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THE STYLISH STOIC DESIGNER COLLECTION

MARY MC FADDEN 1970 THE GRECIAN PLEATED DRESS
CALYPSO KASS WEARING A DRESS DESIGNED 1950'S BY HER GRANDMOTHER, KALLIRHOE AGIORGITI-PIPERIGOU
ELSA SCHIAPARELLI 1950'S
HERMES SILK SCARF 'LE JARDIN DE PLATON' 1980'S
AVON-WEDGEWOOD 1950-1970 PORCELIN
MISSONI, 1980 THE GREEK KEY DRESS
VALENTINO, 1970 THE DORIC BAG
MONET-GRIPOIX ORIGINAL RUNWAY NECKLACE FOR BYZANTINE COLLECTION
SAKS FIFTH AVENUE SILK 1980
JAMES GALANOS, SILK DRESS 1950'S
DOLCE & GABBANA - BYZANTINE COLLECTION 2013- ORIGINAL RUNWAY DRESS
MARY KATRANZOU- DRESS

THE STYLISH STOIC DESIGNER COLLECTION
PHASE I -THE PROJECT INVOLVED  CURATION & DOCUMENTATION OF UNIQUE ARTIFACTS BY WORLD-RENOWN DESIGNERS, CREATED BETWEEN 1940-2009, WHICH CONTAIN GREEK HERITAGE ELEMENTS, COLLECTED AND WORN BY KALLIRHOE AGIORGITI-PIPERIGOU.
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THIS RARE COLLECTION TODAY IN THE AGIO COLLECTION, INCLUDES GREEK INSPIRED CREATIONS BY HERMES, GUCCI, WEDGEWOOD, VALENTINO, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, YVES SAINT LAURENT, JAMES GALANOS, VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, PIERRE CARDIN, SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, SALVATORE FERRAGAMO, MONET-GRIPOIX, SCHIAPARELLI, LANVIN, MISSONI, DOLCE & GABBANA, MARY MCFADDEN AND OTHERS. ADDITIONAL VINTAGE ITEMS WERE MADE TO THE COLLECTION SINCE THEN.


AFTER KALLIRHOE'S DEATH IN 2009, NEW ARTICLES WERE ADDED TO THE ORIGINAL COLLECTION, INCLUDING MARY KATRANTZOU, ZEUS & DIONE AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY GREEK DESIGNERS.​

THE AIM OF THIS UNIQUE COLLECTION IS TO COMMUNICATE HELLENIC VALUES AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS - MAINLY STOICISM, THROUGH THE AESTHETICS & IDEAS REPRESENTED IN THE CLOTHING.
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CURATOR : MATINA AGIO

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'TO BE FAITHFUL TO TRADITION, MEANS TO BE FAITHFUL TO ITS FLAME,  NOT ITS ASHES.'    -- JEAN JAURES (1859-1914) 
OUR WORK IS INSPIRED BY THE  THE EXCEPTIONAL ASPECTS OF GREEK CULTURE AND ITS POTENTIAL TO CONTRIBUTE TO CONTEMPORARY FASHION, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, GASTRONOMY & LIFESTYLE.

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