Evangelos Kavathas - A/W 10

With the dates of the next fashion weeks announced, thought I might sizzle the mood. Shots and clip are from Evangelos Kavathas A/W 10 show last March, and since Autumn/Winter 10 is now, so now is this collection.
Holding the precious guest list at the door, Margarita-looking-hot-Gourgourini. (read what it was like for her here)
Seating hero Spiros Zanias and (the stylish back of) Fashion Paths.
Shots from Kavathas' first personal show themed 'Fragile' by professional fashion photographer Patricia Munster.
Front row-ers Life Full of Fashion (her report on the show), designer Dimitris Petrou, journalist & blogger Dimitris Papadopoulos and The Soho Symposium (her report on the show).

And last but not least, a show is never over before these moments take place:

A well structured first show, with burgudy red and navy blue making strong guest appearances to remind us that 'Fragile' is not weak and class is not always black.

More A/W 10 shows here and here.
S/S 11 catwalk fever, coming soon.

FWA - faces

What's a fashion week without its people.
George Hatziioannidis -make up artist, Battered Couture, THE1015LAB, Chrysa Oikonomopoulou - tv presenter. Outside Sotiris Georgiou show.
Dimitris Strepkos - Celebrity Skin and Alexis Foukos - stylist/costume designer. Between Sotiris Georgiou and Yiorgos Eleftheriades shows.
Life Full of Fashion and Fashion Architect (sporting her beautiful Mary Katrantzou dress from Topshop). Outside Sotiris Georgiou show.
Designer Sotiris Georgiou, his show had kicked a** only moments ago.
The Soho Symposium and Rena Tsan at Yiorgos Eleftheriades show.
Sandra aka Melroy outside Zoulias' show.

FWA - day 3, Sotiris Georgiou

I've been wanting to post about this show the minute the last model took the final turn to backstage. I had read about Sotiris Georgiou on Battered Couture last November, but actually seeing his collection with my own eyes was quite a revelation. It was all there: innovation, wearable experimentation, coherence in both style and styling, handmade touches. Womenswear and menswear equally wow. Now that's something you don't see everyday.

Theme: Perplexity. Reflected by perplexed wool and cable-chaos details.
Inspiration: the paintings of abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock (the girl who is Battered Couture knew it all along)
Shapes: 60's and 80's influences, tight lines, incoherent shapes on coats for her and sophisticated elegance for him.
Fabrics: crepe, wool, cashmere, silk, lace, cotton inox.
(catwalk photos by Patricia Munster)

The clip:
And release-junkie's delight (click to enlarge):
Extract: As the designer Sotiris Georgiou states in batteredcouture.blogspot.com: "Pollock expresses somehow this confusion and chaos we are experiencing both socially and personally in our times. I am interested in the chaotic concept that has neither beginning nor end".

And somehow, we are all there.

FWA - day 3, Vassilis Zoulias

"Back in the days when elegance was essential and there was no crisis....women just wanted to look nice, dress up and have fun" the intro of this show's release sets the mood. Crisis aside, women never stopped wanting to dress up and have fun.

And neither has Zoulias' nostaglia for old Athens' fashion falshbacks. As if walking from stylish '60s Greek movies, his models featured his Prêt-à-Porter collection for a/w 10. There's a change: Prêt-à-Porter instead of a cocktail dress galore. Other than that, very Zoulias, very "Old Athens" and very elegant.
Zoulias' show sheets always include an oldschool numbered list of each model 'exit' and brief description of the garments. Nice vintage touch.
Spiros Poros' beautiful wife, model, Kylie Bax.

Among the acknowledgments, special thanks to certain ladies for donating their silk scarves. Another interesting touch: all these newborn clothes and accessories were accompanied by scarves that already have a home and a story, bringing subtle elements of real life on the catwalk and a bit of their owners' essence.
And the clip, featuring parts of the show, calves on stilettos and at some point, Melroy-Sandra's blonde curls.

(catwalk photos by Patricia Munster)

FWA - day 3, Yiorgos Eleftheriades

Yiorgos Eleftheriades may be a veteran of the Greek fashion scene, however his collections are young designer fresh, for a fresh, young audience. His a/w 10 collection, themed "Urban Hunters" was pretty much accurately depicted in the press release (see further below), something rare and clearly revealing his years in the field. What stayed with me were the Custobarcelonish fur details, kidassia and mongolian fur as the release description clarified. I am against real fur, but despite, this was a good collection, interesting design-wise and a very consistent show.
(photos by Patricia Munster, more on her website)

I have a thing for enlightening show releases and since this one impressed me, I am posting it right below (click to enlarge). What I found rather unusual is the fact that the credits are mentioned first (instead of being somewhere in the end) which I take as an emphasis to thanking the creative team. Noble. Otherwise, it's beautifully straight forward: theme-shapes-colours-materials-full/stop. No fluff. And contact details.
And the clip - there's always something about the applause following the designer's bow at the end.

FWA - day 3, Makis Tselios

No matter how you see it, our cup of tea or not, Makis Tselios along with Michalis Aslanis are what we'd call the "sacred monsters" of Greek fashion: they have been around for as long as I remember, their names are recognisible by 90% of the population (or something), they have dressed from celebs to happy brides north, midlands and south. One cannot ignore this. Tselios' show was quite a marathon too, with his favourite lace and colour red present and setting the pace (of his show). Loyals or observers, here it goes. All photos by Patricia Munster - more chez Patricia's.

Save the Octopus DElight-DElight

(continued from previous post) What's the sticker all about? Well sticker protesting, moments before DElight's show. Who's the octopus? His brief existence started off last season backstage at DElight. Apart from providing stress relief to the designers inflating it before their s/s 10 show, it was also meant to add a happy note to the enormous flood outside the shows' hall. (click on image below for Lopi's personal record on the case)
So yellow-fellow was pumped and ready, featuring his pedigree on and all (DElight), and was released on to Technopolis waters. Moments later, Technopolis staff captured it and locked it up in some warehouse. We never saw it again. (mind you, the embarissing part that should disappear from the picture, was clearly not the octopus - exhibit A, below)
The other night, and with DElight's show returning yet for another season, close friend of the duo and octopus welfare activist, K.Dagritzikos organised a sticker protest in remembrance of the DElight-DElight octopus than remains in captivity.
Embracing the protest amongst hundreds of others:
Thalia and Lopi,
MTV's Thodoris Kanellopoulos,
Yes it Does, Sure it Does - Aris, Vaggelis (Aris to me, Vaggelis to everybody else)
High-on-DElight, Global Hipster's Mr L.,
Fashion insider Gourgourini, designer Dimitris Petrou and Global Hipster's Miss T.

Speaking of Global Hipster, see their full report on the matter, here. (Miss T.'s restless & of notable quality camera phone has even captured me, protesting the Rox way - oh, I'm easy to spot)

FWA - day 2, DElight

The other day, designer duo DElight, held their most mature show to date. From designs, to patterns, from model line-up to soundtrack, their a/w 10 collection was coherent, interesting, wearable, in my opinion truly delightful. Felt, fur and cotton fabrics were used to achieve maximum visual effects in the hues dawn. It is always great to watch young designers evolving and all the more so when you find yourself thinking "I could wear every single piece".
(All photos above, by Patricia Munster)

And the usual clip, to give you an idea of what it was like. Well-deserved, LOUD applause in the end.

Photographers is action, during the show.
Models totally loving their furry gloves.
Sticker on my keyboard at the end of the night. No idea what this is all about yet? Then stick around for the post coming up.