Brick red mercerized dress with embroidered floral patterns. 1920s.Donated by Myrto Paraschi - 2005.6.134

Greek Fashion - 100 inspirational and creative years

31.10.2019-31.01.2020 (opening: October 30, 2019, 19.00)

“Hellenic Cosmos” Cultural Centre, 254, Pireos Street, 177 78 Tavros, Greece

Collaborators

- “V. Papantoniou” Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Nafplion, Greece

- Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens, Greece

Greek fashion, which started out with tentative steps in the first decades of the 20th century and is now well established, has followed a rising path. In different ways during each decade, there was a search for a European-Greek identity in the style and aesthetics of Greek fashion, in order to   document the national identity or the continuity with the lost cultural past. Accordingly, almost incessantly from the very first years of the century, all the historical periods in the course of the Hellenism and the urban and folk culture were constant point of reference and source of inspiration in all forms of arts and crafts: from the Cycladic, Minoan, Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Antiquity to Byzantium, the centuries of Ottoman rule and conquest by the West, until the formation of the contemporary Greek State after the War of Independence in 1821 and the following years until the early 20th century.

The exhibition aims to present these numerous different ways of inspiration and the unique results by each designer and personal style by showcasing around 140 clothes from the fashion collection of the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation. Each designer manifests different ways of expression while inspiration comes from a common source. The influence of the past is put to form in a modern outlook and creation, whether by a famous designer or by a dressmaker following the trend of the season.

Curator: Nikos Saridakis, Costume and Stage Designer

Book reviews

Nikos Saridakis(2019), Greek Fashion – 100 inspirational and creative years, Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Nafplion

ISBN: 978-960-9722-07-0

Edition: Greek-English

Price: € 15

Order: pff@otenet.gr

COLLABORATORS

EXHIBITION

CURATOR: Nikos Saridakis
COLLABORATORS: Maria Papadopoulou, Angeliki Roumelioti, Nicki Skouteri
DESIGNER OF EXHIBITION AREA: Stamatis Zannos
MUSIC: Stamatis Kraounakis
PROJECT COORDINATION FOR THE PELOPONNESIAN FOLKLORE FOUNDATION: Angeliki Roumelioti
PROJECT COORDINATION FOR THE FOUNDATION OF THE HELLENIC WORLD: Sophia Charokopou
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR: Yorgos Patrinios
SECRETARIAL ASSISTANCE: Kassiani Plati
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: Thanasis Konstantopoulos
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT: Annita Voreadou
PUBLIC RELATIONS: Dimitra Ntanou
VIDEO PRODUCTION: Nikos Varsos
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES: Department of Museum Educators of the Foundation of the Hellenic World
AUDIOVISUAL SUPPORT: Hraklis Tsachtsiris
TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Technical support department of the Foundation of the Hellenic World
OPERATIONS MANAGER: Emmanouil Kounenakis
MANNEQUINS: H & H Sculptors, Angelina
 

SOURCE OF EXHIBITS
Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Nafplion

Anna-Maria Foundation, Athens - Maison Faliakos, Athens - Ministry of Culture and Sports/ Directorate of Conservation of Ancient and Modern Monuments, Athens - National Historical Museum, Athens - Katerina Yannaka, Aegina island - Zeus & Dione, Athens

SOURCES OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Acropolis Museum, Athens 2012 – Photo: Sokratis Mavrommatis
Acropolis Museum, Athens 2018 – Photo: Yannis Koulelis
Benaki Museum, Athens
Cecil Beaton / Getty Images / Ideal Image, Athens
Bridgeman Images, London
BOTTI / Getty Images / Ideal Image, Athens
Hellenic National Audiovisual Archive, Athens
Lyberopoulos, Dimitris (1999), Greek Fashion 1900-2000, A century of creativity, Artistic Events, Athens
Lyceum Club of Greek Women, Athens
MAD, Paris
Andreas Megos, Athens
Ministry of Culture and Sports/Archaelogical Resources Found, Athens
Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Nafplion
Nikos Saridakis, Athens
Elli Seraidari (Nelly’s) – Benaki Museum/Photographic Archives, Athens

We wish to thank the Acropolis Museum, the Benaki Museum, the Hellenic National Audiovisual Archive, Dimitris Lyberopoulos, the Lyceum Club of Greek Women, Andreas Megos and the Ministry of Culture and Sports/Archaelogical Resources Found for the free offer of the audiovisual material of the exhibition

CATALOGUE
CATALOGUE COORDINATOR - GENERAL EDITOR: Maria Papadopoulou
TEXTS - SKETCHES: Nikos Saridakis
AUTHORS OF CATALOGUE ENTRIES: Maria Papadopoulou, Angeliki Roumelioti
TRANSLATION: Nerina Kioseoglou
PHOTOGRAPHY: Dimitris Michalakis, Maria Papadopoulou, Costas Vergas
LAYOUT: Telesis
PRINTING: Ecotypia