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...

Dimitris Petrou - the fashion video

Dimitris Petrou Collection - Promo Fashion Video "Shade to Grey" (Color/Widescreen version) from Global Hipster on Vimeo.

Dimitris Petrou - the show

The show opened with Tina Sardela's fashion video, a very pleasant surprise to everyone in the room. Coming soon on your screens but till then, imagine a very well directed abstract clip featuring the creation of a suit with a strangely dark twist.
By now the guests are in the right mood and mode. Lights on, the show is on.
Very feminine women, cutting edge, stylish men. Designs coming in many shapes to match any body according to the sur mesure theme but still reflecting well contemporary fashion. Light brownish grey was an excellent choice of canvas. You can see for yourselves once you've paid a visit to Petrou's showroom any time as of tomorrow.

A well organised show, captivating throughout and real-life, real-people friendly. A great evening then.

Stage direction by Konstantinos Rigos. Get your taste right below. Clip doesn't do it justice, but you'll get the idea:

And yes, they were there too, from left to right, Fashion Paths, The Soho Symposium, Life in Athens, Life Full of Fashion and Fashion Architect. Click on names to see this show through their lenses.
More faces in following post.

Dimitris Petrou - show intro

Have just come home after seeing Dimitri Petrou's presentation, a show well worth sharing. Footage is just too much and need some sorting out before releasing. However, here's the intro part for your eyes only:Very atmospheric. Men and women greeted the audience as oversized puppets hanging from the ceiling. Especially made handles were created by 2D, a very talented team of two that's walking on the ideal line between space design and accessories creation.

Collection's basic colour, you can already tell: a lighter shade of grey.

Let me catch my breath, transfer some data and get back to you with what followed.

DElight win award in Hong Kong

Greek fashion design duo DElight, aka Evi Retziou and Dafni Iliaki, took Greek Fashion all the way to Hong Kong for the 1st Inernational Designer Awards of International Apparel Federation (IAF) - 5 to 7 Oct 2010. The result? The Award for 'Most Commercial Design Collection, Summer 2011' is literally in the bag!

As of today and for the year ahead, they are the proud winners of the prestigious title. They are commercial on international level - we knew it all along. Many congrats to the girls.

The winning collection will be presented in Athens, at their scheduled show on October 16th (see FWA schedule).

Sotiris Georgiou - FORMS

Sotiris Georgiou, one of the most avant-garde, conceptual yet absolutely wearable designers this generation can brag about, is holding his show this Saturday the 9th. The simplicity of the invite as well as the selection of the location (CINE Dexameni, amongst the dearest open cinema theatre's of the city of Athens) has got me all excited about his new collection, 'Forms'. Visual coming soon.

Fashion Week Athens - party

Open to everybody. Fashion Week's participating designers will be attending so here's your chance to rub shoulders.

Strigles a/w10

At times when 'made in' tags and 'care directions' labels are totally on the spotlight in many ways, Strigles accessories' designer Christina Aggelopoulou chose to use them as the core material for parts of her collection. The result? So cute!
Some extra info: Christina insisted her production is made of locally produced tags. Thumbs up for the thought.

Fashion Week Athens - schedule

Wednesday 13/10/2010
21:00 KATHY HEYNDELS

Thursday 14/10/2010
20:00 ASLANIS
20:30 Photography Exhibition Opening “Abstracts”, by Giorgos Antonopoulos
Art Exhibition Opening “Spheres of Good & of Spiritual Renaissance”, OKSANA MAS
21:00 Official Opening of the Hellenic Fashion Week
Fashion Show Special Guest KRUG 8 (Serbia)

Friday 15/10/2010
19:00 LUKAS
20:00 CATHREEN MAL
21:00 SIMEONI
22:00 VICTORIA KYRIAKIDES

Saturday 16/10/10
18:00 Sooo… KATERINALEXANDRAKI
19:00 MED
20:00 SAMANTHA SOTOS
21:00 DELIGHT
22:00 MAKIS TSELIOS

Sunday 17/10/10
16:00 GREEK FASHION SCHOOLS
DIEK VOLOU, IEK AKMI, IEK INTERGRAPHICS, PANSIK, SITAM – AB, VELOUDAKIS
18:00 VALTADOROS
19:00 GIANNETOS
20:00 PANOS APERGIS
21:00 NIKOS – TAKIS

Dimitris Petrou, Sur Mesure

Dimitri Petrou's name won't be on schedule on either of the fashion weeks about to take place in Athens. The reason? The designer has plans for you as both the model and the viewer of his collection every single day as of October 8th.

That's when his brand new showroom at 23 Kanari str., Kolonaki ,opens its doors with an excellent concept. You can touch the garments, try them on and order them to perfectly match your body type. 'Sur Mesure' means 'made to measure' and that's what it's all about.

The collection as well as the 'Sur Mesure' project will be unveiled at a carefully organised event on October 7th, at a gallery in the heart of Athens, to a limited audience. A video presentation of the clothes' look-and-feel will open the evening, exclusive screenshots of which you can check out below:
The video was created by Tina Sardelas and I can't wait for it to leak online. It is expected to be an exciting, original work reflecting the spirit of the collection in action. (click on link and check out her work, she's GOOD)

Last but not least, the clothes will be men's and women's in equal measures and the 'Sure Mesure' concept will allow prices to fit each budget just as nice. Sounds good, will be keeping you posted!