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Shanghai Fashion Week Highlights: The Shape of Things to Come

We woke reasonably late following the feast and free flowing wine the night before. After gathering ourselves and our packs, we headed down to our homestay family’s small dining room for breakfast.

Refreshingly, what was expected of her was the same thing that was expected of Lara Stone: to take a beautiful picture.

We were making our way to the Rila Mountains, where we were visiting the Rila Monastery where we enjoyed scrambled eggs, toast, mekitsi, local jam and peppermint tea.

We wandered the site with busloads of other tourists, yet strangely the place did not seem crowded. I’m not sure if it was the sheer size of the place, or whether the masses congregated in one area and didn’t venture far from the main church, but I didn’t feel overwhelmed by tourists in the monastery.

Headed over Lions Bridge and made our way to the Sofia Synagogue, then sheltered in the Central Market Hall until the recurrent (but short-lived) mid-afternoon rain passed.

Feeling refreshed after an espresso, we walked a short distance to the small but welcoming Banya Bashi Mosque, then descended into the ancient Serdica complex.

We were exhausted after a long day of travel, so we headed back to the hotel and crashed.

I had low expectations about Sofia as a city, but after the walking tour I absolutely loved the place. This was an easy city to navigate, and it was a beautiful city – despite its ugly, staunch and stolid communist-built surrounds. Sofia has a very average facade as you enter the city, but once you lose yourself in the old town area, everything changes.

IF YOU HAVE IT, YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING LOOK GOOD

Clothes can transform your mood and confidence. Fashion moves so quickly that, unless you have a strong point of view, you can lose integrity. I like to be real. I don’t like things to be staged or fussy. I think I’d go mad if I didn’t have a place to escape to. You have to stay true to your heritage, that’s what your brand is about.

Ercan Yıldırım
Ercan Yıldırım
Ercan Yıldırım 1977 Ankara - Kızılcahamam doğumlu. İlk ve orta öğrenimini Ankara’da tamamladı. Dil ve Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi Coğrafya Bölümü mezunu. Bir süre gazetecilik yaptı. Yazıları başta Dergâh, İtibar, Umran ve Cins olmak üzere çeşitli dergilerde, Yeni Şafak ve Star Gazetesi Açık Görüş’te yayımlandı. Çağdaş Türk ve İslam Düşüncesi, İslamcılık, Türk Siyasi Hayatı, İdeolojiler üzerine çalışmalarına devam ediyor. Eserleri: Modern Türkün Hikâyesi (Elips Yayınları - 2011) Edebiyatta Türkün Düşüncesi (Elips Yayınları - 2012) Türk Düşüncesinde İslam (Hece Yayınları - 2013) Anadolu'da İslam Ruhu (Dergâh Yayınları - 2014) Zamanın Ruhuna Karşı (Profil Yayınları - 2014) Neoliberal İslamcılık (Pınar Yayınları – 2016; Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği 2016 Fikir Ödülü) İslamcılığın İki Kurucusu (Pınar Yayınları – 2016) Cendere-Gezi’den 16 Nisan’a, Düşünceden Siyasete (Pınar Yayınları – 2017) Kültür Cephesinden Kültür Savaşlarına Türkiye’nin Yeni Kültürü (Pınar Yayınları – 2018; Eskader 2018 Düşünce Ödülü) Yayıma Hazırlama: Şairin Devriye Nöbeti Serisi (İsmet Özel’in gazete yazıları / 12 kitap)

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