Zeus+Dione's long-time colleague and friend Olympia Krasagaki presents her short documentary 'Anagennisi' at the 25th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. 

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What does it mean to be a #ZΔwoman? A woman who is real, beautiful inside-out, natural, intellectual, tender yet powerful, very confident, understated and, above all, ultra-modern. A ‘non-flashy’ woman who stays true to herself, who dresses for herself, whose closet consists of a few everlasting pieces that she feels like herself in and not have to think too much about it. She is acutely aware of materials, shapes and details. She is spontaneous pure. Sensual but never provocative. She doesn’t follow trends but creates them.

On the premises of one of the most important museums in the world, we find refuge and stimulation for creating and producing one-of-a-kind items to be loved and cherished by the women of our times. For that, and countless more reasons, we are beyond excited for the announcement that our favourite place in Athens is getting a major makeover.

The lion in the Mycenaean civilization signifies the statue and ferocity of the professional or momentary warrior, the pure capacity to spring into action at a critical time. Their prestige is not of swiftness but strength and lithe elegance, lusty sensuality, and sumptuous pelage. The play of light and dark on their bodies is mirrored in symbolic ambivalence. This ZEUS+DIONE Resort ’23 collection has a nonchalant ease. Pillowy dresses, shirts and separates achieved with pleating and draping, have been pulled back to the body with bejeweled cording.

DIMITRA KOLOTOURA, PRESIDENT & CEO OF ZEUS+DIONE, TALKS ABOUT THE AESTHETIC VALUES OF A BRAND INDISSOLUBLY CONNECTED WITH THE VALUES OF GREECE.

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Interview by Ira Sinigalia

You may recall her name from the beautiful artworks that she kindly offered to decorate our showroom space during the Seraglio collection presentation. An elaborate late 19th- century wood-carved rosette from Turkey, the ‘Shadows’ in the homonymous Nikos Kessanlis painting, or the representation of the - front- to- back painted - figure from the 19th - century Turkish shadow theatre; unique objects that underlined precisely the theme of the evening.

“Α piece of cloth can be wrapped and folded in many ways over the body. Drapes and pleats are the anatomy of the garment; they reflect life itself.”

«Ενδύεσθαι», Ioanna Papantoniou

Throughout the centuries, people of different ethnicities across the globe, arranged this one piece of cloth in their own unique way, exploring various ingenious practices, which distinguished them among all the others. This free and conceptual usage of fabric formed folds that are known to us from visual depictions of each civilization. 

Designed to delight your inner child, its print reflects the colourful daydream in front of the two-dimensional world of shadow theatre. A vivid portrayal that moves between the wrecked Karaghiozis hut made of sheet metal and the magnificent seraglio.

Panigyri (noun) feast day, festival, celebration.

“The young charioteer stands on his chariot, moments after his victory. He wears the distinctive charioteers' long chiton, belted up high and held tight by bands to prevent it from billowing and flapping in the wind. Below the belt, the chiton falls in straight pleats, which convey the shape of a Doric column.”

-Jean Pouilloux, Les Inscriptions de la Terrasse du Temple et de la région nord du sanctuaire, Nos 351-516