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Thursday, October 24, 2013

FOTOGRAFIA: Dedicated Followers of Fashion

There may be a raging economic crisis, but Greek fashion designers went ahead with the Athens Exclusive Designers Week (AXDW) event that featured 23 of the country?s most prominent who also celebrated the work of one of their colleagues, Michalis Aslanis, who was found dead in his Athens apartment in August. There was a special exhibition commemorating him and fashion fans found plenty of else to ogle as they sat around the catwalk watching models like this one, who was presenting an outfit by Greek fashion designers 180Degrees that was one of those featured in collections Spring - Summer 2014. AXDW said it strategically chooses to work with Greek Designers that work abroad and this event also featured the noted Panos Papadopoulos, the designer that is behind the very successful brand Panos Emporio, world recognized for its cloth and swim-suits collections! ?Panos is now one of the most worthy deputies of our country overseas and he is presenting his work for the first time in Greece,? officials said. He had plenty of rivals, including Makis Tselios with his Collection Atelier 2014 for men and women, influenced from the 1920s and 1930s with jazz-swing music and the Deluxe Street Wear creations of Apostolos Mitropoulos for Underground and the Ancient Greek concept.

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