Madwalk, The Fashion Music Project - 08.02.2012 - photos

Designer: Angelos Bratis
Artists: Eleni Foureira & Claydee
Designer: Angelos Frentzos
Artists: My Excuse & Ilia Darlin
Designer: Apostolos Mitropoulos

Artists: Sakis Rouvas & Nomi Ruiz (Jessica 6)
Designer: Celia Kritharioti
Artists: Midenistis & Demy
Designer: DeLight
Artist: Leon
Designers: Deux Hommes
Artist: Elena Paparizou
Designer: Efi Papaioannou
Artist: Natasa Theodoridou
Designer: Sophia Kokosalaki, collection 'KORE'

Artist: My Wet Calvin
Designer: Loukia
Artist: Michalis Hatzigiannis
All photos courtesy of Mad & Studio Panoulis.

Le flâneur

"Le flâneur" is Giorgis' Christodoulou single from the homonymous new album out now in Greece and Spain and about to be released in Argentina later this Summer.

The clip was directed by Dimitris Silvestros and has the essence of a short film. The lyrics are in French as written by Marthelene Gabon, music is by the artist Giorgis Christodoulou himself and in charge of nostalgic costume direction was Greek Cinema Academy Award Winner Vassilis Barbarigos.

Pleasantly surprised to see Mariangela, Nefeli and members of "Athens Lindy Hop" dancing away "Le flâneur".

Amy Winehouse for Fred Perry, second collection

Fred Perry has just released a second collection under the creative direction of Amy Winehouse. Word is out that there's now a 5 year contract between the all-time-classic brand and the edgy singer. This season's pieces feature her particular 50's style projected on halter neck dresses and tie up bowling shirts, involving hawaiian prints and embroidery starring the artist herself. Seems like Miss Winehouse is more than a golden voice. Can't wait to see her in flesh at Ejekt Festival in Athens this summer.

Metalla 3 - photos

Amuse yourself, enthuse yourself, loose yourself, totally confuse yourself. Last night's Metalla 3 was not for the faint hearted. Quite appropriately, a tv channel called MAD was there too. Carnations included, here's the visual:

Where are you going tonight?

Saturday night is once again on fire at Swing Bar. Metalla is back in town, tonight at 23:00. This music / dress-code experiment, coming from your wildest dreams / darkest nightmares has already proven it's got what it takes to unite some of the toughest night tribes. Metalla III will rock your world & shake your glitter.
Give it your best (head)bang!

Silly Boy - new video out

This blog has been a fan of Silly Boy for quite a while now. Now, I've got a video to show you. Lights down, volume up.
Sillyboy "Played" Music Video

direction: Stathis Mourdoukoutas / The cOre
production in association with: Filmiki

*Stop That Sound said it first.

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
Yell
Golden Ticket
Pulse & Thunder
Day V Lately
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Amy Winehouse at EJEKT 2011

It was announced by organiser Detox yesterday, confirmed on her official page and must have reached you by now: Amy Winehouse will be the headliner at this years EJEKT festival in Athens.

Teaser poster features an extra stylish her, dressed in clothes she recently designed for the iconic casual fashion brand Fred Perry. With EJEKT taking place on June 22nd, I wonder what she's going to look like on stage. Own designs or not, looking forward to listening to this voice live.

MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project

Another 'first' for Athens and 2011. Mad TV and Vodafone have joined forces into bringing Fashion and Music closer at a charity fundraising super-event. It's scheduled to take place this Wednesday, February 2nd at the Olympic Fencing Venue of Hellinikon. Eight of the most popular Greek fashion designers are going to pair with loud names of the local music industry at what is expected to be a spectacular show.

Line up:
DEUX HOMMES & GIORGOS MAZONAKIS
MI-RO & ONIRAMA
PARTHENIS & MELISSES
YIORGOS ELEFTHERIADES & MYRONAS STRATIS FEAT. ILIA DARLIN
MARY KATRANTZOU & MATISSE
CELIA KRITHARIOTI HAUTE COUTURE & SAKIS ROUVAS
APOSTOLOS MITROPOULOS & HELENA PAPARIZOU
VRETTOS VRETTAKOS & DESPINA VANDI
Music support by Claydee, Mark Angelo & Playmen
Closing act: Shaya & Otherview
Hostesses of the night: Vicky Kaya and Tamta

Tickets cost 25 euros. Part of the earnings will go towards ELPIDA, Association of Friends of Chirldren with Cancer.

For more ticket info and preparation action, visit www.madwalk.gr

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*are you thinking of a certain British Fashion & Music event? Me too and here's one of it's finest moments.

En Vit Ekorre - music, fashion & ecology

En Vit Ekorre is apparently a stage designer as well as a costume & accessories designer. She's the one responsible for most performance outfits of Film featuring Etten gigs (including last night's at Gagarin, see below). As there aren't many local live shows of such costume attention, thought it's worth dropping a line about it.
En Vit Ekorre features 'Athens - Stockholm' with a brief about note saying the brand stands for recycling vintage fabrics, clothes, as well as all kinds of materials spotted at flea markets in Athens, Stockholm and Berlin. It's all about mixing fashion and ecology, and looks like the outcome goes down well on stage.

I thought her item presentations are quite special too, so here's a peep before you click on to check her out.