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You’ve been asking us when the updated Unstoppable line from LA Gear would be available in your neighborhood… Well, Come and get it! Four more stores have been invited to carry the new line, so if you’re in Boston, SF, Brooklyn, Cininnati, or Pittsburgh, stop by these locations for a look: EVR 3230 Jefferson Avenue, [...]
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You’ve gotten a sneak peek of the new LA Gear Lights, thanks to our video and photo gallery… Now, LA Gear is offering fans a chance to see the sneakers in person. This Saturday evening, the new LA Gear Lights will be on display in Las Vegas, at an intimate, invite-only mixer thrown by the brand LA [...]
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Ok, it’s dark, and there’s not NEARLY enough detail to satisfy yallz, but this is the FIRST and ONLY video offering a look at the NEW LA Lights (LA TECH) sneakers. And here’s point: My son, Aryeh, who’s 15, has been a fan of the Unstoppable line since it was relaunched and he’s been [...]
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Today, thousands of people at Staples Center here in Los Angeles – and millions more across the globe – celebrate the life and work of Michael Jackson. We call ourselves fans, but really that’s an understatement and a misnomer. We stood in awe of his talent and originality, and we stand there still, reeling from [...]
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One of advertising’s biggest award shows got a little extra sparkle last month, when LA Gear, SLAM, and Sportie LA www.sportiela.com/lagear partnered with music company Mophonics www.mophonics.com and ad biz PR firm Raging Artists www.ragingartists.com to host a mixer and raffle benefiting The Cancer Vixen Fund www.svcmc.org/body.cfm?id=1664 at St. Vincent’s, NYC. Cancer Vixen helps to [...]
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For this year’s Boston Marathon, LA Gear teamed up with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training® (TNT) and runner Michael Cavaretta, who has raised more than $3000 in an effort to wipe out blood cancer. Cavaretta ran in honor of his close friend and Emerson College fraternity brother Jon Goss. A cancer survivor, [...]
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LA Gear Director of Specialty Product Lance Jackson was recently interviewed by Format Magazine, and shared some insight into the update and relaunch of the brand’s Unstoppable line from ’89-’90. In the article, which broke Sunday, Lance delved into such topics as LA Gear brand-owner ACI’s partnership with top indie retailer Sportie LA, the brand [...]
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Ok, Ok, I have two things to say:1. I wasn’t going to publish an article about the LA Lights until I was able to show pics, because I know how frustrating that can be; 2. The comments we’re getting on this subject (just a handful are published alongside our original article but you get the [...]
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LA Gear’s celebration of the Unstoppable line from ’89-’90 continues, with its limited edition release of the Stardust. BUY LA GEAR The LA Gear Originals silhouette was a hit in Europe not long ago; now , LA Gear and Sportie LA are bringing the Stardust to the US, in five colors – light grey, white/blue, [...]
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From McCartney to Morrissey and My Bloody Valentine, from Franz Ferdinand to Fleet Foxes, and Beirut to the Black Keys, there was no shortage of great music and one-of-akind performances at Coachella’s 2009 fest in Indio, CA. What we did find, was that no matter how big the draw, from sun-up to sundown, people stopped [...]
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