You Have To Live It To Sell It.
…this is our guiding principle at Urban Styles. With a young, passionate and fashion-affine team, we are responsible for the sales and distribution of numerous well-known streetwear brands and are always in tune with the zeitgeist. As a sales agency with headquarters in Cologne, another branch in Switzerland and our own logistics center, we operate worldwide and know the specifics of the national and international markets very well. In doing so, we draw on a vast wealth of experience and an extensive network of contacts. Whether agency, distribution or licensing arrangements – we create new ideas and drive them forward. In cooperation with our partners, we develop innovative sales strategies as well as creative marketing concepts and thus create new values.
Services.
// Sales
Behind successful brands there are interesting personalities, creative designers, brilliant entrepreneurs
But above all a strong sales force. Since 1999 Urban Styles has been specializing in the distribution of international brands in the areas of shoes, kids, street- and sportswear. Whether classic agency, extended distribution or full license model – we offer our partners various cooperation possibilities and provide solutions for all questions concerning sales through our longtime expertise.
// Marketing
A strong sales force also requires strong marketing.
Through years of cooperation with numerous renowned fashion brands, we have developed a keen sense of the market and understand our target groups precisely. Therefore, we support our distribution channels with a wide range of activations to shape the image of our brands in the long term. Whether pure retail marketing or the creation and implementation of complete campaigns and our own projects – our marketing team helps our partners in all creative matters.
WE CREATE NEW IDEAS AND MAKE THEM THRIVE.
Together with our partners we find the right strategy for every context.
Whether streetwear, sportswear, shoes or kids – we create new ideas and drive them forward.
9N1M SENSE
9N1M SENSE. satisfies the customer’s thirst for independence.
9N1M SENSE. embodies independence as it gives everyone the possibility to be proud of representing themselves, without feeling the pressure of wearing a high fashion garment.
9N1M SENSE. satisfies the customer’s thirst for novelty.
By being accessible to everyone 9N1M SENSE. stands up for a new mindset in fashion: coolness can be easily accessible. 9N1M SENSE. creates the new cool and breaks the boundaries of limited availability.
AWMS
Buffalo
BUFFALO’s history begins with Mexican cowboy boots. Michael Conradi discovered them in 1976 on a trip. He acknowledged the trend and quickly sold them to fashionable young people on the German market. The success story started with the foundation of Buffalo Boots GmbH in 1979, in Wiesbaden.
In 1984, BUFFALO established itself internationally. At the same time, the brand expanded its product range with specially designed sports shoes and proved its versatility. In 1995, the internationally acclaimed style icon was born: the “Classics” sneakers with their iconic platform sole. The “Cloud Sole” became the signature piece of the ‘90s—icons such as Cher, Madonna, N’SYNC and the Spice Girls loved wearing this unique and bold-looking shoe.
Since then, BUFFALO has developed into one of the most well-known brands in Europe, with products sold all over the world. The focus of every new collection is on the aspirations of an entire generation: confident, passionate and unconventional. Just like you! Buffalo Cultivating Boldness from the feed up.
Cat Footwear
Cat Footwear champions those who are out in the world breaking down walls and building a better future. The go-getters, the doers, the ones that set goals high and chase their dreams with a spirit that never gives up. That’s why our shoes and boots are tough, unyielding, and ready for any adventure – with innovation in every stitch and performance in every step. We’ve got your back. And you’ve got this.
Caterpillar
A mix between high quality garment and latest fashion trends makes CATERPILLAR WORKWEAR REDEFINED one of the unique brands on the fashion scenario able to combine the real and genuine American workwear with fashion and street culture trends.
The Made in Italy production gives to the collections the highest level of quality. Fabric researches, focus on details and dedication, makes CATERPILLAR WORKWEAR REDEFINED the next generation line of CAT.
Criminal Damage
Founded in East London 1991 Criminal Damage is a pioneering streetwear brand. Influenced by London’s melting pot of culture, design and music the brand aimed to make their own statement.
Manifesting and growing with this culture was integral in the brand’s ability to consistently evolve.
The brand resonated with punks, goths, skaters, hip-hop heads and serviced the fashion forward culture who weren’t afraid to push boundaries.
For nearly 30 years, Criminal Damage has been a well known leader in the London streetwear scene.
Never staying static and constantly striving for the very best we plan to be here disrupting the culture for the next 30 years – we aren’t going anywhere.
DFNS
BORN IN THE NETHERLANDS, MADE FOR THE WORLD.
We’re on a quest to create the greatest and greenest lifestyle care products out there, so you can do what you love while loving the planet. Our products empower you to live life to the fullest, so you can prepare for the unexpected, push boundaries, and embrace every moment. With DFNS in your corner, it’s never been easier.
GET MESSY. PLAY HARD. LIVE READY.
We believe that when you combine innovation, expertise, and enthusiasm anything is possible.
We have a passion and respect for sports, travel, fashion, and street and sneaker culture.
We’re shaking things up in the lifestyle care industry with a commitment to sustainability, a nerd-like obsession with earth friendly technology, and the extraordinary power of air. Viva la revolution.
elefanten
THE FUTURE OF HEALTHY CHILDREN’S FEET BEGINS WITH ELEFANTEN.
For over 80 years elefanten shoes have accompanied children on their first journeys of discovery. And they are still close to our hearts. That is why we continue to set standards in the quality of children’s shoes today. Through close cooperation with scientists and universities, we create innovative shoes in which your child feels comfortable. Because especially when a child starts going its own way, running and being active in all kinds of weather, the right shoes are very important for a healthy development.
FILA
FILA’s story dates to 1911 and a small Italian city close to the Alps. Four brothers provided the locals of their home town, Biella, with warm clothes and had a vision: to combine high-quality materials, classic design and fierce practicality.
Founded in 1923 and initially focusing on underwear, this dedication soon led to popularity beyond Italian borders. The global breakthrough happened in 1974 thanks to a sportswear collection that revolutionised design, particularly in tennis. The White Line Collection by designer Pier Luigi Rolando was provocative, unconventional yet simple and honest. It offered authentic sportswear a special cosmopolitan charm. FILA brought in some new colours, not only to white-material-dominated tennis world but also to classic, timeless looks that have made it around the world.
To this day, FILA represents sophistication as well as Italian craftsmanship and keeps impressing beyond the realm of sports, reaching the streets of metropolises and runways of high-end fashion shows. More than 100 years of success are based on the unwavering philosophy of innovation and the spirit of always being on the move. The label aims to keep creating exquisite fashion that is convincing not only in terms of performance but also in design and flexibility. FILA has evolved into a cult brand for fashion, sports and pop culture.
FlexFit
Under the brand name YUPOONG FLEXFIT we distribute the world’s top known headwear label Yupoong Inc. With roots in South Korea the international brand is known worldwide and has built up over the years its undisputed reputation as one of the leading headwear companies. Yupoong stands out due to the wide assortment and the ability, to deliver the matching caps for every occasion.
Fubu
What began as a bunch of hats made in Daymond John’s Hollis Queens’ home by he and his close friends have turned the partners of FUBU into leaders in one of the most successful sportswear companies of all time and the creators of a whole category of marketing innovations that are now considered to be staples of industry.
1992 was the year Daymond and his close friends, Keith Perrin, J. Alexander Martin and Carl Brown came up with the idea to make and sell his own tie-top hats as a means of making “easy money”. Daymond mortgaged his home for $100,000 turning half of the house into a factory and the other half into living space for “TEAM FUBU”.
The Team consisted of neighborhood friends, Vice President J. Alexander Martin and Cofounders Keith Perrin and Carl Brown. J. Alexander, Keith, and Carl are key members of “TEAM FUBU” to date.
Their philosophy was to make clothing for the consumer by the consumer. They turned their dream into a reality and today the businesses they founded over the years are still an active part of the four partners lives.
The earliest collection consisted of a small line of tops and hats with the FUBU logo. By 1995, an extensive sportswear line was designed and produced by FUBU, using raw materials imported from around the world. With the success of the collection, distributors and investors came calling. To date, over 5,000 stores have carried the FUBU collection and more than $6 billion in merchandise has been sold at retail.
FUBU represents determination, excellence, and boldness of the four partners who had the courage to go against the grain in 1992 and strike out on their own to form “TEAM FUBU”.
HellyHansen
From our home in Norway, Helly Hansen has been making professional grade gear to help people stay and feel alive for more than 140 years. It all started in 1877 when sea captain Helly Juell Hansen found a better way to stay protected from the harsh Norwegian elements. Soon thereafter, Captain Hansen and his wife Margrethe launched a business producing waterproof oilskin jackets, trousers, sou’westers and tarpaulins made from coarse linen soaked in linseed oil – and the legend was born!
Helly Hansen gear is worn and trusted by professionals on oceans, mountains and worksites. As the #1 apparel brand for Ski Professionals, you’ll find HH at more than 200 ski resort and guiding operations around the world, and worn by more than 55,000 ski professionals. Our sailing gear is worn by world-class sailors across all five oceans, and we’re proud to partner with and participate in some of the sport’s most iconic regattas and sailing associations. As a leading Scandinavian workwear brand, you’ll see us at work-sites where performance, protection and safety matter most. We continue to support Captain Hansen’s legacy through a long list of first-to-market innovations developed through insights from those working and recreating in the world’s harshest environments.
Kappa
In 1967 the sports fashion label KAPPA was founded in Turin, Italy. Created back in the 1970s, the Omini logo is world-famous nowadays – symbolizing KAPPA’s idea of sportsmanship in the field of sports and our everyday challenges. Our claim ‘be a good sport’ refers back to this attitude.
The end of the 1970s marks the beginning of KAPPA’s commitment to Europe’s club football. After the first technical sponsorship in Italian football history (Juventus Turin) several other sponsorships with European top level football clubs followed. European Cup winners A.C. Milan, Ajax Amsterdam and Barcelona F.C. were among those teams.
During the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Kappa became a household name when the USA Track and Field Team wore Kappa sportswear and took home a grand total of 50 metals: 26 gold, 15 silver and nine bronzes. In addition Kappa became sponsor of the famous New York Marathon.
Today Kappa’s tradition of aligning itself with the best teams and players in sports continues as the sponsor of clubs such as Napoli, Aston Villa, AS Monaco, Fiorentina, Betis Sevilla, Mainz 05 along with many others.
Karl Kani
You’d be hard-pressed to find another fashion label that represents the streetwear and hip-hop scene as well and as authentically as Karl Kani. Artists like 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G. or Will Smith celebrated the brand for its casual cuts and stylish designs in the 90’s. Plenty of icons continue to celebrate it today. The brand was founded by 19-year-old Karl Kani in Brooklyn/New York in 1989. Originally known as Carl Williams, he was the first to introduce the concept of baggy jeans. Today, Karl Kani is recognised worldwide and is THE cult label when it comes to good streetwear and hip-hop fashion.
Keds
What does it mean to be a woman? WHATEVER. YOU. WANT. IT. TO. MEAN. We can’t shout this loud enough. There is no box. There is no ideal. There is no right way to be a woman; and there is certainly no wrong way. So we’re not going to try to define, or redefine, what it means to be a woman, and instead listen to what it means to each and every one of you. Then, we’re going to create and innovate to support whatever that is.
1916 – WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
The original rule breaker, the Champion wasn’t just the first sneaker we made, it was the first sneaker ever made for women. More than 100 years later, it’s still pushing boundaries. And so are the women who wear it.
BY WOMEN, FOR WOMEN
The Keds team is made up of mostly women (nearly 90%), and our leadership team is entirely female.
As a beloved, well-known brand of over 100 years, we realize that we have a unique opportunity to empower other women with our platform. That’s why with every single project we do, we recruit women-on-the-rise whenever possible, from collaborators to photographers, stylists, printers, illustrators, editors—even our fonts were designed by women.
Maison Courch
BRINGING TECH APPAREL TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
Born in the heart of the Alps, Maison Courch is an experimental fashion brand designed to fight the worst weather conditions. Now located in Paris, our performance and functional clothes combine the finest fabrics with Heat Control™ technology. Maison Courch always strives for innovation as we keep on partnering with the best fashion & apparel engineers in town!
Pegador
We founded our high fashion collective with two key aspects in mind; to respect the true identities and serve the passionate. Our collective offers unique styles from high end street wear to quality basics, inspired by the creative now and the past proven. In terms of style Pegador dresses the cool, the bad & the dark…The Pegador collections are already worn by a big international group of people vary from famous sport stars, fashion bloggers and stylists, and lots of other celebrities. In the near future other fashion initiatives and groundbreaking collaborations will come your way so be on the look out for much more!
Sean John
Sean John
Sixth June
Sixth June is one of the most disruptive brands in streetwear. Developing innovative pieces and future classics for more than 10 years. Based in Paris, the creative department consider every season as a challenge to impress its consumers. Sixth June is embracing every trend and merging it to “Streetstyle”. “We love what we used to hate. We hate what we used to love. We are Sixth June. We are Streetstyle.
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Urban Classics
The URBAN CLASSICS brand entered the streetwear world in 2005 and has embodied much more than just a logo ever since. The variety of URBAN CLASSICS products is inexhaustible. The tees, hoodies, college jackets, sweatpants, shirts and tank tops are kept simple with no motif prints or elaborate logos. The inimitable urban cut of this streetwear brand is characterised by simple styles that are accentuated with colour blocking.
URBAN CLASSICS is all about clear design. It’s less about the label itself and more about the unique character – classic cuts that are never out of style. At the forefront are the streetwear-style cut, specifically chosen colourways, washes and fabrics and the excellent quality. The extensive collection includes tank tops and tees as well as tight and loose-fitting sweatpants, hoodies and crew necks. Matching accessories such as beanies, scarves, gloves, belts, gym bags and sneaker socks are also always available.
URBAN CLASSICS provides the entire spectrum of clothing and can kit you out from head to toe! The main basics such as tees are not only limited to our wide colour palette of 24 colours; they also come in a variety of different cuts, such as long tees, pocket tees with long or short sleeves as well as V-necks and round necks. In addition to our high-quality jackets, sweat and denim items, the URBAN CLASSICS basics turn the spotlight on themselves with a wide range of materials and patterns. Twice a year (Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter) new items are added to the extensive collection, which is presented in a comprehensive seasonal catalogue.
URBAN CLASSICS provides the entire spectrum of clothing and can kit you out from head to toe! The main basics such as tees are not only limited to our wide colour palette of 24 colours; they also come in a variety of different cuts, such as long tees, pocket tees with long or short sleeves as well as V-necks and round necks. In addition to our high-quality jackets, sweat and denim items, the URBAN CLASSICS basics turn the spotlight on themselves with a wide range of materials and patterns. Twice a year (Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter) new items are added to the extensive collection, which is presented in a comprehensive seasonal catalogue.
von Dutch
Von Dutch is a fashion brand that was created in the early 2000’s led by famed French designer, Christian Audigier. The iconic Hollywood brand has been a staple on the pop culture and music scene for over 15 years. Since the launch, Von Dutch exploded into the fashion world and became one of the most desired and recognizable brands of its time.
Von Dutch continues to be one of the most influential brands that has stood the test of time. Currently, executive director of design Earl Pickens continues to drive the future of Von Dutch to a place where street culture meets luxury fashion.
One of the most influential fashion designers of his time, Earl Pickens graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago followed by a successful career as artistic director for ready to wear high-end brands including Charles Jourdan, Marlboro International Sportswear (Valention groupe) and more. Pickens work was honored as winner of Lazarus (Designer of Tomorrow) Award and the coveted Perry Ellis Awards. The beloved designer has dressed some of the most high profile celebrities, politicians and musicians including Barack Obama, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Hudson, Lady Gaga, Cindy Crawford and the British Olympic team, … His work has been featured across global fashion books such as: Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Official, etc.