Athens Fashion Week

Ok people, the news we've all been waiting for...

OMG do I see JEAN CHARLES de CASTELBAJAC, AF VANDEVORST, BERNHARD WILLHELM and MARIOS SCHWAB in Athens?

Voila the official press release:

The Hellenic Designers Association is organizing the 8th Athens Collections (the Official International Fashion Week in Athens) for Spring/Summer 09 at “Technopolis” in Gazi on October 6-12, 2008. The “Athens Collections” is under the auspices of the Municipality of Athens, the Ministry of Economy & Finance, the Ministry of Development, the Ministry of Tourism and Development, with collaboration of ELKEDE (Centre of Technology and Planning), OPE (Organization of Promotion of Exports), SEPEE (Hellenic Fashion Industry Assoc), SKEE (Hellenic Clothing Industry Assoc), ELSEBBYE (Shoemakers Assoc), EBEA

Greek designers, members of the association, ANGELOS BRATIS, ANDRIA, ASLANIS, CHARA LEBESSI, CHRISTOFOROS KOTENTOS, CHRISTOS COSTARELLOS, COSTASFALIAKOS, DAPHNE VALENTE, DIMITRIS DASSIOS, DEUX HOMMES, ERIFILLI, FILEP MOTWARY, FRIDA KARADIMA, KATERINALEXANDRAKI, KATERINA KAROUSSOS, KATHY HEYNDELS, KONSTANTINOS, LIANA CAMBA, LOUKIA, MAKIS TSELIOS, MARIA MASTORI, MI-RO, NILOLAS, NIKOS-TAKIS, PARTHENIS, SIMEONI, SMARAGDI, VASSILIOS KOSTETSOS, VASSILIS ZOULIAS, VICTORIA KYRIAKIDES, VELOUDAKIS, VRETTOS VRETTAKOS, YIANNOS XENIS, YIORGOS ELEFTHERIADES are participating in the 8th Athens Fashion Week.

Also, well known foreigner designers: Jean Charles de Castelbajac, AF VANDEVORST, BERNHARD WILLHELM, MARIOS SCHWAB, CASSETTE PLAYA and Cypriot AFRODITI HERA, ELENA STRONGYLIOTOU and ELENA ANTONIADES will be presenting their collections at this year’s event.

Honorary guest at this year’s event is Jean Charles de Castelbajac, one of the bigger names of French fashion whose work extends far beyond the realm of clothes, shoes and accessories and encompasses creations from works of art up to objects of daily use. An exhibition of his work will take place, after Paris and London, in Athens during the 8th Hellenic Fashion Week. In addition, he will be featuring his collection for Spring/Summer 09.

The artistic direction of Technopolis will be overseen by the famous French designer and icon Jean Charles de Castelbajac.

In October Hellenic Fashion Week begins collaboration with Flanders Fashion Institute (FFI), the official organization of fashion of Belgium, which organizes Antwerp's Fashion Week. During this collaboration a new Belgian designer will show in Athens and a new Greek designer will present their collections at the next Antwerp's Fashion Week.

Organisation: Hellenic Fashion Designers Association
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Andonis Kioukas
Sponsors of communication: L' Officiel, Madame Figaro, Votre Beaute
International Press office: TOTEM Kuki de Salvertes, Paris
Production: ATHENS FASHION PRODUCTIONS.