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Arbor Apparel Proves Integration of Bamboo from Boards to Street Fashion Including Denim = Successful Steps for Organic Business Growth
November 27, 2007
As pioneers in using natural wood veneers + bamboo in creating snowboards, Arbor shows that sticking with its root materials creates a vast foundation for moving into apparel including the first to create bamboo denim.
| Beautiful Decay Shows How the Artists’ Magazine Became a Player in Shaping Street Fashion By Providing a Platform For Artists Through Apparel
November 18, 2007
Fubz from BD knows his way around a trade show, magazines, + art gallery with aplomb. In this interview with Label Networks TV, the publisher talks about street fashion, art, new media, blogs, trade shows, + longevity in a saturated field.
| King Stampede Shows How a Former Online Record Store Succeeded in Moving Into Retail (Boundless NY) + Street Fashion
November 16, 2007
King Stampede may also be known as Boundless NY—the retailer known for carrying a Who’s Who of top street brands--which in this insightful interview with Label Networks TV, shows how the evolution of an online record store can turn into much more.
| Lemar and Dauley Indicate Why This Seasoned Street Fashion Brand Is Unique as Indicated by New Directions Representing Key Iconic Symbols, 1992, + Collabs
November 13, 2007
Celebrating their 4 and ½ year anniversary, this iconic Brooklyn-based streetwear brand brings with it strong references + stories as to why they create + design what they do. Brian talks with Label Networks TV about what makes sense to Lemar and Dauley, the year 1992, fine arts influences, Notorious B.I.G., + ski jackets.
| Mexico City Urban Culture Fashion Fest Illustrates Burgeoning Scene of New Designers Mixed with Top Bands, Skateboarding, Graffiti Artists + Urban Vinyl Scenes
November 5, 2007
The 1st of its kind in Mexico, this trade show-like fashion, music, art festival created a buzz that indicates there’s a new version of urban culture on the rise.
| Brooklyn Circus Boutique + BKc Brand Mix-up Street + Global Influences + Tell the Story of a “100-Year-Plan”
October 30, 2007
Ouigi Q. Theodore is a unique boutique owner + brand designer who not only has one of the most underground, cool stores that’s become an internationally sought-after shopping destination in Brooklyn, but has also launched a unique clothing line called BKc for the traveled, streetwise fashion player.
| DJ Disco Wiz, the 1st Latino Hip-Hop DJ, Offers Up Insight on the Original OG’s + the Education of the Early Years Through His Label The Originators Clothing—Exclusive LNTV Interview
October 22, 2007
Starting from the beginning of the hip-hop movement in the ‘70’s with DJs, MCs, Writers, and B-Boys, DJ Disco Wiz explains just how you have to go to the beginning to move forward.
| Free Gold Watch, the Silkscreen Master T-shirt Brand, Dives into the Meaning of Graphic Inspiration, the Mariah Connection, + Wolf Tickets
October 21, 2007
An interview with Label Networks TV, Free Gold Watch designers deliver insight their new project "Literbox", "Hater Blockers" and how to make profit backed by a rather unique “business model.”
| Dre Hayes of The Museum Group Provides Key Insight about the Influence of Streetwear, Garmentos, + New Influences on Contemporary + Runway Fashion—Part 1 with video
October 16, 2007
Streetwear is the new pop culture, according to Dre Hayes, a leader in the street + contemporary fashion movement. What this means is we’re headed for a new regime of top brands in the near future.
| Fiberops Introduce a New Version of Rockabilly/Psychobilly Inspired Designs in Denim, Shirts, + Jackets for the “New Traditionalists” in Gentlemen’s Clothing
October 9, 2007
An internationally inspired brand from Brooklyn to Tokyo to Hong Kong, Fiberops is pushing the envelope of the new “old” movement of rockabilly, car-culture in gentlemen’s street fashion.
| Hundreds of Top Graffiti Artists Gather at Los Angeles Riverbanks to Create Massive Mural + Alter Perceptions about the Meaning of Art in the “Meeting of Styles LA”—Images Defy Words
October 1, 2007
Worthy of a documentary, the live mural paintings of hundreds of graffiti artists working together for 2 days at the LA River was a breathtaking exhibition that transformed perceptions of a once-bleak concrete environment.
| Imperial Junkie Bridges the Gap Between Premium Japanese Denim + Streetwear for the American Marketplace Using the Art of Knowledge + Signature Pieces
September 25, 2007
Ruben Campos has been in denim and apparel for 17 years, so when it came time for his Imperial Junkie collection, the art of experience clearly shows where the next step in denim directions can lead to.
| How to Build a Castle According to Top Streetwear Brand Crooks & Castles
September 18, 2007
One of the new kingpins in streetwear or urbanwear depending on the ambiguous definitions of fashion, Crooks & Castles is undeniably on their journey to the top. Here’s a coveted interview with Label Networks TV on what’s behind one of the hottest LA brands from the street.
| Steven Shein the Product Designer Re-Invents Jewelry with Pop Culture Aesthetics Attracting Wide Range of Buyers + Boutiques
September 18, 2007
People stopped to stare at his collection at United fashion trade show because his pieces and the display, not to mention the designer himself, created an aura of excitement around jewelry that’s often missing when it comes to youth + street culture today.
| Saber of The 7th Letter Graffiti Crew Talks About the Graffiti/Fashion Crossover, Plus Who the Hypemasters Really Are—Exclusive Label Networks TV Interview
September 17, 2007
Legendary Los Angeles graffiti artist Saber of the renowned The Seventh Letter crew talks about what’s taking place in the graffiti scene globally, how the LA style is ruling it, + what’s next within the graffiti fashion explosion.
| Nicacelly Women’s Streetwear Remixes Dead-Stock Men’s Hip-Hop + Urban Graphic T’s to Create Unique Women’s Hoodies, Dresses, + Tops—and All Sustainable
September 13, 2007
Women’s streetwear brands are rare enough, but Nicacelly takes it many steps further with sustainable practices, use of bamboo and soy, and recycling hip-hop graphics into fresh women’s streetwear.
| FoSho FoShow’s Carefully Curated Trade Show with Complimentary Japanese + U.S. Streetwear Brands is a Sparkling Diamond in the Expanding Sea of Trade Show Scenes
September 9, 2007
As a small suite-of-a-show, FoSho FoShow brings with it a connection between what’s possible + what’s next in streetwear lifestyle with a circle of different, yet connected set of brands.
| Palis Represents Core Directions in Urban Streetwear with Barrel of Gun Motifs, Ninja Moves, Varsity Letter Jackets, + Now Sneakers
August 24, 2007
Core streetwear style can be seen from Palis with gun motifs, ninja’s, bling in preppy-polo, revolutionaries, as well as their women’s streetwear collection, and now, sneakers.
| Beautiful Society Pulls Inspiration from Martial Arts, Music, Graffiti, + Politics to Create Messages + Solar “Processes” Resulting in Collections that Push Limits
August 17, 2007
Two cousins create unprecedented streetwear by following their lifestyle passion for positivity, yin-yang designs, and technical processes that literally give light to graphics.
| Mishka NYC Uses Intelligent Humor + Microscopic Details Resulting in a Walking Storybook of Streetwear
August 16, 2007
With statements like lyrics, tiny tentacles and muscle men as patterns, Mishka NYC is a streetwear brand that attracts the discerning buyer looking for a fresh take on unique style.
| Big D + The Kids Table Rises in Popularity Despite Ska Backlash in the Midst of the New Punk, Emo, Indie Baby-Band Movement
August 14, 2007
Sticking to your genre in music can be a difficult road if mainstream tastes don’t get it. However for Big D, the tides turning and their popularity is rising on the Warped Tour indicating ska influences are headed this way.
| Hellz Bellz Streetwear for Girls Interview Reveals Market Potential, New Directions in Mod-Military Styles, + Inspiration from Music in Next Collection—with video
August 11, 2007
Streetwear culture for girls is increasing, but brands creating styles for this scene are still lacking, as Hellz Bellz creative director points out. In her collection, it’s clear where things are headed with sexy takes on mod-military and crossover influences from music.
| Live Mechanics Founder Speaks of Positive Raps in Their Collection + Collage of Thought Processes that Makes the Brand Unique—with video
August 10, 2007
One of the original streetwear brands, Live Mechanics chooses to take a path of positivity and lead by example using peace and raps as a weapon in graphics instead of guns and drugs.
| The Grn Apple Tree Blends Punk + Politics, Nature + Technology with Marketing in Japan to Be 1 Step Ahead—with video
August 7, 2007
A favored brand of DJ’s and punk and rave-inspired style leaders, Grn Apple Tree’s Cody Debacker provides an inside look at just why the brand’s so coveted in underground fashion.
| Leroy Jenkins Collaboration with Royal Elastics + Launch of Apparel + Cap Line at United Brings Out Old-school Florals, Polka Dots, and Paisley in Streetwear
July 28, 2007
Satin baseball and puffy leather jackets, polka dot and floral V-neck T’s, new caps, and a sneaker collaboration elevates Leroy Jenkins to a new level.
| The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Among Break-out Bands from Warped Tour—Inside Scoop from the Road with Label Networks TV Reveals Why RJA is Different
July 28, 2007
Combined mix of punk, pop-punk, emo, and metal, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is a band on the rise with lyrics that cut to the heart of youth culture in America today. Label Networks TV captures an interview from the Vans Warped Tour.
| Socially Active Clothing Line, Social Atelier, Brings Awareness about Darfur via T-shirt Launch + Exclusive with Fred Segal
June 26, 2007
More brands in fashion are using their designs to influence consumer purchasing power to make a difference rather than for profit only. Social Atelier’s launch collection in T-shirts and designs called “Awareness” to be carried exclusively at Fred Segal is such a brand making a difference for the women of Darfur.
| Farmer Jeans Feature Hand-Sand Washes with 1060 Sherman Bohemian Chic Tops Debut at California Market’s LA Fashion Week Kick-Off—with video
June 18, 2007
The CMC in downtown Los Angeles is fast becoming a must-see location for global buyers looking for latest in denim, contemporary, streetwear, and accessories. LA Fashion Market Week kicked off with the debut of two distinctive brands coming together under a Parisian theme.
| Transworld Skateboarding’s 9th Annual Awards Provide a Preview of the Future of Skate Bringing Out Top Skaters + Legends: Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi, Bob Burnquist, Lance Mountain, Pharrell Williams, + Host Jason Lee—with video
June 11, 2007
Transworld Skateboarding’s 9th Annual Awards Provide a Preview of the Future of Skate Bringing Out Top Skaters + Legends: Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi, Skateboarding’s 9th Annual Awards by TWS brought out top skaters such as Lance Mountain, Christian Hosoi, and Tony Hawk, but also proved where the industry is headed with crossover collaborations and teams such as Pharrell Willams and the Ice Cream Skate Team, Zenetti Wheels, and Rookies.
| United Los Angeles Store Opening Introduces Exclusive Streetwear Apparel with Mix of Japanese Brands including Afterbase, Product, Mad Foot, + American Brands Born Uniquorn, Cipher, Free Gold Watch—with video
June 5, 2007
The guys behind United Trade Show that made an unexpected splash in fashion when it premiered in Las Vegas next to MAGIC last spring, have opened a boutique in the heart of Hollywood called United Los Angeles featuring rare Japanese denim and brands, one-of-kind fashion creations in T-shirts, hoodies, caps, and sneakers, all in a unique retail setting offering fresh streetwear and lifestyle products for guys and girls.
| Japanese Music Invasion: J-Rock Revolution Festival Revealed Massive Subculture of Young American Fans for Japanese Rock—with video
May 29, 2007
Japanese rock has invaded youth culture of America as seen with through the Jrock Revolution Festival last weekend in Los Angeles. J-rock, also known as “visual kei” meaning visual style, or visual rock, also includes fashion from the bands that are capturing the imagination of young people today.
| United Trade Show’s “Board of Directors” Represents the New Young Designer CEO’s on the Urban Underground Tip—with video
April 18, 2007
United Trade Show’s “Board of Director’s” showcase during LA Fashion Week on Melrose represented the urban underground tip of entrepreneurial designers including Stacks & Bundles, Cipher, Free Gold Watch, Guermo, The Quiet Life, Copy, Brain’s on Fire, and TRU Youth. As Rama Mayo, the co-founder put it, Board of Directors’ intention was to provide a place for the new designer CEO and complimentary shops and buyers to check out these new brands, while getting consumer feedback from people off the streets that know fashion and cruise Melrose consistently. Board of Directors later showcased in New York at Sparky’s Showroom above the store Boundless, known for carrying core brands such as King Stampede.
| Urban Jacket Brand Guermo at Board of Directors Illustrates New Trends with Mix of Textures + Themes: Deer-Hunter, Varsity, Pin-Stripes, Wool, Leather, Silk
April 18, 2007
Guermo is an aspirational designer out of New York whose recent launch of a collection of urban jackets, hoodies, and vests at Board of Directors clearly marks where things are headed in the urban underground for Fall/Winter ’08. Using a mix of themes and textures, including deer hunter wool patterns, tailored pinstripes suit jackets, leather, suede, and silk, each jacket and vest is custom made to the buyer’s specifications. Varsity jacket themes combined with the hoodie concept and mashed-up with traditional outdoorsman-hunter themes give the Guermo style a super-fresh look that’s bound to inspire other brands in the future. Label Networks TV delivers the scoop.
| California Chic Inspired by Edie Sedgwick Singled-Out in “Single” Runway Show as Featured Designer of Directive West’s Fashion Show
April 18, 2007
Los Angeles fashion is on the rise as indicated with last month’s LA Fashion Week called the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios on the Westside, and the Boxeight version in downtown LA, including runway shows at California Mart. In this piece, we highlight the featured designer of Directive West’s show called “Single,” which represents new trends of California chic for women in silks, knits, and unique stitching which we can expect to hit the streets for Fall ’08.
| Obey Clothing Illustrates Cross-over Brand Potential + Viral Marketing Success—with video
April 2, 2007
Label Networks TV interviews Obey Clothing, the brand inspired by Shepard Fairey, street propaganda artist most known for his Obey Giant street campaign. What’s unique about Obey, the clothing and accessories line however is that it’s part of a new subculture of brands, including WeSC, Paul Frank, and Cardboard Robot that cross borders between action sports and music, street artists, and even car culture fans, and mostly is promoted through word-of-mouth campaigning with very little advertising.
| Punk Fashion as Told by Tripp NYC + the Famous Trash & Vaudeville Store at St. Mark’s Place, NYC –with video
March 24, 2007
Punk rock fashion has been around since the Sex Pistols invaded America in the early ‘80’s—which is around the time that the famous punk-inspired store on St. Mark’s Place in New York, Trash & Vaudeville, began. Label Networks TV interviews the store co-founder, Daang, about the evolution of punk rock style, her brand Tripp NYC, which is one of the most famous and oldest punk brands in the world, and where punk rock fashion is headed to next.
| LA’s Fast Eddie Provides Insight on the Crossover of Car Culture + Greaser/Mechanic, Rockabilly Streetwear Fashion
March 20, 2007
LA’s Fast Eddie delivers the inside scoop in an exclusive look at the growing subculture of car culture and streetwear styles including greaser, mechanic, rockabilly, and auto.
| Cardboard Robot—Politic + Social Awareness in Streetwear + Cardboard Furniture Brings Re-Purposed Meaning to a Politically Charged Apparel Line—with Video
March 13, 2007
Cardboard Robot offers politically and socially charged streetwear designs and cardboard furniture that brings together though-provoking themes through apparel and re-purposed displays. Label Networks revisits an interview with founder and artist Mason Brown, and an up-to-date TV interview with the brand and where it’s moved on to today.
| We Are the Superlative Conspiracy Creates New “Conversations” with Consumers— Label Networks TV Interviews WeSC Founder + CEO
March 12, 2007
WeSC is a unique streetwear brand from Sweden that has successfully crossed over from skate-inspired denim, apparel, and accessories, to full-on streetwear culture. Label Networks TV captures an interview with the founder and CEO, Gregor, who explains the brand’s unique philosophies and “conversations” through clothing with people interested in a similar lifestyle.
| Livity + Listen Clothing Tell of the Spirit One Love, Nature, + Music Can Provide Towards Creating a Movement in Sustainable Style—Live Interview
February 8, 2007
Label Networks TV Reveals Heartfelt Interview with Livity + Listen Clothing that prove One Love, nature, music, and sustainable fashion can be a movement. Sounds through song provided by Ras Attitude.
| Retailer Perspective “The Candy Shop” Delivers Sweet Insight + Streetwear Brand Beautiful Society Collabs on New “Processes” Towards Keeping It Real—Live Interviews
February 5, 2007
The Candy Shop tells how streetwear brands make it into his select retail store on the East Coast, while Beautiful Society keeps it real with latest “processes” in streetwear with glow in the dark cap logos, a cool bonsai tree logo, and martial arts inspirations in apparel. Label Networks TV delivers live interviews from the Agenda Fashion Trade Show January 25-27 in San Diego.
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