In the first week of June, Athens will be welcoming the 1st Tango Acropolis Festival and Competition. The contest will take place at Zappeion Megaron, in the very heart of the greek capital, next to the House of Parliament, starting on the 1st to the 4th June and the final contest will be held at Badminton Theater on the 5th. Entry…
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It’s only a gown that makes the difference between Miss and Muse. Designer Javier Lana from Ecuador sees a muse in every lady and that’s why he presented his fashion show under the title “Fashion, Misses y Muses” What I liked most was the ethnic touch in most of the garments. The knit ethnic details made the aetherial dresses more lively while at the same time brought…
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Celebs’ favourite shoe designer Christian Louboutin sues both YSL and a Brazilian brand over shoes. I’m not speaking in puns, it’s actually true that Louboutin is enraged with the House of YSL for adding HIS OWN trademark red soles to THEIR shoes. Mr Louboutin has started a legal battle against the french fashion House, claiming 1 million dollars in damages. It’s been since…
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‘We want to be modern’, an exhibition looking into Polish design between 1955-1968, is going through its final two weeks on show at the National Museum in Warsaw. The exhibition attracted a great number of visitors, with over 4000 in the first week alone. As the new director of the National Museum, Agnieszka Morawinska states: “This is the first exhibition to focus exclusively…
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Kikos Lanitis’ paintings have always influenced me since the very first glance. It’s the dynamics that the image obtains by the mixture of figures, rough materials, words and phrases with warm colors, red being his favourite by far. The artist himself says his paintings awake such strong emotions that they are tough to look at. I’d say they “up-set” your mind in a way…
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