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L 🎡 NDRA Travel Guide : Are you one of those who visit a place like a tourist or one of those who let it flow? For us, visiting a place means following our heart, letting it flow and being included in the spirit of that place. While we were abroad for the first time in a year and a half, we wrote about the places you should see in London to share our experiences. If you are a London lover, you can tag the must-see places in the comments 🙏🏻 - Portobello Road : The indispensable antique market on...

OPEN LETTER TO FASHION DESIGN STUDENTS AND CANDIDATES Studying fashion design, being a "fashion designer"... What is fashion? How do you become a "fashionist"? I am writing based on my experience. Most importantly, I'm being honest: The information you learned or will learn at school will not fully prepare you for the "real" fashion world. In order to study fashion design, the following process starts before school starts: When we say drawing courses that start before the end of high school, then prepared portfolios, interviews, consultants, applications, we actually start education before we start school. When we are far from...

"Right" proportions, 90-60-90 sizes, minimum height restrictions, ideal weight... Have you ever thought about how these definitions that sound familiar to our ears came to be? More precisely, have you ever thought about how the standard body sizes of clothes are determined and why you have to fit into a certain pattern? While these questions were plaguing my mind, I realized that there were actually more questions to ask deep down. Is there such a thing as the "right body"? How are these concepts changing? Does the fashion system allow body freedom or does it put us in certain patterns?...

Up-cycling is no longer a distant phenomenon. Problems affecting the world and humanity such as climate crises, serious deterioration of the ecosystem, fires that last for days, and the shift of seasons are among the agenda topics and trends that have taken their place in the fashion world. We have started to become much more conscious, we are taking our steps by thinking and trying to be a part of a new cycle. We started in 2016 to participate in this cycle. We collect discarded fabrics for 4.5 years and turn them into new designs. Upcycling is exactly that, transforming...