Anthro. Short for Anthropologie. Key word to all my friends as dang cool.
Used in conversation: "I LOVE that dress and the ruffles are so cool."
"Thanks. I got at it Anthropologie. On clearance."
"Awe...it looks like Antrho."
Used in a sentence: "You got that at _____?!? It looks like something you'd get at Anthropologie!"
It's a store, a catalog, a movement of cute clothes, home good, books, and more. All my friends know it and love it. Even though I could fit all the things that I bought from there in the palm of my hands, I still adore it. They are cool. They are funky. They are different.
My favorite, favorite thing are their window displays and merchandising. It's amazing. It inspired my tree stand that I use every year. It's so cool. In almost every retail joint where I've worked, I've been involved in merchandising. Clothes. Home decor. Bookstore. From following a guidebook to having complete freedom, I've enjoyed it all.
When I see the displays at Anthropologie, I have to wonder how they come to be. Is it straight out of a guidebook? Do the clerks just come up with fun creative ways? I wonder...and now I know.
Because I found Kara Paslay Design blog. She is a display coordinator for the Anthropologie in Tulsa.
Do yourself a favor and go to her blog. Check out her before and afters, her home, her portfolio and her work at Anthropologie. It's definitely worth it.
one of my former youth group girls now college student is a design intern at anthro this summer in Birmingham! She got to help set up a display as soon as she got there, and then her design for a new display was chosen to be used by her store as well as other stores. pretty cool and fascinating.
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