Stelios Koudounaris was born in Cyprus in 1981 and raised in a family fashion business. After studying Fashion Design and Garment Manufacture he moved to Athens and worked for some of the leading Greek fashion businesses as a fashion designer and stylist.
This is his 8th running personal Ready-To-Wear collection for autumn/winter 2011-12 under his own label, called after him ''STELIOSKOUDOUNARIS''. The initial source of inspiration for this collection was the comme-il-faut business woman and her untold desires. The collection explores a variety of fabrics and new techniques. Silk, muslin and cashmere are beautifully combined with gabardine and cotton. The color palette this time includes black, grey, ink blue and nude. The presentation begins with revisited androgynous styles continuing with an eighties essence and closes with a slight more edgy approach and dresses that embrace the body and are applied to all those women who are casual with their hidden sexual instincts and enjoy observing themselves from a keyhole.
Since his very first collection, Stelios Koudounaris plays a leading role in Greek fashion system. International magazines like Harpers Bazaar, Madame Figaro, InStyle and more have presented his work for several times, while Greek celebrities (such as Despoina Vandi, Tamta, Shaya, Kalomoira, Aggeliki Iliadi, Ivi Adamou, Nikki Ponte, Patricia Peristeri, Mathildi Maggira, Zeta Makrypoulia, Katerina Papoutsaki, Doukissa Nomikou, Katerina Kainourgiou, Evelina Papantoniou, Pinelopi Anastasopoulou and more) choose his creations for their appearances.
Cyprus mufflon is used as his main logo, which is a statement traditional figure given a modern twist in order to explore his designs' sharp shaped pattern cutting and dynamics and slightly declare the designers'origin.
His collections are mainly driven by some rock and wild elegance always worked in such a way to elect a womans' body. His minimal approach to female sexiness evolves through a mixture of razor-cut clear designs and futuristic mood.
His making is mainly adapting couture like techniques to his pret-a-porter creations that are aesthetically perseverance in now-a-days.
''STELIOSKOUDOUNARIS'' collections are exclusively manufactured in Greece and distributed in 50 selected selling points alongside United Kingdom, Italy, Korea, Austria, Denmark, Poland, Greece and Cyprus.
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