Character Name — Sanem Çetin
FCs — leyla lydia tuğutlu
“Brilliant - and just a little bit mad.” A review of both Çetin Chic’s fall collection, and the designer behind it. An eccentric. An outsider. A mad woman. The papers paint a vivid and avant garde picture of the genius behind the fashion house. But even in the wildest imaginations of journalists and critics alike, they could not do Sanem justice. No one knows how or when she came about - and that’s how she designed it. A wannabe designer that stepped onto the scene at just seventeen, she sewed hem lines for fashion houses like Versace and Dolce and Gabbana. When asked about her life prior to Milan, the story is ever changing. As it turns out, Sanem is just as creative with fiction as she is with fashion design. Fortunately, an off-beat personality has a way of warding off inspection. All anyone can see is her work - and what a glorious sight it is. Dark, chic, and ahead of the curve - it trickles through the upper echelons of society at lightning speed. But no one could mistake it for the works of well-known labels, and Sanem is duly put out of commission. A woman who comes from nothing, however, isn’t one to surrender. This time, she does it on her terms - and on the dime of a far long relative, from her jaded past. An individual mind - she breaks away from expectations, and sets up shop in Florence instead of Milan. It’s there that Mercury calls to her, with its vast commercial knowledge and resources. And though Sanem falls in line, identifying the power in numbers, she resists the call of The Middle. Her present is prosperous, and her future is bright - but her past? Well. There’s a reason that the story forever changes, and the figures of the past are murky at best.
Healer for the House of Mercury - Designer for Çetin Chic
Courtney Goldmann - Soul Connection - Medium. The downside to a wealthy and pragmatic house? The lack of a true, artistic soul. It’s enough to bore and sicken Sanem, in equal measure. Fortunately, Courtney is the singular reprieve - as creative with a pen, as she is with her words. Their friendship is built on the rejection of apathy and singularity, that Mercury can promote so well.
Sloan Forbes - Soul Connection - Low. At first, Sanem thought the world of Sloan’s brilliant mind. Finally. Someone as well-versed and arguably misunderstood as herself. But it’s clear now that there is a risk to this friendship - and it comes at Sloan’s constant pressing and needling about her jaded past.
Ayesha Sharma - Soul Connection - Low. She is the precisely the kind of woman that Çetin Chic is made for. A trend-setter, a rule breaker, a leader - Ayesha is the perfect dress form for Sanem’s designs. And though she was kind to Sanem at first, her refusal to step into The Middle has earned this Elder’s righteous fury. Now, Sanem toes the line - attempting to appeal to her Elder, without compromising on her well-founded fears.
