![]() The collection as a whole is a prismatic, refracted spectrum - a spectrum of both color and inspiration.Īll roads lead to Greece: shoes are Ancient Greek Sandals, handmade locally by skilled Greek craftsmen using traditional techniques that have existed for centuries. Here, as Plato wrote, “color is a flame, which flows forth from each sort of body” - Aegean blue, Tyrian purple, the white and black of marble. The past lives, and inspires.Įchoing Ancient Greek belief in the pure power of color - tied to the humors of the body, and part of the same lifeforce - each outfit is executed in a single hue, including tonal embroideries of feathers, beads and Swarovski crystal. Mary Katrantzou was born and raised in Athens, surrounded by physical reminders of this storied past, yet more importantly with its very meaning embedded in life. Their traces are manifest: this ancient world inexorably shapes our own. Fundamentals of the world we live in today - mathematics, languages, literature, art, philosophy - bear the traces of this proud culture. Just as archaeologists dug to uncover Hellenistic treasures, the excavation of history can surrender inspiration. The collection takes its cue not from the aesthetics or dress of Ancient Greece but from it ideology, from the achievements of civilization as a whole, many finding a link back to the glories of Ancient Greece. A gateway to history, a direct link to the achievements of the past, this is the first time a fashion show has ever been staged around this heritage site - Mary Katrantzou was honored to be invited to show here. ![]() On a promontory 200 feet above the Aegean sea, the Temple of Poseidon is one of the major monuments of the Golden Age of Athens, visited by million of people from around the world every year. The collection was inspired by Greece, and it was staged in Greece, taking place in and around the Temple of Poseidon, built between 444–440 BC, whose Doric columns quarried from white marble still stand, defying the passage of Millennia. ![]() Vardinoyannis.Ī show in the present, celebrating a past, for a charity which gives hope for the future for thousands of children. The Spring/Summer 2020 Mary Katrantzou show was a celebration of Greek heritage, history and culture, exceptionally shown against the breathtaking backdrop of the ancient Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of ELPIDA, the Association of Friends of Children with Cancer, established by Mrs. ![]()
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