box...
New Balance has decided to enter into the skateboarding sneaker and lifestyle apparel market with their recent announcement of the launch of the New Balance Numeric or NB#. West-coast based Black Box...
View ArticleFuture Consumers Report: For the Love of Hoodies—How a Fashion Staple Impacts...
What most people may not know is that Kickstarter’s most successful fashion-inspired campaign to date is based on a company’s goal to create the “10-Year-Hoodie.” The idea? To buck the trends of...
View ArticleAeropostale Launches Activewear Line to Reconnect with Teens
Aeropostale has lost ground when it comes to youth culture markets, and as we’ve reported in our Youth Culture Studies, has been replaced by various brands that are far more in tune with this...
View ArticleAgenda NYC Showcases Latest Trends in Streetwear, Urbanwear, and...
Story and Photos by Kathleen Gasperini and Tom Wallace From July 10-11, 2013 Agenda NYC at 82 Mercer Street transforms this hipster part of SoHo into a gathering of the tribes for industry players in...
View ArticleKatiness-Fever: Capitol Couture Connects Hunger Games Fashion with Revolution...
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire which premiered this past week not only broke box office records, bringing in $307 million in the first weekend, but has also inspired the fashion industry, particular...
View ArticleSurf Expo Purchased by Outdoor Retailer Trade Show Owners for $335 Million
The owners of Surf Expo, George Management LLC, has been purchased for $335 million by Emerald Expositions Inc. owners of Outdoor Retailer trade show. Interestingly, in the on-going evolution of trade...
View ArticleCapsule Captures Mix of European, Japanese, American Brands, Plus Surprises...
Story and Photos by Tom Wallace and Kathleen Gasperini (capsule) trade show was among the trifecta at Modern Assembly in Las Vegas, NV, February 17-19, 2014, along with Agenda and Liberty Fairs that...
View ArticleLiberty Fairs Brings “Born in the USA” Fashion to Pitti Uomo
Pitti Uomo is highly regarded as an innovative trade fair in Florence that tends to mark the kick-off of the international trade show season for menswear each year. This year, it’s going to be even...
View ArticleConde Nast to Make Style.com Ecommerce Site to Tap Into $1.5 Trillion Ecomm...
Conde Nast has been making several transitions for the past year and has announced through an exclusive with Business of Fashion, that Style.com will become a global ecommerce platform starting this...
View ArticleRhianna Brought On Board Stance as Contributing Creative Director for the...
Rhianna has been brought on board the booming sock company Stance in a 3-year deal as a contributing creative director. Yesterday, the company launched two of Rhianna’s designs on their site, with the...
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