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Hot Trends: Halloween 2008 for Wholesalers
Monday, September 15th, 2008
Did you know Halloween is the second most popular holiday (after Christmas) in terms of decorating and celebrating? With so many Halloween enthusiasts young and old alike, the year long anticipation for the holiday culminates in an excellent opportunity to increase revenue through costume and party item sales.
Using statistical information, recent surveys and targeted polling as resources, Halloween-News.com predicts the following Halloween trends for 2008:
Adult Costumes
This years movie to watch for will include Batman: the Dark Night, Indiana Jones and The Terminator. Jack and Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas are always present. You’ll still see a surge of pirate costumes since Capt. Jack Sparrow is still popular. Couples costumes will be big again this year, take a look at some of them at http://www.adulthalloweencostumes.com . The usual horror film bad guys such as the new Michael Meyers costume and mask, Jason from the Friday the 13th series and Freddy from Nightmare on Elm Street are all still popular. Classic movie villains such as Dracula, the Wolfman and the Mummy are always good choices. There is a strong resurgence towards the traditional, macabre, dark and sexy. Theater quality Vampire and Witch costumes, particularly sexy ones will be to die for this year. Elvira style costumes will also be in great demand. Gothic, ghostly apparitions as couples costumes will also make an appearance.
Decorating
People are decorating for Halloween like never before! The focus is on realism for adult parties, dark and spooky with lots of realism. With the availability of low cost consumer-based fog machines, more will be sold this Halloween due to the three day week-end with Halloween falling on a Friday this year. You’ll also see more elaborate yard haunts pop-up on this special night, complete with graveyards, skeletons, ghosts and special effects.
Halloween Parties
Halloween falls on a Friday this year and that means a week-end of partying! That gives us an extended two days to celebrate and throw week-end parties, also allowing for longer times running haunted houses and Halloween charity parties. Whether its a Pack of Pirates, Den of Vampires, Zombies, or Ghostly Apparitions, theme based parties are definitely in! And those that hold these parties will pull-out all the stops when it comes to decorating and the libation.
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Hot Trends: MAGIC Clothing and Apparel Show
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Las Vegas was recently host to one of the largest trade shows in the wholesale industry. The MAGIC Marketplace is full of the latest clothing and apparel from top designers and brand names. Fashion shows, booths and exhibits are in rich supply and it’s the perfect place to source products for either a brick and mortar or online retail store.
While all the booths received some attention, it was clear that there were a few that everyone clamored to get a glimpse of. Street and urban wear were the belles (okay, booths) of the ball and the following list highlights some of the most highly sought after suppliers of the August 2008 show:
1. Air Walk - This brand has been a staple in the surf/skate/snow scene for many years now. It remains true to its original vision but keeps it’s designs fresh season after season.
2. Raw Blue - This company, based out of Germany, boasts a line of hip hop inspired street wear. The website is still under construction but you can get a feel for the clothing from their interactive Polaroids.
3. Trinity Products - These shirts have everything from a flying snowboarder to a train wreck on them. They also feature a group of shirts inspired by pop culture.
4. Bullseye Brand - Hoodies, shirts, backpacks, hats, belts, shoes…the list goes on! Bullseye’s distintive designs feature skulls, tigers and even dragons.
5. Dyseone - Boasting "redefined" and "real" streetwear, Dyseone is your one stop shop representing the West Coast street wear.
6. Dickiesgirl - Dickies brand has been an industry standard for quality work wear, but throughout the years it has become more than just functional clothing-it has become a style and fashion trend! So much so that it has expanded it’s line into a whole other realm…the land of women’s wear!
7. Ed Hardy - Like color? You’ll like Ed Hardy. Clothing for men, women and kids, as well as shoes and accessories this brand does not do anything conservatively! Bright, bold color and cartoonish designs dominate and are taking the urban fashion world by storm!
8. LA Ink - Kat Von D of the hit show "LA Ink" has started a killer tattoo shop and inspired her own fashion trends along the way. Loyal fans and newbies alike want to dress like Kat and now they can.
9. TAPOUT - Get ready for a wild ride as TapouT takes you into American counterculture with their "flash, attitude and strength" all the while supporting and promoting Mixed Martial Arts (they even sell MMA training gear). Their apparel is some of the most sought-after in underground culture.
10. Bang-on T-shirts - If you’re looking for pop culture t-shirts, this is the place to go. Everything from Black Sabboth to Seasame Street this t-shirt company covers it.
You can attend then next MAGIC show in Las Vegas this coming February 17-19, 2009.
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