I sat down with Chris Gibbs, fashion tastemaker and owner of the famed LA street wear boutique, Union. Raised both as a skater punk in the suburbs of Ottawa, Canada and a hip hop head in the New ...

It’s not complicated: Avril Lavigne remains one of fashion’s most revered ... like plaid skater skirts. But instead of a classic punk red and black, I wanted to see it in orange and black.

With the line between skate punk and pop now thoroughly blurred ... T-shirts and tube socks in the late 70s and 80s, skate fashion has evolved into a massive commercial enterprise.