Obje su bile vođene sličnim motivima kad su otvorile nacrtne biroe u Sofiji tokom početne faze tranzicije na tržišnu ekonomiju u Bugarskoj, uprkos svim poteškoćama kroz koje je zemlja u to vrijeme prolazila.
Both were driven by similar motives when they opened their designers' bureaus in Sofia during the initial phase of Bulgaria's transition to market economy, despite all the difficulties the country was undergoing at the time.