Dispatches from MAGIC Trade Show in Las Vegas

Las Vegas' MAGIC Marketplace, a long-running fashion trade show, features every style and brand of clothing you could imagine, but the real fun is in the streetwear area. You get live music and the chance to snap shots of rappers who are either pushing their own clothing brands or helping a friend. Also, this being Vegas, MAGIC remains the place to see and be seen.

 

Brooklyn rapper Sean Price (pictured, left), a favorite of rap-loving internet heads, was on hand pushing clothing brand Society Original.

Watts rapper "G" Malone will have his long-awaited debut album drop in November.

 

Johnny Dang, a.k.a TV Johnny, is the Houston jeweler to the rap stars. He owns jewelry ventures with rapper Paul Wall.

Bobby Brown was checking out the trade show.

 

Rock the Bells founder Chang Weisberg stopped by.

Malice (left) and Pusher-T of the Clipse brought prospective buyers to a private suite at the Palazzo casino and hotel. Their Play Clothes line is a boutique brand that takes cues from the fashion sense of their buddy Pharrell Williams and Japanese designer Nigo. Hipsters, get ready.

 

Laker Lamar Odom has collaborated with streetwear designers and was walking around Vegas looking out of character without his purple and gold uniform.

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--post and photos by Camilo Smith