CULTURE

Catwalk class

You probably wouldn’t recognize her if you ran into her in the street. Sofia Kokosalaki chooses to tread softly, keep a low profile. One of the most fundamental stars of the Olympic Games, she left her homeland with many world records, gold, silver and bronze medals, to return to her place in London. The highly elegant costumes she designed, inspired by their ancient predecessors, and the vase-shaped costumes worn by the girls ushering in the teams in the Parade of Nations, were magical. And the praise is still resounding. The Greek fashion designer who took Greece to the world, without a single element of folklore, has been hailed by many as the next Alexander McQueen or John Galiano…

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