{"id":1095,"date":"2009-07-13T02:36:49","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T18:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailydozencreative.com\/weblog\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2009-07-13T02:36:49","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T18:36:49","slug":"the-power-of-branding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?p=1095","title":{"rendered":"the power of branding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"'shopping' at chanel (photo: katherine lam)\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dailydozencreative.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/monks-chanel.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1096\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?attachment_id=1096\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.deaconyu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/monks-chanel.jpg?fit=600%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,419\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1247429345&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=\"monks-chanel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.deaconyu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/monks-chanel.jpg?fit=600%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1096\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dailydozencreative.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/monks-chanel.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.deaconyu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/monks-chanel.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.deaconyu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/monks-chanel.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>a picture is worth a thousand words<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a picture is worth a thousand words<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","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_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":[11],"tags":[54,33,55],"class_list":["post-1095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-past","tag-chanel","tag-china-fashion-market","tag-monks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pp6zn-hF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":343,"url":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?p=343","url_meta":{"origin":1095,"position":0},"title":"why coco chanel might be responsible for streetwear&#8230;","author":"deacon","date":"22 Jan 09","format":false,"excerpt":"t-shirt is a staple of streetwear. it's hard to imagine streetwear could exist without it. i mean, could you see all the street kids just wearing a cap and a shirt with jeans? t-shirt is made from cotton jersey (named for the island of 'jersey', between england and france). the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;the past&quot;","block_context":{"text":"the past","link":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"coco chanel","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dailydozencreative.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/coco-chanel.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":86,"url":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?p=86","url_meta":{"origin":1095,"position":1},"title":"the power of ideas","author":"deacon","date":"18 Dec 08","format":false,"excerpt":"TT and fashion? 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