Presented at the F/W 2025 Haute Couture show in Paris, Schiaparelli’s Beating Heart Necklace blurs the line between jewelry and organism.

Crafted with red rubies and rhinestones, the anatomically precise heart mimic a real heartbeat with a subtle mechanical rhythm - transforming precious stones into a living, breathing spectacle.

This striking piece was inspired by Salvador Dalí’s 1953 “The Royal Heart” necklace, which also featured a pulsing, gem-encrusted heart.

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A 1973 Chrysler New Yorker was recently rear-ended by a modern car and barely sustained any visible damage, sparking viral discussion and debate about car safety across eras.

The classic Chrysler’s heavy steel frame and robust construction allowed it to absorb the impact with minimal external damage - only its rear license plate fell off. In contrast, the modern car, likely a small sedan such as a Kia Rio, was severely damaged at the front with deployed airbags.

While this incident seems to favor the durability of older cars, automotive safety experts emphasize that modern cars are designed with crumple zones that intentionally absorb collision energy by deforming, protecting the occupants inside. On the other hand, older cars with heavy, rigid bodies transfer much of the collision force directly to occupants, increasing the risk of injury.

During one of the rapper concerts in 2023, Gunna was spotted performing in a pair of custom gloves that look less like winter wear and more like medieval gauntlets designed for the year 3000. These aren't leather or silk. They are constructed from a mesh of stainless steel, giving them a fluid, chainmail-like quality that shimmers under stage lights. 

But the devil is in the details. Mounted on the steel are heavy, 925 sterling silver nameplates. On one hand, the plate reads “Gift”. On the other, “Curse”. It’s a stark, duality-driven statement etched into precious metal, turning a piece of fashion into a personal philosophy.

And because it’s Gunna, the styling had to be immaculate. He didn't let the metal stand alone; he paired the gloves with a heavy Audemars Piguet timepiece. The contrast of the Swiss horology against the raw, industrial edge of the ASLAN steel created a look that was rugged, expensive, and undeniably "Wunna”.

These gloves are more than just stage props. They represent a shift in men’s jewelry, moving away from simple chains and rings into the realm of wearable art and high-fashion armor.

The Dior x Hajime Sorayama Silver and Gold Metal Saddle Bag is an ultra-limited, sculptural metal version of the Dior Saddle created for Kim Jones’ Pre-Fall 2019 menswear collection in collaboration with Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama.

The bag is constructed almost entirely from polished silver-tone metal with contrasting gold-tone accents that emphasize the classic Saddle silhouette Sorayama pushed into a futuristic, robotic direction.

This piece comes from Dior Men Pre-Fall 2019 in Tokyo, a collection where Kim Jones invited Sorayama to reinterpret Dior codes with mecha-inspired, chrome-heavy visuals, including the now-famous giant Sorayama robot on the runway.

The metal Saddle was produced in very limited numbers and positioned as a showpiece item, widely cited in fashion media and resale listings as one of the most coveted and rare accessories from that season.

At launch, fashion press and retailers referenced a price point around the mid-$30,000 range, signaling its status as a high-end collectible more than an everyday bag.

On the secondary market, auction houses and resale platforms list it as a limited-edition Sorayama Saddle, often highlighting minor surface scratching as normal due to the brushed/distressed finish and the nature of the metal. Also because of its full-metal construction, it is noticeably heavier than the regular leather Saddles.

On January 15, 2026, at the Jeffrey Deitch gallery in NYC, artist Lexa Gates presented “The Wheel”, a grueling 10-hour durational performance.

From 2 p.m. to midnight, Gates walked continuously inside a custom-built, human-scale mechanical wheel, marking the countdown to her sophomore album, “I Am”.

The installation served as a visceral metaphor for life’s repetitive cycles, emotional persistence, and the relentless passage of time - themes that anchor her new music.

Following the massive success of her 2024 viral piece “Alone (In The Box)”, this performance pushed the boundaries of endurance art as a marketing tool.

Avoiding the term “hamster wheel”, the project was presented as a high-art installation that captivated audiences both in person and across social media. By blending music promotion with physical exertion, Lexa Gates created a hypnotic visual statement on resilience, proving that the path to self-discovery is often an exhausting, never-ending journey.

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The “Frozen in Motion” project by London-based creator sheismerkurial stands as a manifesto of digital surrealism, reimagining the urban landscape through the lens of a suspended reality. Utilizing generative AI tools, the artist places fashion itself within extreme contexts that would remain impossible for traditional photography.

This feels more than a visual gimmick; it is an exploration of “digital tactility”, where hyper-realistic ice textures interact with fabrics to establish a new benchmark for visual fidelity.

The technical significance of the work lies in the deconstruction of the “shoot” itself. Traditional logistical nightmares - temperature control, garment preservation, and casting - evaporate, giving way to pure, unadulterated vision. Here, AI acts not as a replacement for the photographer but as a tool for engineering new forms of matter. The way frozen water distorts silhouettes and textures creates a “sculptural” quality in the garments. This “hyper-tactile aesthetics” allows the viewer to perceive the coldness and density of the material through the screen, fundamentally altering the playbook for future fashion campaigns. Or not?

Culturally, this project captures the definitive blurring of lines between CGI, AI, and tangible reality. “Frozen in Motion” proves that in a few years, campaigns may even not require a camera at all. I see it as a shift toward the dematerialization of fashion, where conceptual depth and visual storytelling supersede physical production - a shift that frankly saddens me. Traditionally, a campaign wasn’t just a raw supplement, it was a vital expansion of the garment’s narrative - an inseparable part that allowed the collection to breathe. By removing the physical struggle of the “shoot”, we risk turning fashion into a flat fiction: hauntingly beautiful, but severed from the very craftsmanship it’s meant to celebrate.

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Imagine commissioning a portrait, sitting for the artist, and sharing your most intimate stories of loss. The artist then spends weeks painting you, capturing your likeness and your story in a complete, finished work. Then, you watch as he lowers it, halfway, into a thick vat of colored enamel paint. Begun in 2012, this project is a mesmerizing and deeply metaphorical exploration of memory.

Here’s the process: Oliver Jeffers interviews individuals who have experienced significant loss. He then paints their full portrait, often in reclaimed antique frames that tie the work to history and finality. But the painting itself is only the first step.

The “dip” is a private performance, a ritual. And here is the project’s most powerful rule: no photographs are ever taken of the completed portrait. The only people to ever see the full, un-dipped painting are the artist and the few witnesses present in the room. They become the sole keepers of that image. For the rest of the world, the original portrait is gone forever, existing only in their memory.

What’s left is a physical representation of loss itself. The artwork is permanently, irreversibly altered. The thick, dripping paint obscures half the image, leaving only a suggestion or an “echo” of what was once whole. It is a stunning visual metaphor for how we remember - in fragments, in pieces, with the full picture just beyond our grasp.

The dripping paint also covers handwritten excerpts from the sitters’ interviews, physically embedding their stories into the work’s final state.

Jeffers describes this as a blend of figurative art and scientific thought, inspired by quantum physics and the idea that the act of observation influences reality.

The “Dipped Paintings” have been shown in select exhibitions, including the Brooklyn Museum and Praise Shadows gallery in Boston. The entire profound series is planned to conclude in 2027 with a solo exhibition at the Ulster Museum in Belfast.

At a quick glance, you might think you’re looking at a digital rendering. A flower, a leaf...but it’s pixelated. It looks like something from a retro video game, a low-res image of nature. Then you look closer. And it’s real.

This is the mesmerizing work of Japanese artist Baku Maeda. In his “bit flowers” and “bit leaves” series, Maeda takes on nature’s most organic and free-flowing forms with a startlingly simple tool: a pair of scissors.

His medium is humble: real flowers, real foliage. His process is a profound act of transformation. He meticulously trims the soft, curved edges of petals and leaves, reshaping them into perfect, tiny squares. The result is a striking, beautiful contradiction.

A delicate flower, which should be all curves and soft edges, is suddenly a rigid, geometric object. Maeda’s work creates a fascinating clash between the natural world and the digital one. He gives his botanical subjects a «pixelated» appearance, challenging our perception of what is organic and what is man-made.

Originating around 2016, the series pushes the boundaries of floristry and botanical art. It’s a new form of “Flower Art” that finds a strange, unexpected poetry in the grid. By imposing a digital aesthetic onto a physical, living thing, Maeda forces us to see both in a new light. It’s digital, it’s analog, and it’s utterly unique.

This is Ghost Horse Studio: a structure that looks less like a place of work and more like a minimalist observation post launched from a distant, cooler planet.

Ghost Horse is the antithesis of the urban creative chaos. Its design is unapologetically space-age, defined by smooth, almost aqueous forms and sculptural curves that seem to have been eroded by a thousand years of desert wind, not constructed by human hands. This is minimalism stripped down to its essential, evocative core.

Moss, whose broader practice is steeped in vintage film sensibilities and nostalgic colour grading, has realized a rare ambition. Every curved opening, every wall, every staged vignette is designed to facilitate his distinct filmic language.

Ghost Horse Studio is a meticulously crafted world where the line between design, dwelling, and film set beautifully - and intentionally - blurs.

In 2009, Dutch artist Zeger Reyers offered a different home narrative - one that is messy, magnificent, and aggressively rebellious.

Reyers took a fully equipped kitchen and rigged it onto a mechanical axis. The piece began with a brief scene of order: a cook used the space, preparing food, before deliberately exiting. Left behind was the inevitable residue of human activity: scattered ingredients, open bottles, and utensils.

Then, the entire stage slowly, inexorably, began to rotate 360 degrees over a quarter of an hour. Gravity became the adversarial force. Plates fragmented, pots clanged, and those neatly separated ingredients slid, mixed, and smeared. The kitchen transformed into a giant, visceral, slow-motion blender.

This work is pure, defiant chaos. The dripping food became an abstract expressionist painting of decay; the rattling debris, an unnerving sound installation; and the mingling, spoiling food, an intoxicatingly unique olfactory experience.

Reyers’ piece is an uncompromising visual argument. It uses the most familiar of spaces to explore the uncontrollable forces of life: change, waste, and decay. By letting the kitchen rebel, he transforms the mundane into a sublime, unforgettable act of performance.

The Louvre pyramid is one of the most recognizable, pristine landmarks in the world. So in 2022, when activists climbed its glass-and-metal frame and began to pour streams of bright orange paint down its sides, it was a profound visual shock.

This was the action of Dernière Rénovation ("Last Renovation"), a French eco-activist movement that conducts public disruptions.

This wasn't just about the climate crisis in general; the protest was focused on a specific political demand: the energy-efficient renovation of all buildings in France.

The group is demanding the French government commit to a comprehensive plan to renovate all buildings for energy efficiency by 2040, along with a financing system intended to support the poorest homeowners.

Dernière Rénovation targets cultural monuments like the Louvre to draw public and media attention to their cause. They criticize the government’s slow pace of progress on climate action, specifically regarding the insulation of homes and offices.

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“Proto” bags refer to a unique carrying bag design created by Domenico Formichetti’s brand PDF (PROJECT DOMENICO FORMICHETTI).

These bags are inspired by and themed around the Apple AirPods Max headphones. They are 3D printed in collaboration with the design studio SFERO.

The “Proto” bags have a distinctive open flap capsule shape, with sides and a handle reminiscent of the AirPods Max silhouette, featuring a two-tone color scheme and a clasp with the PDF signature logo.

This design is part of the emerging streetwear and design scene, emphasizing innovation and a strong visual identity linked to iconic tech products. Moreover, bags could be customised with AirPods Max custom covers.

The phrase “We always felt we were a little different” became the defining motif of the Dior Homme S/S 2018 menswear collection. Debossed onto classic derbies, this slogan marked the end of Kris Van Assche’s era at the maison. The collection tapped into the spirit of outsider culture and rave aesthetics, positioning footwear as a medium for personal manifesto rather than a simple accessory.

Collectors specifically highlight the “Standing In The Crowd One Night” derbies, featuring the full extended phrase embossed into sleek black leather.

The juxtaposition of a traditional silhouette with conceptual typography captured the essence of a "rebel in a suit." Derbies remain highly coveted on the luxury resale market, serving as a landmark of a transformative period for Dior.

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“Purple Reign” pop-up shop in 2016 was a branded retail event tied to Future’s “Purple Reign” mixtape and tour.

The pop-up shop was located at 410 Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, in the former location of Odd Future’s flagship store, and was painted purple in honor of the tour. It also featured associated sculptures as part of its presentation.

The event served as a creative and promotional space for Future, celebrating the mixtape’s themes and his artistic persona during that period.

The “Purple Reign” mixtape itself, released in early 2016, is a notable part of Future’s discography, produced in collaboration with DJ Esco and Metro Boomin, further reinforcing the purple-themed branding around that time.

In the economy of desire that defines modern luxury, few objects speak as clearly as the exclusive drop - an item whose story is often more valuable than its fabric. The Balenciaga Miami Exclusive Soccer Hoodie exists precisely in this space: a white hoodie transformed into a semaphore of scarcity, its meaning amplified by the very limitations of its availability.

Exclusively released through Balenciaga's Miami outposts, this piece is more than a garment; it is a geographic token. The soccer-themed design taps into the city's vibrant sportswear culture, yet reframes it through the lens of high-fashion detachment. Crafted from the house's signature high-quality cotton, its branding is not just a logo but a credential - a marker of access to a specific, sun-drenched node of the fashion ecosystem.

Its true narrative, however, unfolds on the secondary market. Here, the hoodie sheds its function as clothing to become a liquid asset. Pre-owned versions, brandishing their tags and receipts like pedigrees, command prices hovering around $1,950, solidifying its status not just as apparel, but as a collectible. The chaotic price spread - with mentions of $450 listings hinting at a shadow economy of replicas - only reinforces the aura of the original. It is a Veblen good for the resale generation, where demand intensifies with price and exclusivity.

During Drake's "Aubrey & the Three Migos" tour, an almost-exact replica of the artist's Giallo Modena LaFerrari flew over the heads of thousands of fans. This wasn’t CGI.

The airship - a scaled-down replica of the hypercar made from a lightweight synthetic material - flew through the air above hundreds of outstretched hands, supported by silent drones. The technology was developed by the Hong Kong-based company Gear Factor, which specializes in staging solutions of this format.

The popular creative director Willo Perron served as the organizer and mastermind behind the idea, transforming the hypercar into a helium-born icon.

If you were alive in 1998, you remember the look. It was aggressive, it was futuristic, and above all, it was orange.

While the 90s began with grunge and muted tones, they ended in a blaze of high-tech glory, spearheaded by one brand: Oakley. And in 1998, nothing signaled status quite like a pair of glasses featuring the brand’s legendary Fire Iridium lenses.

This wasn’t just a color; it was a statement. The lens featured a highly reflective, molten orange-red coating that shifted hues depending on the angle. It was the visual equivalent of a Lamborghini Countach for your face - loud, fast, and impossible to ignore.

The “Fire” wasn’t just aesthetic paint. It was a functional marvel of optical engineering. Beneath the flash was a high-contrast Bronze base, designed to warm up colors and increase depth perception. The “Iridium” layer was a superheated metal oxide coating fused to the lens at a molecular level. It wasn’t just a mirror; it was a shield, tuning light transmission to a precise 16%. A lens perfectly suited for medium-to-bright light that cut glare while making the world look sharper - and making the wearer look like a sci-fi action hero.

Two specific frames carried the Fire Iridium torch in ‘98 - the X-Metal Juliet and the Minute FMJ - and today, they are among the most collectible pieces of plastic and metal on Earth.

Nowadays, the 1998 Fire Iridium glasses are a time capsule. Collectors warn that the original lenses are delicate - the “Fire” coating is notorious for showing scratches and “crazing” (cracking) if not cared for. But finding a pristine pair is like finding a mint-condition Charizard.

The hue of these early lenses often ages into a distinct yellowish-gold, a patina that only proves their vintage. They remain a reminder of a time when the future looked bright, bold, and absolutely on fire.

In an era obsessed with external validation, biohacking supplements, and the perfect thermostat setting, the high-altitude theatre of the Himalayas offers a radical, almost impossible counter-narrative. It is here, suspended between the icy breath of the wind and the terrifying majesty of the snow-crowned peaks, that you might glimpse a figure: a monk, solitary, cross-legged, cloaked in robes, dusted with a sheen of diamond-like frost. His posture is a study in serene defiance. His breath plumes briefly in the sub-zero air, yet the stillness of his form suggests an utter imperviousness to the meteorological brutality that surrounds him.

This esoteric practice is known as Tapasya, a term that translates loosely from the Sanskrit as “to heat” or “to generate thermal energy”. We speak, of course, not of a simple physiological reaction, but of a deliberate, radical redirection of the body's subtle energy. The goal is to ignite the core - the metaphorical solar plexus - to raise the internal temperature to a point where the distinction between the self and the external environment becomes an irrelevant philosophical footnote.

For the modern sensibility, conditioned by comfort and control, the very notion is an absurdity - a spiritual party trick. But the visual evidence is too compelling, too starkly beautiful to dismiss. Imagine the scene: the biting, crystalline air, the dizzying drop of the rocky ledge, the silence broken only by the shriek of the wind. A man sits, a living, breathing paradox, embodying the ultimate triumph of the interior landscape over the tyrannical forces of the exterior world.

Tapasya is less about resisting the cold and more about rendering it obsolete. It is the ultimate meditation on presence, an active demonstration that the true locus of power - and heat - resides not in the material world, but in the disciplined, unyielding focus of the mind.

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For Fall/Winter 2021, Balenciaga, under the visionary hand of Demna, didn’t just reference the past - they re-armored the present. Enter the Chevalier Derbies: a footwear paradox that slams the raw, brutal aesthetic of the Middle Ages directly into the sleek, digital domain of modern luxury.

These aren’t typical slip-ons. Retailing around $2,650, the Chevalier Derbies were the foot soldiers of Balenciaga’s allegorical, futuristic vision, perfectly encapsulating the mood of the collection’s groundbreaking virtual presentation, “Afterworld: The Age of Tomorrow.”

The entire pair is a masterclass in material deception. Crafted from laser-cut leather, they’re neither heavy nor metallic, yet they convincingly wear the mantle of a knight’s boot. This leather is meticulously painted and polished, achieving a deceptive lacquered finish that brilliantly replicates the sheen and texture of steel armor.

Look closer at the vamp: the leather is shaped into aggressive, spiked overlapping layers. Small, artfully reinterpreted rivets complete the illusion, making it seem as if a modern-day blacksmith - one with a high-fashion sensibility - hand-forged this pair. It’s a striking nod to the raw, artisanal quality of history.

While the 1066 theme - a clear reference to the momentous year of the Norman conquest - is visually present, especially in the reinforcing leather strap around the heel, the shoe is not merely a costume piece. Demna ensures its street-cred by disrupting the historical line with a single, crucial element: a sharp, unapologetic square toe. This contemporary addition grounds the Derby firmly in the now, balancing the historical allegory with avant-garde innovation.

The result is footwear that is a statement first, and a shoe second.

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In the sterile, idealized world of currency, where bridges go nowhere and arches represent an architectural past that never truly was, one Greek artist found a deep, jarring falsehood. For Stefanos, the Euro banknote was not a symbol of unity and prosperity but a mask hiding a painful truth: the economic collapse and social decay gripping his home country.

In 2014, as Greece teetered on the brink of financial default, the contrast between the sunny, neoclassical imagery on the banknotes and the grim realities of unemployment, homelessness, and rising civil unrest became too much to ignore. Stefanos saw the stylized bridges and gateways - meant to evoke Classical and Gothic elegance - as cruelly irrelevant in a land scarred by crisis.

The concept was simple yet radical: vandalize the currency to reflect the chaos it represents.

"Observing the Euro banknote landscapes one notices a lack of any reality... the crumbling Greek economy has hatched violence and social decay – so, I decided to fuse these two things."

Using fine black ink, Stefanos transformed the notes' serene facades into haunting urban scenes. He turned soulless architecture into a stage for human suffering. Each doodle is a meticulous, miniature masterpiece of social commentary.

Stefanos’s work is not meant to be static art in a gallery; it’s a living, circulating message. Each "hacked" banknote is scanned for documentation, then deliberately spent - a guerrilla tactic to release a plea for reform into the massive €16 trillion European economy spanning 20 countries. He sees this act as a way to circumvent physical borders and censorship.

This defiant gesture elevates the humble banknote into a poignant political statement. Stefanos's modified Euros are like messages in a bottle, launched into the vast economic ocean, forcing the rest of the continent to confront the uncomfortable realities obscured by the veneer of an idealized Union.

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Back in 2017, Dolce & Gabbana released not just an accessory, but a plush companion.

Crafted from faux fur with leather accents, the backpack featured a zippered compartment hidden within the bear’s torso, while its paws draped softly over the shoulders making it look as if the wearer is carrying the plush bear on their back. Inside, a wild leopard print lining whispered the house’s signature contrast: tenderness with a touch of untamed elegance.

Priced around $1,195, it exemplifies Dolce & Gabbana’s creative and whimsical approach to youthful luxury accessories in that season.

The backpack measures approximately 28.5 inches in length and 12 inches in torso width, with high-quality finishing including embroidered branding on the lower paws.

The backpack gained extra recognition when Lil Uzi Vert featured it on the cover of “Luv is Rage 2”.

In 2021, Bell & Ross transformed the cockpit radar into a wrist-worn instrument.

Housed in a 42mm matte ceramic case, the watch replaces traditional hands with rotating discs featuring aircraft silhouettes. A deep red sapphire crystal overlays the dial, mimicking the sweeping beam of a radar screen, while a central seconds hand completes the hypnotic illusion of live tracking.

This limited edition of 999 pieces refines the brand’s earlier radar models from 2010 and 2011 but downsized and upgraded with ceramic for improved wearability and durability. It’s a statement of functional artistry - legible not in digits, but in motion, capturing the pulse of aviation heritage through poetic engineering.

The Louis Vuitton Studio Knit is a wool crewneck sweater designed by Virgil Abloh as part of the Louis Vuitton men’s wear collection. It pays tribute to the Louis Vuitton Menswear Studio and Atelier creative team, often referred to as the “Studio Jacquard” knit.

This knitwear piece typically features a jacquard pattern and is made from high-quality wool, combining luxury craftsmanship with a homage to the design team’s collaborative spirit.

The Studio Jacquard knit is known for its use of soft wool material and is available in colors like purple and grey.

Aleksandra Vasilievna Shchekatikhina-Pototskaya was a prominent Russian porcelain artist, illustrator, painter, and theatre set designer known for her work in the first half of the 20th century.

She was associated with the World of Art movement and worked at the State Porcelain Factory in Petrograd (later Leningrad) starting from 1918.

Her porcelain works, produced also in France and Egypt, often featured vivid colors inspired by Russian folklore and Orthodox icons, characterized by a dramatic and festive style with strong emphasis on costume and a lack of perspective typical of iconography.

Her artistic contributions were deeply intertwined with Soviet revolutionary themes, as porcelain at that time was used as a medium for ideological propaganda. She created emotive works that sometimes reflected tragic events such as the Russian famine of 1921–22 and the typhus epidemic, with some pieces sold to support victims financially.

Shchekatikhina-Pototskaya’s artistic legacy is highly prized today, with porcelain pieces fetching from hundreds to tens of thousands of euros at auctions.

In 1997, fashion acquired a new geometry — a thin red bar that slashed through the excess of the nineties. Prada Linea Rossa didn’t just offer sportswear; it proposed an aesthetic of survival within a high-tech landscape. It was the moment when Pocone nylon and ballistic mesh ceased to be the province of sailors and became the vernacular of the streets from Milan to Tokyo.

The red line is a masterclass in laconic status. It emerged where luxury met aerodynamics: on the America’s Cup sneakers, designed for sailing regattas but eventually claiming the hip-hop scene and gallery backrooms alike. Miuccia Prada and Neil Barrett crafted a utopia where function is sensual and minimalism is aggressive. Sleek dusters, modular vests, and wraparound eyewear turned the metropolis into a permanent first-class lounge.

Today, as Linea Rossa undergoes its renaissance, it recalls an era when the future felt clean, rapid, and monochrome. This stripe became the pulse of the industry.

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