"What better way to protect them than wrapping them in nostalgic brands?" Mr. Iger talks about the need to balance "heritage and innovation".
While the fashion industry ties itself in knots trying to balance heritage with the zeitgeist and tradition with Snapchat, Dolce & Gabbana has an idiot savant's instinct for shows with an uncomplicated appeal that leaves the purists breathing its dust.
His life has been full of similar challenges, balancing his heritage as a Pakistani with his roles as an American businessman and a father.
But native-born Hispanics, who are still trying to figure out how to balance their heritage and their American tastes, are more likely to feel ostracized and betrayed by the culture in which they grew up.
Máté credits his Hungarian-Transylvanian heritage, balanced with a cool Canadian connection, for his robust, determined ways.
As for the tone of advertising, Toth has balanced revering the heritage of the brand with the fact that men tend to respond well to irreverence.
Tanavoli's fervour for Iranian formal heritage is balanced by a sense of irreverence and play that give his work relevance beyond a specific cultural context.
Sophia Kokosalaki is always trying to balance her Greek heritage with the cool of London, her adopted home.
As a result, much of her work addresses the struggles of growing up as somewhat of an outsider, Muslim in a Christian environment, while balancing her religious heritage with her liberal, feminist ideals.
It's a balance between heritage and survival.
