Sophia Kokosalaki

Sophia Kokosalaki

                                                                                                 Sophia Kokosalaki

All Catwalk Images are Designs of Sophia Kokosalaki, a Grecian Fashion designer

 Sophia Kokosalaki was born in Athens in November 1972. she graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Designs with a MA in womenswear in 1998.Kokosalaki’s first womenswear collection was debuted London Fashion Week in 1999. She was chosen to design the opening and closing ceremonial outfits for the Summer olympic games in 2004, which where staged in her home town (Athens). Sophia Kokosalaki’s labels made it in the TopTen British Cool Brand Leaders in 2004. She has collaborated with TopShop on a capsule collection and from 2006-2008, became creative director at the resurrected historic French fashion house Vionnet.

Kokosalaki loves to incorporate Greek style into her designs. She tends to make her garments to the modern day grecian style as she values the elements of her origin and heritage o create up-to-date designs. Kokosalaki first became famous in the word of fashion for her work of drapery. (Drapery: fabric arranged and hung in a loose folds). Although she admits it is not easy  using resources from the past to lead towards the future, Kokosalaki definitely does a great job as she is a rising start in London’s fashion world. She has been issued with regular editorials in Vogue magazine, which was the starting booster of her career through the UK Vogue magazine and launched her right into the high fashion industry. She has also been featured in Harper’s Bazaar and W magazine. Her trademark style ofter features the classic Grecian draping combination with handcraft elements, in an innovating fusion. Her speciality is soft flowing dresses, and her work with Knitwear and leather has also draw praise. Aiming to produce clothes that are perennially popular, Kokosalaki fuses that old and new.