Paradise, the film - win collectors memorabilia

Looking forward to 'Paradise'. Panagiotis Fafoutis' latest film unravels during the Carnival of Patra and so far it's only praise I've heard about it. It goes out on cinemas on January 26th. Six collector's items inspired by the movie were created by artists who truly fell in love with it. They are now available for you to win. All you have to do is visit this album by 30/01 and click 'like' at the one you'd like to own:
Pillow by Costume Designer Marli Aleiferi.
Key ring by Actress & Jewellery Designer Maro Petli.
Shoe by Designer & Painter Anthia Loizou.
Earrings by Actress & Jewellery Designer Maro Petli.
Poster by Graphics Designer Stavroula Stasinou.
Bag by Costume Designer Marli Aleiferi.

Leaving you with this.

Celebrity Skin - AXDW show & invites

Here's a peep from 'DRAmaTIC DISclipiNE', Celebrity Skin's a/w 11 collection to be presented at Athens Xclusive Designers Week shortly. Save the date: Monday, March 21st at 19.30.

It's going to be dramatic alright, with theatrical signature shapes revisited and applied on wool and synthetic fabrics, styled with saturated add-ons, all in disciplined shades of black and ash grey.

Scheduled to begin with a fashion film of approximately 6 minutes by Nectarios Karolos Papazacharias, starring 10 models as well as Eleonora Zouganeli, Ada Livitsanou, Isaia Matiaba, Penelope Anastasopoulou and Alexis Foukos. It's meant to be a visualization of Sinead O'Connor's song 'Troy', featuring people that pose a source of inspiration to designer duo Dimitris Strepkos and Eleni Barla for being "effortless style icons".
(above: fashion film screenshots)
More on the show, soon to follow. Till then, here's the chance to attend:

This blog and Celebrity Skin offer 5 lucky readers the chance to be there.
5 double invites are up for grabs! Interested?
Email me at aleccarox[at]windowslive[dot]com, stating your name and contact number, subject: CELEB.

*Givaway ends this coming Saturday, March 19th, at midnight - winner will be notified shortly after*

Win a front-row seat for all shows at Athens Fashion Week!

Brandsgalaxy.gr blog is an official communications sponsor for the coming Athens Fashion Week (30.03 - 01.04) and has kindly offered a front-row seat for all shows, for one lucky Rox reader!

For a chance to win it, email me at aleccarox[at]windowslive[dot]com, stating your name and contact number, subject: AFW.

*Givaway ends this coming Friday, March 18th, at midnight - winner will be notified shortly after*

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This year's participating designers:
ANDRIA, ASLANIS, CHRISTINA NITOPI, CORINA VLADESCU, DIMITRIS DASSIOS, DE LIGHT, DIMITRI ZAFIRIOU, EVANGELOS KAVATHAS, KATHY HEYNDELS, LUKAS, MAKIS TSELIOS, MINA STONE, NIKOS – TAKIS, PANOS APERGIS, Soo…KATERINALEXANDRAKI, SOTIRIS GEORGIOU, PARIS VALTADOROS, VASSILIOS KOSTETSOS, ALICE CHATZIPANAGI and students from various Greek fashion schools.

Also:
Do you 'like' Athens Fashion Week's official FB fanpage yet?

Yell.com's new campaign. Say 'cheese'.

Yell.com is introducing a new, impossible service with a fun campaign. And it’s all about supporting local businesses, boutiques and independent stores! Bonus, you get a chance to win £10,000 worth of prizes like 55” Sony 3D TV, a surround sound system, decks, mixing lessons, and more.

The advert gives you a clue about what you have to do:

Let’s say you are looking for the lost classic copy of Pulse & Thunder, a vintage piece of 90s dance history by Day V Lately. Save yourself the legwork: utilising the Yell App (for Android or iPhone) – or Yell.com – locate an independent music shop near you and the record could soon be in your hands.

Speaking of which, limited copies of DJ Day V Lately’s trance mix of the record produced in the early 90s have been scattered especially, at independent music stores for you to dig out and snap a photo with. That’s all it takes to enter the competition and win the prizes! Treasure hunt anyone? Say ‘cheese’.

A creative, fun campaign, well tuned with the ‘90s music revival we are currently undergoing. Hunting down rare records is only one example of what Yell.com can do. What blew my mind is ShopView. Any business in Britain can now put a video on video.yell.com for free, so customers can have a look around inside and meet the staff.

Can’t wait for a tour inside small boutiques, locating vintage dresses, indie accessories and other objects of my desire - which are mostly rare. I guess winning £10,000 would help in bringing them home. Make my day, Day V Lately!

*competition entries begin on February 26^th, more info here
** Pulse & Thunder on i-tunes
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If only I had £40,000

The first Christmas shop windows are already flashing and so is the length of my gifts list in my head, followed by stuff I’d like to shop or do for myself, that trip I want to start the New Year with. If only I had let’s say… £40,000?

Well that’s the amount one lucky PayPal user wins each week until December the 5th simply by paying via PayPal for her online shopping - the more times she buys, the more chances she gets, it’s a weekly draw! What would you do with £40,000?! Would you blow it or grow it? Go on the holiday of a lifetime, or save it for a lifetime of holidays? Buy Liverpool FC, a vintage car, or an extraordinarily large meal for everyone you know?

I’ve been a PayPal user since 2005 and I’m getting excited at the idea of finally seeing a 5 digit amount credited on my account – my ebay earnings never had a chance;)

Sadly I am not aware of any Greek websites offering this payment method, if you do, please comment below. U.K. websites though have long been featuring PayPal at checkout and I know you are all regulars - at least the UK residents to whom this draw is open to! A gift from Asos for a curvy friend, a stylish dress for your little cousin/ friend’s baby from Next, that lace t-shirt from Karen Millen, a bow-tie from Topman or a pair of crystal earrings from Ted Baker, are all potential tickets to winning a year’s salary if bought using PayPal.

Oh well, if you go any richer because I shared this, forget me not!

If I go, see you next year dahhhling!
I’ll be touring the fashion weeks of this world;)

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Celebrity Skin s/s 11 - today @ AXDW

Fancy winning a custom-made dress and being styled by Celebrity Skin at a space that's just like a theatre boudoir?

CLICK HERE, till midnight tonight.

Your Celebrity Skin Dress - competition

Wondering what it feels like being in a Celebrity Skin Dress?
Wondering what the two designers are like in real life?

I've booked you in for a private session.

The duo is offering one lucky luuucky Rox reader the chance to meet them, get the celebrity styling treatment and leave their atelier with a Celebrity Skin unique dress, especially made to fit and flatter her body type.

Are you already making space in your wardrobe for a true gem? Let me know by e-mailing me at aleccarox [at] windowslive [dot] com, subject 'The Dress' and your full name as a message.

Competition ends on October 25th, the day Celebrity Skin unveil their s/s 11 collection at AXDW.

Celebrity Skin days + giveaway

You know what else is approching fast? Athens Xclusive Designers Week. And I've got an announcement to make:

Yet for another season, this blog will be the exclusive communications space for ever so thatrical design duo Celebrity Skin. Daily updates on the preparation process, latest news and secrets of the show will be revealed in future posting storm, topped by a smashing competition coming soon. Watch this space.

In the meantime, I am informing you that the show date and time have just been confirmed. Mark your agenda for October 25th, 18.30, at the usual AXDW venue (Megaron Ethnikis, Syggrou).

Aaaand, starting it all with a giveaway: 10 double invites to the show are waiting for you. Email me now at aleccarox (at) windowslive (dot) com, subject 'Celebrity', for a chance to win yours (ends October 19th). Rumor has it it's gonna be a lot of celeb factor on the catwalk...

FTBC Hellas Barbie giveaway

FTBC Hellas and Barbie have joined forces in targeting breast cancer (Barbie must be a size D, no?). It's a Sunday giveaway and it's a cute hot pink one:
To win this rather meaningful tank top email me at aleccarox@windowslive.com with your name until Thursday, June 3rd (midnight as usual). Put 'Barbie' in the subject area to help me fish out the winner from my inbox chaos when the times comes.

*It's an FTBC Hellas competition so only entries from Greece this time please.

**This tank top is absolutely valid for FTBC's competition offering a trip to Milan so I'll make sure it's in the post the next day;)

Want to watch a hella good show?

Well, you are all invited!
Evangelos Kavathas, award winning newcomer of season's FWA, is having his first full-on catwalk show this Sunday, March 28th at 17:30 and it's expected to be f-a-b. Are you up for it? Then move those fingers on your keyboard and email me quick at aleccarox[at]windowslive[dot]com, 'invite' as subject, your full name in the message! (by Saturday midnight please)

Oh, and here's the invite:

(damn right I'm gonna be there!)

Celebrity Skin show invites

Ok, 10 double invites for Monday's show which is meant to be so different yet equally impressive to the previous ones. Rox readers, you are invited!

Keep in mind that Celebrity Skin started making frocks only as show-pieces about a year ago. They have come a long way since then, their fans love them and they are returning the love back by making explosive creativity all the more wearable. Really? Really. Come see on Monday the 22nd.

To attend, email me at aleccarox[at]windowslive[dot]com, enter 'CELEB' as a subject and your full name as a message.

And again:
*Due to the location of the event, this giveaway is open only to people who will be in Athens on March 22nd.

**Invites will not be mailed to winners, they will be picked up at the reception upon stating their name.

***All winners will be notified by email, competition ends on Friday, March 19th, noon.

****If you have already emailed me about the 'all-shows-entry' invites, you need not email me again. If your name doesn't pop at that selection, I will automatically put you up for this one.

Invites for Two in A Gondola + preview

That's right, I have three invites up for grabs for the 'Two in A Gondola' show at AXDW this Saturday, March 20th at 20:00. Email me if you'd like to attend, as usual at aleccarox[at]windowslive[dot]com, enter 'TWO' as a subject and your full name as a message.

Again:
*Due to the location of the event, this giveaway is open only to people who will be in Athens on March 20th.

**Invites will not be mailed to winners, they will be picked up at the reception upon stating their name.

***All winners will be notified by email, competition ends on Wednesday, March 17th, midnight.

and ****If you have already emailed me about the 'all-shows-entry' invites, you need not email me again. If your name doesn't pop at that selection, I will automatically put you up for this one.

In case you don't know much about the brand, you can go back to this post, the brand's website, or simply check out the amazing harem pants from the s/s 10 collection, at the image below:
Here's a small preview of what you're about to see on the catwalk this Saturday, followed by parts of the official release:
Recreating the drapes of the garments on ancient Greek statues was seen as a challenge by the designer Elena Pavlou, who came up with the idea to convert these shapes into contemporary clothing. Thus, the concept “Fragile Stiffness” is the guideline for her personal label two in a gondola. Her aim is to create living statues in the city!

She uses three-dimensional cuts to enhance the natural flow of loose garments, creating a new and contemporary aspect of the draping. The whole look is playful and chic, dynamic while not aggressive, since the organic cuts create flattering lines for the female figure.

Clean forms, short jackets, cocoon tops worn with pencil trousers, balloon skirts and short dresses as well as bizarre overcoats comprise the collection Two in A Gondola – Prêt-à-Porter.

The designer’s proposal is accompanied by compact, sometimes heavy, fabrics, like Lana cotta and punto roma, or lightweight see-through silks and elaborated jerseys. Matt and glossy textures are combined in the same garment interacting playfully with the light.

Rox readers are invited to AXDW

To make this Friday even better: 10 readers of this blog can have an open invite for all the shows at AXDW. If you wish to be one, email me (aleccarox[at]windowslive[dot]com) with 'AXDW' on subject title and your full name in the message.

*Due to the location of the event, this giveaway is open only to people who will be in Athens between the 20th and 23rd of March.

**Invites will not be mailed to winners, they will be picked up at the reception upon stating their name.

***All winners will be notified by email, competition ends on Wednesday, March 17th, midnight.

Smack - the winners

The Smackers giveaway is now closed and all randomly selected winners have been notified via email. If you participated, please check your inbox (maybe spam folders too!). I have stopped announcing names by posting since quite a few participants do not wish to be named in public. Big *smack* and thanks to all, a new giveaway will soon be on it's way!

Smack! - A giveaway

Speaking of juicy lips these days, my lips get rather dry in this mad weather. Mad I try not to be, therefore I am not gonna walk in fuchsia lips during the day. Sweet pink is more like it and I found my little saviour in Lip Smackers. Even better, they come in more than 100 tastes, watermelon, ice-cream cookie, bubble gum and candy floss (!) to name a few.

And since 2010 began with a "hot" shade of pink for me, it might aswell start with a hot giveaway for you! How would you fancy receiving in the post three delicious smackers in a cute bag?

You know what to do: email me at aleccarox@windowslive.com, type "Smackers" in the subject area and your name as the message - no need to do this if you've signed up for my competitions list, if you haven't, make a note and I'll add you for future giveaways as well as this one.

Thirty parcels are waiting to be posted, one may be yours! Giveaway ends on Tuesday, 26th of January, at midnight.

Stuff I dag out on Lip Smackers:

*Bonne Belle started producing them in 1973.

*They are the only kind of balm/gloss that comes in such a wide selection of tastes.

*They are also known for collaborations with Coca-Cola, Fanta, Mars, Disney and Colgate. (Fanta roll-on gloss rules)

*They are collectors items (!) - see this.

*American product, made in the U.S.: a) you know I like it when companies produce locally, b) I am surprised this is not Japanese.

*Apart from my purse, they can apparently be found in the handbags of Lindsay Lohan, Sharon Stone, Halle Berry and Paris Hilton:)

*Features proudly: WE DO NOT TEST ON ANIMALS.

Diane von Fürstenberg in Athens. TODAY.

image came from: therunawayscoop.com

In case you've missed this, Diane von Fürstenberg, the designer who made the wrap dress big (among other lovely creations) and current president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) is in Athens as we speak.

A guest of Rakas Group, she will be visiting the DVF store in Kolonaki today at five and will hold a fabulous show tomorrow, presenting her S/S 10 collection themed 'Oasis'.

I was informed that the visit at the Xanthou Str. store today is open to the public so if you'd like to meet the Grand Dame of American fashion and/or snap some photos, you'd better get going!

Tomorrow's show will be held at "Theatron", Kentro Politismou "Ellinikos Kosmos".

I guess this visit is somehow special for Diane von Fürstenberg too as Greece is the birth country of her mother, Liliane Nahmias.

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Giveaway winner: iro_ma3!
Big thank you to all the lovely people who participated, hang in there, another one is coming soon!

Santa's come early - Giveaway!

No need to splash out on a new party dress; recycle last year's LBD and add a colourful POP! With xmas just a sneeze away, Kipling has released a fun holiday line of party bags, in metallic shades of green, black, pink and silver. Funky sequin glamour, enough space to fit all of our little saviours, a removable strap to transform from clutch to shoulder bag and clever leash for easy recovery of the house keys. Fancy holding it for your next night out?


FUN-ky charm comes with the bag.

Inside pocket for your mobile phone and zipper compartment for make-up essentials.

Santa's come early this year!
The green "Limit" is up for grabs, so if you like it drop me an email at aleccarox@windowslive.com, subject "xmas". (Competition ends on Monday November 30th - last entry by midnight)

*Let me know if you'd like to participate in future giveaways.

**If you've said so before, you're already on my list so need not email me again:)

DRKSHDW Eastpak Winner

Speaking of awards and winning, my DRKSHDW Eastpak competition has come to an end. And yes, we have a winner! This beauty case now belongs to Sandra Axxxxxi*:) Sandra will be notified by email too. Special thanks to Eastpak for letting me host this cool giveaway, especially happy since I'm a big fan of Rick Owens DRKSHDW line. This case is part of their limited edition collaboration and as said before through this blog, it's not reaching the stores and is only available online, here.

*update 04/11/09 - dear winner emailed me about keeping her anonymity in public and I fully respect that;)

AXDW - invites to be won!

The wonderful people of Athens Xclusive Designers Week have given me 10 double invites to be won by Rox readers, for access to all shows. Email me till Thursday the 29th, by midnight, aleccarox@windowslive.com, subject "AXDW". Winners will be notified by email on Friday morning.

AXDW catwalk program, here.

FWA - more invites

Alexandraki's invites may be gone, but in case anyone of you beautiful people wants to see another show, here's what to do:

- For Julia Bergovich show today, at 18.00, email me by 17.00. I was told there's going to be a suprise on the catwalk;) You've got like an hour, so email me quick!

- For Delight's show tomorrow at 21.00, email me by midnight tonight.

aleccarox@windowslive.com