Fashion
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Australian Fashion Week: Meet Iordanes, 26, staging his first show
Australian Fashion Week is back on this year, featuring among its up-and-coming designers’ cohort, a young, proud Greek Australian. His great grandmother was a dressmaker, his yiayia was a knitwear …
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A conscious fashion designer’s tribute to her family’s love for Nana Mouskouri
Nana Mouskouri and her music transcends generations and in the case of Ashley Dyer, holds a very special place in her family. Ms Dyer is a Melbourne based self taught …
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How two Greek-Australian sisters built a brand worn by celebrities
From humble beginnings to designing for stars like Australian singers, The Veronicas and director Baz Luhrmann, co-founding sisters Anna and Contessa Nicolaou have redefined the parameters of success. Tessarella House …
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American-Greek artist/designer reaches out to diaspora with his creations
A Greek San Franciscan artist is taking to the Greek diaspora to sell his uniquely designed clothing and hygienic masks through his online stores. Costa Vorrises has approached “Greek newspapers, …
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Rising to the occasion: Greek-Australian fashion designer Kianna Magelaki on beating self doubt
Spending her first few years growing up on the island of Crete, Kianna Magelaki would watch on as her grandmother would stitch and sew garments. Little did she know that …
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Minoan and Amazonian stories brought to life in ‘stelitsa home’
Ancient symbols, such as the famous Minoan honeybees’ pendant, the colours and images of the Greek and Brazilian landscapes and aspects of their cultures, are re-invented to create a unique …
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Sarah Kokkinos turns secondhand shopping into an experience of its own
Five years ago Sarah Kokkinos saw a gap in the second hand shopping sphere after noticing a lot more trash than treasure in outdoor community markets. “I wanted to create …
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Angie Xyla: The young Greek-Australian designer from Sydney conquering Vogue and the fashion world
For as long as she could remember, 22-year-old Greek-Australian Angie Xyla wanted to design clothes. At the age of six she filled up a whole drawing pad with sketches of …
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Re-fashioning your business model to work in the Covid-19 era
It is hard to know what lies ahead in the current climate. How do you plan ahead when conditions and regulations are changing at a fast pace. Neos Kosmos is …
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How two Greek-Australian sisters built a brand worn by celebrities
From humble beginnings to designing for stars like Australian singers, The Veronicas and director Baz Luhrmann, co-founding sisters Anna and Contessa Nicolaou have redefined the parameters of success. Tessarella House …