Back in style, Athens hosts a double bill of fashion
This week you’re in for a test, a fashion test, that is, to see just how many trends, ideas and creative visions you can take in. Along with the first Greek Fashion Week, the Diners Athens Collections InStyle (organized by the Hellenic Fashion Designers Association) kick off their catwalk presentations at Zappeion Hall tonight, and yet another fashion event is scheduled to begin. Featuring a number of local and international fashion houses and designers, the second installment of Moda Athena (the first was in October, 2004) opens at the Hellenic Cosmos’s cultural center on Pireos Street and runs to March 23. The event is organized by D.I. Moda Athena, with NOVA acting as principal sponsor and media partner. Tonight’s Moda Athena opening is dedicated to charity, with a dinner in aid of the Societe Hellenique de Senelogie, a member of the World Society of Breast Cancer. During the course of the evening, works by participating Greek designers (all inspired by the Greek flag) will be auctioned with proceeds benefiting the association. Catwalk and installation presentations begin tomorrow. At the Hellenic Cosmos venue, the list of participating designers and houses on the local front includes: Alina & Mike, Angelos Frentzos, Anna Katramatou, Angelos Bratis, Costas Faliakos by Christos Petridis, Dukas, Elena Vorrea, Emilio, Kyriakos Paroutiadis, Lena Papachristophilou, Introducing Made4now, Maria Miha, Marcello Niktas, Panos Zinas, Penelope Zagoras, Polatof, Timis Parissis and Italy-based Thes Tziveli. On the international level, joining Moda Athena are Cypriot designers Afroditi Hera, (Paris-based) Erotocritos, Fani Couture and Pantelis Mitsu as well as Anna Ruohonen, Diego Dolcini, Fiona Winter Studio by Orwell Milano – Fiona Swarovski, Vivia Ferragamo and Giambattista Valli. Meanwhile at Zappeion Hall, the Hellenic Fashion Designers Association’s efforts to present a coherent Greek fashion front have united the following names: Michalis Aslanis, Daphne Valente, Christos Veloudakis, Fani Voutsela, Lakis Gavalas, Deux Hommes, Giorgos Eleftheriadis, Maro Zannia, Kathy Heyndels, Liana Kamba, Vasso Consola, Christoforos Kotentos, Victoria Kyriakidi, Pavlos Kyriakidis, Constantinos, Elina Lembessi, Loukia, Christos Mailis, Mi-Ro, Nicolas Mavropoulos, Nikolas, Erifylli Nikolopoulou, Nikos-Takis, Yiannos Xenis, Adria Papadopoulou, Orsalia Partheni, Simeoni, Makis Tselios, Vlassis Holevas, Katerina Alexandraki, Celia Dragouni, Chara Lembessi, Dimitris Dassios and Smaragdi Herheletzaki. Fashion is also taking over at the Athens Concert Hall, where an exhibition titled «Fashion and Photography» was inaugurated last night. Featuring works by leading Greek and foreign photographers, this show runs to May.
