Thursday, 9 June 2011

Twingo Miss Sixty

As I've already announced before, Renault has collaborated with Miss Sixty to create an extra girlie special edition of one of its most popular models and the result was Twingo Miss Sixty.

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Along with Stella, Katerina and Thalia we were assigned to do a sisterhood of the traveling pants thing with it, each of us taking it for a weekend to go for shopping, coffee dates and beach rides.

You wanna know what it was like for me?
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I initially thought that the pink theme would be a bit too much for me. I was proven wrong.

The pink details were everywhere, but they were all tasteful, in a very elegant shade of pink and not Barbie-ish at all.
The whole car felt sturdy and well-made, very easy to drive and extremely easy to park.

The clutch gave a very smooth transmission, so it rarely "jumped" when changing gears, even at my first ride with it.

However, I would say that its best advantage was how damn low its fuel consumption was. Seriously girls, I drove it four whole days and the gas indicator barely started to move just as I was driving back to the Renault headquarters to part with it.

And as Stella pointed out, that could translate as an extra pair of shoes per month!

Oh, and I almost forgot... It has pink rims.
Maybe that's all I should say from the start of this post.

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Even though I really don't like changes and I thought that I would totally miss my own car, the whole experience was so nice I felt quite sad giving it back...

Now, what I haven't mentioned is that the kind people at Renault and Miss Sixty have some more plans for their little baby and those plans include gifts for you, but I really can't say more yet.

Give them your like at facebook and they will keep you updated.

Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Ivy green

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Graphic-print tank top, See by Chloé. Khaki tulip skirt, H&M. Fuchsia rope wedges and stripy scarf, Bershka. Blue leather obi belt, from a boutique in Volos. Wooden bangle, Alexi Andriotti. Tan tote bag, Mango.

Pasty white skin, all mine.

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Swedish Hasbeens for H&M

Back when I did my review on the H&M spring collections, I promised you an extra post just for those beauties.

The best part is that at €50-€60 they cost so much less than the actual Swedish Hasbeens that verge on the €200 mark.

And aren't they amazingly retro?

Hurry up though, because as I have been informed from the Greek H&M press office, there are very few pieces left, most of them at the Ermou branch.

I hope the clogging sound won't annoy people much...

Monday, 6 June 2011

Fullah Sugah n' love, the sequel

Another blogger's care pack courtesy of Fullah Sugah arrived at my desk a couple of weeks ago (following that first one) and left me smiling for the rest of the day.

Perfectly wrapped of course, I almost felt bad opening it.

Almost. So what was inside?

A soft scarf in the most perfect electric blue.

And...

this amazing woven bag.

The inside is all compartments, pockets and zips, perfect for an organization junkie like me...

...and the amazing shade of mustard will go with all my outfits, yet it also comes in beige and watermelon.

I really wouldn't be able to decide which one to get if I had to chose myself.

Thank you Fullah Sugah!

Saturday, 4 June 2011

7ply opening party

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7ply project like last year and the year before.

Entrance is free, ends Sunday. Click through for more info and schedule.

Friday, 3 June 2011

Kiehl's party at Attica

Reporting from the Kiehl's party last afternoon.

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The drinks were mojitos and strawberry daiquiris made from fresh strawberries.

The food was yummy cupcakes each topped with a pink sugary "K" for Kiehl's.

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Yorgos Kelefis of OZON presenting the DIGITARIA x hellopanos creation for the camera.

Katerina Ponti and Elena Pakou show how good green and orange look next to each other.

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Themis Sarantaenas, the man responsible for Kiehl's marketing in Greece, holding the draw for the Orsalia Parthenis bags with the help of Eleni Stasinopoulou and Maria Papagrigoriou of Oh So Chic.

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Demetrios Papadopoulos, project manager of Atelier Loukia, showed up in the perfect manly summery outfit of blue and white marinière, bermuda shorts, and espadrilles.

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Themis and Elena holding the draw for the bags designed by Georgios Carabellas...

...and all together announcing the lucky winner.

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Olivia Efstathiou of SOMF wearing one of their skirts.

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Themis and artist Fotis Pechlivanidis.

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The really polite and helpful (and happy) Kiehl's sales guy.

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Jewellery designer Elena Syraka announcing the winner of her bag along with Costas Voyatzis of yatzer.com.

The SOMF girls Mariaflora Papapanagiotou and Olivia Efstathiou.

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Along with Themis (no we did not plan to colour-coordinate) announcing the winner's name...

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...and here is the happy winner, and me even happier that my bag went to someone who loves it so much!

Thank you Kiehl's for the opportunity to make something good, in every way possible.

Enjoy your new bags people!

On the sidewalk

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Elena and me outside Attica department store, just after the Kiehl's party. More pics of that to follow!

Thursday, 2 June 2011

Kiehl's in Attica winners' draw today

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It's June 2nd and the bags I made for Kiehl's along with 9 other designers for a good cause have already been exhibited in Attica for a week now.

I shot this picture above on Saturday, so I imagine that the number of potential winners has risen significantly since then.

Have you entered the draw?

If you haven't, there's still a little time!
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Just pop into Attica just off Syntagma square, head to the Kiehl's corner, let the very kind salespeople take a polaroid pic of you, enter your contact info on the back and drop it inside the bag you want to win.

Simple as that!
Hurry up though, the draw is this afternoon!

Here are the details:
KIEHL'S INVITATION JUNE 2

See you there!