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Greek Designer Sophia Kokosalaki at Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012

Paris Fashion Week, Spring/Summer 2012 saw fashion designer Sophia Kokosalaki showcase her latest collection.  Sophia Kokosalaki is a designer known for her attention to draping and shaping – something which took a new turn for her spring/summer 2012 collection.

The name behind Diesel’s Black Gold collection, Kokosalaki is best-known for Grecian-inspired drapery and her return to Paris catwalks follows an appearance of her latest Diesel line during New York Fashion Week.

The designer sent out a collection in keeping with the style that her Sophia Kokosalaki brand is known for – pleating, folding and draping fabrics – but she continues to push those trademark looks forward while deftly adding intricate beading on dresses to her repertoire.

Sophia Kokosalaki’s collection is wearable, yet edgy, incorporating a cool London look along with her Grecian roots. Her styles are unique. classy, feminine, and definitely capable of making a fashion-statement.

Kokosalakis’ trademark style often features the classic Grecian draping combined with handcrafted elements, in an innovative fusion. Her specialty is soft flowing dresses, and her work with knitwear and leather has also drawn praise. Aiming to produce clothes that are perennially popular, Kokosalaki fuses the old and the new.

The London-based designer was born in Athens in 1972 and gained a degree in Greek and English Literature before moving to London where she secured an MA in womenswear from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

After her career had been launched by UK Vogue magazine, she received the Elle Designer award and Art Foundation Award for Fashion in 2002 and New Generation Designer award in 2004, and receives regular editorial from Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and W” magazines. In autumn 2006, she was appointed Creative Director of the Vionnet fashion house but resigned in May 2007, stating that she would concentrate on the development of her own label.

During a successful career, her designs have been worn by leading names such as Kirsten Dunst, Christina Ricci, and Chloe Sevigny, Vogue reports.

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