We make commodities and multiples, and can share them with people, and they can incorporate them into their own lives, which, to us, is a driving force. This social trading model was an amazing way for us to be young entrepreneurs without start-up capital. | | | | | Boy Scouts of America backpacks. Left: No. 573 Haversack c.1950s. Right: No. 574 Yucca Pack, c.1970s. (davidd/Flickr) | | | | |  | “We make commodities and multiples, and can share them with people, and they can incorporate them into their own lives, which, to us, is a driving force. This social trading model was an amazing way for us to be young entrepreneurs without start-up capital.”
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 | Bon |
| Over the last five years, Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta have transformed their art school angst into one of America’s most exciting fashion labels. | | |
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 | WWD |
| Even with streetwear references from the Nineties and early Aughts trending at retail, most urban streetwear brands have yet to capitalize on the moment. | | |
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 | Racked |
| Everything old is new again. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| From the March 10, 1991 edition of the Washington Post: "Once associated with games of youth, sneakers have become a cultural phenomenon, promoted by millionaire athletes and bought by fashion-conscious Americans who last year spent $11.7 billion on 393 million pairs of brand-name athletic shoes." | | |
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 | Vogue |
| Tracing the evolution of the Gunne Sax prairie dress, from saccharine to stylish. | | |
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 | Co.Create |
| For the first time, Johannes Leonardo creative director Ferdinando Verderi talks about the strategy behind the New York Fashion Week launch. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| If President-elect Donald J. Trump makes good on the promise of punishing overseas companies, he will take aim at his own brand, and his daughter’s as well. | | |
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 | Holland Sentinel |
| It is axiomatic that if someone is sufficiently eager to disbelieve something, there is no Everest of evidence too large to be ignored. This explains today's revival of protectionism, which is a plan to make America great again by making it 1953 again. | | |
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 | Loose Threads |
| It’s worth talking about the idea of scale itself: that itch that many founders and designers feel to keep getting bigger and bigger. | | |
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| WWD |
| NYPD to maintain enhanced security perimeter protecting the president-elect, while allowing limited vehicle access. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Todd Snyder, a salad bar of clothing and lifestyle accessories, opens in Madison Square. | | |
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 | Engadget |
| The designer is trying to stay ahead with features like smart mirrors and self-checkout. | | |
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 | The Fashion Law |
| Retailers that advertise sale prices in comparison with regular prices in California should ensure that the products were actually offered for purchase at those regular prices within the preceding three months, in order to avoid potential litigation. | | |
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 | Levi Strauss |
| This week we’re highlighting the best of the best of 2016 from across our Unzipped coverage, featuring everything from some of our biggest product launches to the notable ways we’ve given back this year. There are collections and then there are archival treasure troves. | | |
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 | High Snobiety |
| The fashion press calls Gosha Rubchinskiy, Demna Gvasalia and Lotta Volkova's work the "Post-Soviet" aesthetic, and it's been huge this year. | | |
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| Racked |
| A open love letter to the Japanese retailer. Muji sells you a simpler life. But don't you end up with more stuff? | | |
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 | The Seattle Times |
| Even in one of America’s most dressed-down cities, a few areas in and around Seattle stick out as anti-fashion hot spots. For example, in Union Hill-Novelty Hill, an Eastside community filled with tech workers, folks are 30 percent more likely to wear Tevas. | | |
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 | Jing Daily |
| An aristocratic tradition once aimed at unveiling marriageable daughters, debutante balls are now global events where China's future power brokers network in haute couture. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| Bomber jackets, jumpsuits, cool sneakers, and more were among the hits. | | |
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 | Because Magazine |
| Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the sparkliest of them all? | | |
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