{"id":2210,"date":"2011-09-29T07:18:58","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T11:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2020-01-21T18:50:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T22:50:49","slug":"in-the-world-of-fashion-branding-its-a-case-of-fashyin-fashyang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/2011\/09\/29\/in-the-world-of-fashion-branding-its-a-case-of-fashyin-fashyang\/","title":{"rendered":"In the world of Fashion Branding &#8212; It\u2019s a case of: FASHYIN \/ FASHYANG &#x2122;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/author\/peggyfincherwinters\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1191\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/2011\/06\/23\/consumers-message-to-the-brand-tell-me-a-story\/brandpsychlogo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/files\/2011\/06\/Brandpsychlogo.jpg?fit=320%2C224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"320,224\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brandpsychlogo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/files\/2011\/06\/Brandpsychlogo.jpg?fit=320%2C224&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1191\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/files\/2011\/06\/Brandpsychlogo.jpg?resize=105%2C74\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fashion branding cannot utilize only push communications &#8212; it is best as a proper balance between <span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>pull (fashyin) and push (fashyang<\/strong>)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2231\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/2011\/09\/29\/in-the-world-of-fashion-branding-its-a-case-of-fashyin-fashyang\/screen-shot-2011-09-26-at-3-30-00-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/files\/2011\/09\/Screen-shot-2011-09-26-at-3.30.00-PM.png?fit=334%2C237&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"334,237\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fashYIN fashYANG\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/files\/2011\/09\/Screen-shot-2011-09-26-at-3.30.00-PM.png?fit=334%2C237&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2231 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/files\/2011\/09\/Screen-shot-2011-09-26-at-3.30.00-PM.png?resize=177%2C124\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"124\" \/><br \/>\nFashion brand communications should exhibit how the consumer\u2019s concept of self-branding is a balance of \u201cpersonal fashion\u201d and \u201ctrend fashion.\u201d\u00a0 <strong><em>My-style dressing<\/em><\/strong> is more evident than it has ever been since the advent of fashion designer brands, fashion product brands, and fashion store brands.<\/p>\n<p><em>My-style dressing<\/em> is based on a fashion balance that \u201cpulls\u201d styling from a consumer as much as it \u201cpushes\u201d styles from a brand.\u00a0 A fashion brand should now offer to make consumers glorious themselves, as well as to those people who mean the most to them.\u00a0 Fashion brands must strike a balance of trends and firsts in styling between the personal <span style=\"color: #993300\">\u201cfash<em>yin<\/em>\u201d<\/span> and the commercial <span style=\"color: #993300\">\u201cfash<em>yang<\/em>\u201d<span style=\"color: #333333\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here we present five guidelines that a fashion brand can communicate with its target consumers:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be adventurous &#8212; don\u2019t hesitate to experiment with your style.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t worry if a specific trend, cargo pants or form fitting suits, don\u2019t flatter your figure \u2013 don\u2019t adopt them for your \u201cMy-Style\u201d choices<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to blaze the fashion trail \u2013 you are your own fashion master \u2013 get inspiration by balancing retro with metro!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Balance your fashion shopping between stores you do know and stores you should know \u2013 balance comfort with experimentation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find the most dramatic and rewarding feeling of being a self-stylist, by balancing your style sensations with your common sense.<\/p>\n<p>This offers a feedback opportunity for the brand to pull ideas from the consumer in order to push the brand\u2019s creative ideas to the fashion-buying consumer\u2026<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300\">FASH<em>YIN<\/em> \/ FASH<em>YANG<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em> Keep thinking!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Arthur &amp; Peggy Winters co-teach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitnyc.edu\/8272.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SXB 200 Brand Marketing Communications for Image &amp; Meaning<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitnyc.edu\/3044.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SXR 050 Intro to Branding: The Art of Customer Bonding<\/a>. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fashion branding cannot utilize only push communications &#8212; it is best as a proper balance between pull (fashyin) and push (fashyang). Fashion brand communications should exhibit how the consumer\u2019s concept of self-branding is a balance of \u201cpersonal fashion\u201d and \u201ctrend fashion.\u201d\u00a0 My-style dressing is more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"post-templates\/post-middle-column.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8597,8600],"tags":[8598,8594,8585,9268,8572,7534],"class_list":["post-2210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brand-management","category-inside-retail","tag-branding","tag-creative","tag-fashion-styling","tag-fashionistas","tag-retail","tag-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1v7EM-zE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}