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The Ever Evolving Fashion Industry and the Hidden Message Behind the Versace for H&M Commercial

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High-end fashion designers adore thinking outside the box when it comes to marketing their brands, which is tremendously reflected on their runway shows, fashion ads and websites. Sometimes they create jobs which make sense to everyone, and sometimes they go totally bananas and leave many questions in people’s minds. However, they all do this to stand out in the crowded fashion market, gain their signature and eventually create a great buzz. In this post, I will share my thoughts on the ever evolving fashion industry, how big brands stay on top of their games during difficult economic times, and the hidden message behind the Versace for H&M Commercial. Designer Collaboration Is the New Black! High-end designer collaborations with mass retailers are very popular and have become the new black in the fast evolving fashion industry. A capsule collection is a great example for these fashion collaborations, where retailers offer high fashion designs at lower prices to their customers...

Bertoia's Diamond Chair and Thonet's Chair No. 14

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Ever since I was a little girl, I have always been fascinated by chair designs. My very own white and yellow striped beach chaise longue The first chair that I fell in love with was my white and yellow striped beach chaise longue. It looked almost like this: ...but mine had white wood instead of brown with white and yellow stripes. Bertoia's Diamond Chair Then I fell in love with the diamond chair that my grandparents had in their summer house in Istanbul, Turkey. (Our chairs had orange cushions.) My grandparents had these super cool looking white chairs made of wires in their kitchen. If you were a type of person who thought that the glass was half empty rather than half full, you could have thought that these chairs were made of air. When I asked my grandpa why he picked those chairs for the kitchen, he (who was a very famous and successful professional architect and building contractor in Turkey) said those chairs were designed by a very famous designer called Har...