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One fits All by Benetton

Friday was one of those days that nothing could go wrong.
Benetton launched “One fits All”, a new series of underwear and loungewear -that is actually One Size and literally fits all-  so light, overstretch and soft that you hardly feel the cotton on your skin. A lucky few were invited to test the new products, in an event quite different than anything else: A one-hour class of Aerial/Antigravity Yoga *APPLAUSE*.

I have to admit the time spent at Swaha Yoga Center swinging from giant hammocks from the ceil was fascinating. And though I don’t want to make you jealous, it got better. 45 minutes of body massage after that and lunch at the restaurant of Acropolis Museum is what made me a happy woman for the rest of the week.

The One Fits All outfits and all photos below (apart from the first three) with my selfie hanging here and there and upside down, are all courtesy of Benetton.

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DeuxHommes for Madwalk

For the lovers of sartorial beauty, here I present you all the backstage photos from DeuxHommes for Madwalk as promised. You can also find below in greek the article I wrote for Miss Bloom, and more backstage photos from Madwalk here.

“Ή θα κάναμε αυτό που ακριβώς θέλαμε, ή δε θα κάναμε τίποτα”. Ο Δημήτρης Αλεξάκης και Γρηγόρης Τριανταφύλλου ήταν παραπάνω από σαφείς, σχετικά με την ανάγκη τους για τη νέα συλλογή.

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Mε τον έντονο παλμό των παρασκηνίων του χθεσινού Μadwalk να χτυπάει ακόμα μέσα μου, με τα γέλια και την αγωνία του συντονισμού όλων των στοιχείων για το αρτιότερο αποτέλεσμα, σκέφτομαι τι είναι αυτό που με έκανε να αγαπήσω τη συλλογή
των DeuxHommes τόσο πολύ. Με έμπνευση από τους όγκους της υψηλής ραπτικής της δεκαετίας του 1960, και ιδιαίτερα τον Cristobal Balenciaga, τον Pierre Cardin και τον André Courrèges, τα ρούχα είχαν κοψίματα, ανοιχτές πλάτες και οβάλ τελειώματα, ενώ η παλέτα των χρωμάτων ήταν βαθιά επηρεασμένη από τον Andy Warhol και την pop κουλτούρα της εποχής του και τον Stephen Sprouse. “Όλη αυτή η αισθητική αλλά σε μια περισσότερο “τοξική” εκδοχή, τραβηγμένη στα άκρα, να ακολουθεί μια comics πλευρά της δικής μας couture αισθητικής”, αποσαφηνίζει ο Δημήτρης Αλεξάκης και συνεχίζει: “Η Ευρώπη γίνεται μπλαζέ με το χωρίς κόπο και ανεπιτήδευτο ντύσιμο και ακολουθεί δρόμους υπεραπλούστευσης. Αφήνει πίσω τον ενθουσιασμό του overdressed και του overstyling – ενώ στην Άπω Ανατολή και ιδιαίτερα στην Ιαπωνία, απ’ όπου αντλήσαμε στοιχεία για τη συλλογή, υπάρχει ακόμα ενθουσιασμός και πειραματισμός. Έτσι έρχεται όλο αυτό και γινεται φρέσκο και σημερινό. Θέλουμε να υπενθυμίσουμε στον κόσμο το Dress for Fun!”. 


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Η “Couture Action Heroine” των DeuxHommes ντύνεται με υπέροχα υφάσματα -άλλα που έχουν βάθος και άλλα πιο επιφανειακά, δημιουργώντας μια τρίτη διάσταση-, τα οποία κυμαίνονται από ντελικάτες δαντέλες και μπροκάρ μεταξωτά, μέχρι neon τούλια και PVC, δεμένα σε ρούχα με αλάνθαστο tailoring, που αγγίζουν την υψηλή ραπτική. 

Για το make up, η ομάδα της Mac έδωσε βάση στο contouring και κράτησε τα μάτια καθαρά στο πάνω βλέφαρο αλλά με ένα στοιχείο Moulin Rouge στο υπόλοιπο πρόσωπο, με το έντονο φούξια ρουζ να απλώνεται και να σβήνει κάτω από το μάτι και προς τους κροτάφους ψηλά στα μήλα. Το χρώμα στα χείλη ήταν έντονο κερασί με ματ τελείωμα. Τα μαλλιά από τα Mod’s Hair ήταν φυσικά αφημένα κάτω σε ένα επιμελημένο wet look. Οι γόβες, όλες σε έντονα παιχνιδιάρικα χρώματα, από πετρόλ μέχρι κίτρινο και πορτοκαλί, είχαν ψηλά λεπτά τακούνια και συμπλήρωσαν ιδανικά τα outfits. “Στην πορεία βρήκαμε και το νέο μας συνεργάτη για το fashion show, ένα ξυλουργό-γλύπτη, που μας έφτιαξε τα ιδανικότερα headpieces για την τελική εικόνα που θέλαμε να παρουσιάσουμε”, συμπληρώνουν οι σχεδιαστές και βάζουν και το τελευταίο κομμάτι του παζλ στη θέση του. 

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Backstage: Madwalk 2013

Fashion designers. stylists, make up artists, photographers, singers and dancers, in a Madwalk frenzy last night. Here I present you backstage photos of the participants at this year’s Madwalk, Dimitris Petrou, NatarGeorgiou, DeuxHommes, Sotiris Georgiou, Madame Shoushou, Stelios Koudounaris, Apostolos Mitropoulos with the jewelry of Mimika Ciboyianni and Konstantinos Melis by Laskos. More to follow pretty soon, plus a special feature of DeuxHommes, whom I had the luck to follow step by step during the preparation.

 
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DeuxHommes for Madwalk: Intro

My love for DeuxHommes -not only for their work but also the designers themselves- is brighter than the sun ever since I first met them back in 2004.  So when I was asked by Miss Bloom (you can read here the full article in greek) to undertake the full coverage of their upcoming catwalk show for Madwalk 2013, I thought this job had my name written on. This is just a first teaser of what to expect next week, a collection where delicate guipure lace meets with PVC and high-tech neon fabrics, in a game of depth and surface.

I have so many things to show you regarding the “Couture Action Heroine” of the designing duo but we will have to wait a few more days.
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Fashion Room Service XL

Me and my friends at the biggest Ozon Fashion Rooms Service so far, at Fresh Hotel.
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From left to right, Somf boys and the ultimate somfette Mariaflora, queen Elisabeth rocking her latest Deepshallow Exposition sunglasses, Mirella at Red bull Edition, Pavlina and her color candy Ippolito bags, Mimika Ciboyianni in a garden of her crystal jewelry and yours truly, in a Somf sheer top and skirt, topped by a handmade Mimika necklace.

And the view from the terrace of Fresh Hotel after sunset.

Second photo from the bottom taken by Ioanna Chatziandreou.

Vera Wang: A girl thing

Even the most saturnine and stiff personality in the world (seeing myself in 75% of it), could not stand emotionless in front of the bridal dresses and gowns of Vera Wang. Having been invited in a private view of the spring collection at the boutique, I had the opportunity to see all girls’ dreams coming true in two rooms. The finest of fabrics and a delicate technique create what could make most women out there look absolutely gorgeous. If I had to choose, I would definitely go for a close-to-the-skin ruffled organza mermaid dress (yes I tried it on but the picture was globally banned under my orders), that makes one look like having been emerged out of a shell in the middle of the ocean.
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Mary Katrantzou at Moda Operandi

For Fall/Winter 2013, Mary Katrantzou trades her signature hallucinogenic color palette for moody monochromatic hues – and the effect is somehow even more striking. Referencing photographer, painter, art gallery and museum curator Edward Steichen’s iconic imagery, the print-master designer emblazons architecturally stunning silhouettes with eerie landscapes.

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“For next winter, I wanted to portray a man’s view of nature, captured, refracted and ultimately distorted by the camera lens, fixed in black-and-white for eternity. The collection finds focus in a stripping-back of colour,  revolving around a rainbow of monochrome with colour smoke bombs highlighting the pattern a d shape. Just how Pablo Picasso rinsed his paintings of colour to highlight the formality of structure and his obsessive interest in line and form, I wanted to do the same to show that perception, fabrication, and silhouette are also at the heart of my work. Pattern is conveyed through the intricacy of intarsia knits, embroideries, jacquards and brocades, custom knit, woven and engineered to re-render a landscape across the clothes.” Mary Katrantzou

The most fabulous e-store out thereModa Operandi, the only place you can preorder looks straight from the catwalk before they are available anywhere else, has the entire Fall collection of Mary Katrantzou available to preorder, until the end of the week.


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Somf Fall 2013: Laura does Dallas

A long day today but it so worthed it.

Photographer Panos Davios shot the new look book of the Fall 2013/14 SOMF collection -which, may I say, is an absolutely great collection and the best of the girls so far!- so we had many things to say and lots of work to do together with Mariaflora and the rest of the team. But mainly we talked about the inspiration of the collection “Laura (Palmer) does Dallas”, and made scenarios for the nice cheerleader and highschool’s sweetheart who fell in love with a bad-ass cowboy and now, she’s not that much of a good girl anymore.

This is just a small taste, Miss-Athenes has more to show you.
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At Lanvin Headquarters

I have been waiting for a while to present you this.

During last fashion week in Paris, I was invited to the headquarters of Lanvin House, for a private view of the Spring/Summer 2013 collection, after the fashion show. A huge fan of Alber Elbaz myself, I could never miss such an appointment.
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The gorgeous Lanvin silk fabrics looked absolutely amazing in the famous bright colors that the house uses, such as pomegranate pink and emerald green. Some high-tech additions, like the digital prints of naked female bodies that seem to move with you, creating the illusion of nudeness. Much less embroidery, apart from four or five pieces and some details on the dresses. Bodysuits: *swoon*. BUT. The greatest highlight of them all -maybe because I’m too much of a sharp-suit type myself: the tuxedos. Inspired by far east, Japanese tradition and origamis, Elbaz created the perfect, slightly deconstructed suit, with quiet bows and cropped jackets, some of them even sleeveless, combined with his popular it-piece: the silk shirt.

A down to earth collection, deprived of any trace of unnecessary extravaganza.

A post with the accessories of the collection to follow pretty soon.


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Miu Miu Women’s Tales – The Door

Another Miu Miu film from the series “Women’s Tales” launched today, by Ava DuVernay:  “The Door”.

I love Miu Miu’s shorts films but this, especially.

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The new short film is a celebration of the transformative power of
feminine bonds, and a symbolic story of life change.

“The symbolic centre of The Door is the front entrance of the protagonist’s home. As she
opens it to greet a friend in the powerfully framed opening scenes, she is shrouded in
an oblique sadness. “In the film, characters arrive at the door of a friend in need, bringing
something of themselves”, explains DuVernay. “Eventually, we witness our heroine ready to
walk through the door on her own. The door in the film represents a pathway to who we are”.

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“Every time a woman makes a film it is a political act, in my view, whether we mean it to be or not” states DuVernay. “Films by women – whether comedy or drama, documentary or narrative – illustrate the human experience through a woman’s voice, through a woman’s eyes, through a woman’s creativity. Experiences which are often marginalized, fabricated or simply ignored. I think what Miu Miu is doing with this film series is wonderfully radical”.

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Photos: Brigitte Lacombe

 

 

Yves Saint Laurent – A Visionary

Chris sends love from Brussels:

“The Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation exceptionally presents at the ING Cultural Centre, at Place Royale in Brussels, creations from the Yves Saint Laurent collection, a major part on display for the first time, in a solo exhibition devoted to the Parisian fashion designer.
Women’s desire, masculin-feminin, the shock of colours, the paper fashion house, the heart, jewelry, drawings and sketches come together to reveal the alchemy of the Saint Laurent style
…and oh the 1965 bride standing there, most highly protected from evil photo shooting…

Well this is what came out by poor hidden camera and several warnings from security guards”.

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Prada for The Great Gatsby

Miuccia Prada has collaborated with Baz Luhrmann and legendary costume designer Catherine Martin to create a bespoke collection of over 40 unique Miu Miu and Prada cocktail and evening dresses for the move “The Great Gatsby”, inspired by selected runway looks from the last 20 years.

Here are the first sketches that Prada just released.

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Knee-length dress in octane-coloured tulle lined in matching silk cady. In the front, tulle is embroidered  with a precious ramage pattern in crystal-coloured Swarovski. The dress’s cuts are highlighted by subtle contrasting details in black silk.

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Orange organza dress enriched with plastic fish scale-like sequin embroidery. Inspired by the Prada  Fall/Winter 2011 collection

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Radzmire dress with bustier embroidered with pearls, stones and sequin fringes. Inspired by a revisited silhouette of the 1920s, it is made contemporary by the use of modern fabrics and embroideries of the 1950s.

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Multi-striped sequins dress with a plastic and trimmings embroidery at the bottom. Inspired by the
Prada Spring/Summer 2011 collection.