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Elena Votsi, Hydra myth

Published on March 17, 2023

Anello Cyclos in oro 18 carati e diamanti blu

Design jewels, look at the sea, feel the breeze of creativity that is pushed by the waves to the shores of Hydra, the Greek island in the Aegean where there is a design legend, Elena Votsi. Like a mythological character, the designer has gathered around her a host of devoted followers. In addition to Hydra, the island where she was born and which is located near the Peloponnese, Elena Votsi has also opened a boutique in Athens. A predestined path, given that she has confessed that she has wanted to work with jewels since the age of ten. Then, you followed the classic path of many designers: you studied painting at the School of Fine Arts in Athens, but followed a Master’s degree in jewelery at the Royal College of Arts in London.

Pendente in oro e diamanti neri della collezione Eros

Back in Greece, she opened her first shop in Idra, in 1993. But in truth she gained international fame before her by designing for Gucci Casa in Florence. Don’t think that Elena, who bears the same name as the queen of Sparta protagonist of the Odyssey, is in love with the classic, slightly oriental goldsmith traditions of old Greece. Not at all: less is more, is her motto. Simple shapes, but marked by volumes capable of creating light and shadow. She also likes to design rather large pieces, «because it’s like painting on a large canvas», she explained. She is rather influenced by the sea she looks out of the window, by the Greek sun, by the boats in the port. You mainly use 18-karat yellow gold, perhaps combined with tourmalines, sapphires, white or black diamonds, rubies and tsavorites. A great satisfaction for Elena, which honors her origins, is to design the medals for the Olympics from the 2004 Athens games.

Orecchini in oro e diamanti neri della collezione Eros

Pendente in oro e rubini della collezione Eros

Pendente in oro 18 carati e diamanti blu

Theodora’s lines

Published on November 19, 2022

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Anello Entos in argento placcato oro e diamanti, indossato

In Athens, the designer Theodora Daraklitsa creates jewelry outside the box. And she surprises ♦ ︎

Theodora is a Greek designer from Athens, one of those cities in the world that concentrates a large number of highly creative jewelry makers. To this elite of innovators belongs Theodora Daraklitsa, who founded her brand Theodora D. She is a rather eclectic designer: she does not stop at jewelry, but has also worked in the fashion and clothing sector. Perhaps it was precisely this ability to extend her interests beyond a single area that allowed her to free style and imagination.

Her style? She calls it a legacy of Romanticism and Postmodernism. The materials she uses are precious, gold and silver. And the jewels are handmade, unique pieces. Theodora D’s creations, she explains, are inspired by his personal travels in Greece, Italy and around the world and refer to her experiences, studies and practices in fashion, art history and sculpture and, of course, the her passion in jewelry design and production.

Orecchini Palmos in argento placcato oro

The classical Greece of Christina Soubli

Published on May 17, 2022

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Orecchini in oro 22 carati ispirati all'antico strumento musicale greco, la lira

The proposals by Christina Soubli, a Greek designer who combines tradition with modern jewelry trends ♦

Greece, a holiday destination, home of classical philosophy and, unfortunately, in recent years has also been at the center of the difficult geopolitical chronicle. But Christina Soubli, a Greek designer, daughter of art, thinks of the Hellas of the gods, of mythology and Olympus, but also of the simple and immediate design of the Nordic countries, as in the Basic Collection, up to the baroque shapes which remember aesthetics Oriental. One of the jewelry collections, in fact, is called Oriental Circles. The small round shapes that make up the jewels are in 18 carat gold, to which are added semi-precious stones with cabochon cut. This collection consists of rings, pendants, bracelets and earrings, for a very pleasant harvest for the eyes.

Christina Soubli was trained at the Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, where she experimented with different materials, shapes and techniques. For his creations he mainly uses 18 carat gold, which is an almost pure metal. He has received several awards, including Worshipful Company of Goldsmith’s Award of Jewelery. Christina Soubli’s jewels can be purchased in her atelier in Athens, or online.

Bracciale in oro 18 carati realizzato con la tecnica della filigrana

Collana in oro con acquamarina e citrini

Orecchini pendenti con teschio, oro e quarzo

Pendente a forma di uovo in bronzo smaltato, oro e argento

Pendente a forma di ape con zaffiro e topazio blu

Alkemeya’s alchemy

Published on November 8, 2021

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Anello in oro 18 carati con ametista menta

For Greek mythology, Daphne was a nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, rivers, streams and other bodies of fresh water. And this is because, for a charm by Cupid, she was harassed by the god Apollo who wanted to make love with her. For this she asked her father, the river god Penaeus, of her to save her from Apollo’s stalking. Result: to remove her from the clutches of Apollo, Peneus transformed her into a laurel tree. Nice consolation. Fortunately for her, Daphne Tsitsiliani, Greek, did not face similar dangers. She lived for over a decade in London and Paris, before returning to her country home in Athens and raising her daughter.

The land of origin, after a career in the world of communication, has created its own jewelry brand: Alkemeya. A reference to alchemy, the ancestor of chemistry, which is also a concept linked to the art of knowing how to mix different substances. But also a reference to the past. And, indeed, jewelry can be associated with memories.

The brand’s alchemical jewels rely on well-tested ingredients: 14 or 18 karat gold and precious stones. The Forêt collection is inspired by nature, while the Urano collection is inspired by the sky, the moon, the stars and planets. The Egyptian collection refers to the ancient civilization of the Pharaohs. The jewels are also sold online.

Collana Dragonfly in oro 18 carati e smeraldi

Anelo Dragonfly in oro 18 carati, smeraldi e diamanti

The time of Oxette

Published on October 23, 2021

Orecchini della collezione Optimism in metallo placcato oro e cristalli di cubic zirconia

The jewelry imaginative and accessible arriving from Greece proposed by Oxette.
It’s a shame when about a brand you know little. That is, if he sees the production, of course, but you do not know either owners or designers, who apparently prefer to remain in the shadows. It’s a shame because the greek Oxette brand, owned by the Perideo, a company located in Thessaloniki, shows a lot of creativity. The brand, very strong in Eastern Europe, it is proposed as a jewelry manufacturer (but also watches) at an affordable price. But, despite being unable to flaunt flashy diamonds or platinum for its collections, it compensates with a good dose of imagination.

Launched in Athens in 1998, today Oxette is a brand known in several countries, besides Greece, thanks to the wide distribution chain, which includes retail stores owned, franchising, shop-in-shops and corners. The jewels are almost always silver, sometimes with a gold plating, sometimes with the addition of zirconia. Some pieces are really different from usual. One of the latest collections is called Optimism: a perfect name to face these difficult years.

Collana della collezione Optimism in metallo placcato, madreperla e cubic zirconia

Anello della collezione Optimism in metallo placcato, madreperla e cubic zirconia

Orecchini in metallo placcato oro e cubic zirconia colorati

Anello in argento con cristalli della collezione Leopard

Anello in argento con cristalli neri della collezione Bali

The Lesson of Fotini Psarouli

Published on August 23, 2021

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Fotini Psarouli, a modern jewel teacher in ancient Athens ♦ ︎

From years, Greek jewelry is one of the most innovative. There are many designers who have appeared on the international scene with jewels of a very modern style, usually with the preference for geometric shapes, as if the ancient architecture of Greece of Fidia has concentrated on straight lines and sharp corners that form earrings and rings, often amazing.

This array of modern jewelery authors in the shadow of the Parthenon has, however, an ideal mother: Fotini Psarouli. For years Fotini has taught the new generations of aspiring jewelers in Athens the techniques of craftsmanship. But she herself creates handmade jewelry, often unique pieces. His passion is gold, but he also experiences pieces with other metals. Even in the case of Fotini Psarouli, Euclidean geometry is the basis of its compositions, but with obvious exceptions when it adds to straight lines of irregular shapes. The price of jewelery is generally under one thousand euros.

Collana in oro e perle della collezione Balance

Collana in oro, diamanti neri e perle della collezione Fragments

Orecchini in oro della collezione Fragments

Orecchini in oro e perle della collezione Balance

Anello in oro e perla della collezione Fragments

The curves of Myrto Anastasopoulou

Published on June 10, 2021

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The bold curves and rigorous geometries of Myrto Anastasopoulou, designer in Athens ♦

Myrto Anastasopoulou she is a Greek designer. The country that originated an architecture that is imitated until today and is considered to be the cradle of Western civilization, now is curiously the cradle of a modern design, which has nothing to do with the past. Myrto Anastasopoulou is among the jewelers who have gone through the road of renewal, with sometimes indefinite lines and volumes, amazing curves, bold approaches.

Anello con tormaline e diamanti taglio rosa

Small sculptures that are far removed from the classicity of ancient Fidia master: maybe could be inspired by Anish Kapoor. The other thing you notice right away is a rich, eclectic style. Myrto Anastasopoulou don’t has only one track on which to shows creativity, but plays his music on different instruments. Combine, in other words, different styles: from earrings with tourmaline drops, quite pleasing and all-in-class, with rings of tormented curves.
Jewelry is made of sterling silver, 18k gold, or in combinations of different metals. The designer has her showroom in Athens, in Kolonaki quarter. Rudy Serra

Orecchini con rubini cabochon e diamanti

Anello con smeraldi e diamanti taglio rosa

Jean Prounis, the new antiquity

Published on April 9, 2021

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The new ancient jewels by Jean Prounis in New York, with the thought of the classic Greece ♦

Jean Prounis is a young woman and designer from New York. Better to specify sex, because in the French language Jean is a male name (the female version is Jeanne). But in the American melting pot the names are transformed, as are the traditions. That of the Prounis family, who emigrated to America in the thirties from their native Greece, has nothing to do with jewelry. Jean’s great-grandfather, Otto Prounis, was a co-owner of a night club in front of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. But, in a sense, the cultural heritage of the family was gathered by the designer.

TJean Prounis founded his jewelry house inspired by the jewels of the classical era. For example with earrings that are shaped like some antique vases.

Orecchini ispirati all'antica Persia in oro, diamanti taglio vecchia miniera e turchesi — Orecchini ispirati all’antica Persia in oro, diamanti taglio vecchia miniera e turchesi

His bracelets, earrings and rings, in short, are inspired by those worn by the ancestors dressed in peplos who strolled in the agora or between the forum and the circus. Merit of Jean’s grandfather, bibliophile with a vast collection of volumes on ancient Greek-Roman antiquities. From this passion also comes the choice to use almost pure gold, at 22 carats, as in antiquity. And the style has been defined as Meso-Greco-Aleppo, which always refers to an archaeological connotation. In any case, the jewels are appreciated, and so Bergdorf Goodman has put them on sale in New York. Margherita Donato

Orecchini in oro 22 carati con perle South Sea e diamanti neri

Anello in oro 22 carati con diamante nero

Anello in oro 22 carati e tormalina grigia

The freedoms of Diane Kordas

Published on February 9, 2021

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Anello con motivo pelle di pitone in oro e bordi in rodio nero, topazi

The traditions and geometries of the jewels designed by Diane Kordas, of Greek origin and Anglo-Saxon culture ♦

Diane Kordas explains that she wants to create jewelry with simple designs, but with a touch of modern glamor, to make each piece unique and at the same time rich. The mix used by the designer reflects her goals: black, white and colored diamonds, sapphires and other semi-precious stones, all in an 18-karat gold set, especially in pink.

As is easy to deduce from her name, Diane is of Greek origin. But she, even though she occasionally returns to her homeland, she graduated from Parsons School of Design and began her career in New York, where she resides when she is not staying in her home in London. Her roots emerge, however, in the choice of some icons, such as bracelets inspired by popular traditions. Alongside shapes that are reminiscent of myths or superstitions, however, volumes with aggressive edges and geometries also appear, such as in the earcuffs or ring of the Eclipse line. The rings inspired by the animal world may, on the other hand, recall a type of ancient warrior helmets. Who knows if that was Diane’s intent.

Anello in oro rosa, diamanti e tsavoriti con motivo serpente

Collana di perline con ciondolo-targhetta in oro rosa 14 carati e diamanti

Orecchini in oro rosa e diamanti bianchi

Orecchini in oro con perle di quarzo Aura e diamanti

Orecchini a cerchio arcobaleno in oro rosa e zaffiri multicolori

Bracciale Starbust in oro rosa 18 carati e diamanti

Anello in oro rosa e diamanti con motivo elefante

The Greek tradition of Lalaounis

Published on December 14, 2020

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Athens-based jeweler Lalaounis interprets the ancient Greek tradition of jewelry ♦

In Athens Ilias Lalalounis is a classic almost like the Parthenon. He is a few years younger, however: the founder of the jewelry at the foot of the Acropolis was born in 1920, into a family of goldsmiths and watchmakers from Delphi now in their fourth generation. In short, the Greek tradition had it in his blood. After studying economics and law at the University of Athens, in fact, the jeweler preferred to join his uncle’s jewelry company, where he learned the trade.

In 1941, during the Second World War, Ilias Lalaounis took over the family business. Driven by a passion for history, he began studying classical Greek art. So he decided to give new life to the Greek jewels kept in museums. Of course, to recreate those jewels of two millennia earlier it was necessary to learn the ancient goldsmith technique: granulation, filigree, hand weaving, hammering. His first collection, in 1957, was therefore an “archaeological collection” inspired by the Classical, Hellenistic and Mycenaean ages. He then continued on the same path with jewels in which gold was the almost exclusive material. Over the years it has obviously expanded the collections with modern pieces, but without abandoning the inspiration to the world of antiquity. In 1998 the company passed to the daughters, who continue to renew the collections, always following the path of the founding master. The tradition, in fact, still continues today with jewels that are inspired by the tradition of Greek jewelry, with some oriental influence.

Pendenti della colelzione Epirus in oro 18 carati, turchesi, diamanti e perle di acqua dolce

The Greek-American jewels of Christina Alexiou

Published on June 11, 2020

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Cuore intagliato in tormalina rosa-verde

From Athens to New York, from psychology to jewelry: Christina Alexiou is a designer who decided to combine Plato with Geronimo, and she has come a long way. She combines, in fact, some aspects of the aesthetics of her native country with that of the Native Americans. On the other hand, she explains, Greece has always been a place where cultures have crossed.

The story of Christina Alexiou is unusual: she graduated in psychology, then obtained a Masters in Art Direction from New York University. She moved to live in New York in the 1980s. And here she dealt with night clubs and fashion magazines. With her husband she then decided to replicate the business in Athens as well as working as a journalist for some Greek fashion magazines. And the jewels?

They came later as a profession, but now they constitute the passion and occupation of the designer. Although she says she started getting passionate when she was 14, especially for Native American ethnic jewelry. Pink opals are carved in the shape of lips for the bracelets, tourmalines take the shape of hearts to hang on thin gold chains, rings reveal baroque curves in transparency.

Sono arrivati dopo come professione, ma ora costituiscono la passione e l’occupazione della designer. Anche se lei racconta di aver iniziato ad appassionarsi quando aveva 14 anni, in particolare per i gioielli etnici dei nativi americani. Opali rosa sono intagliati a forma di labbra per i bracciali, tormaline assumono la forma di cuori da appendere a sottili catene d’oro, anelli lasciano intravedere curve barocche in trasparenza.

Anello in oro giallo con smeraldi e diamanti

Anello con tormalina verde a tagliata a piramide

Anello in oro giallo comn tormalina e acquamarina taglio marquise

Etho Maria, high jewelery with a Greek accent

Published on December 26, 2019

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Anello multi band con diamanti e ceramica

Etho Maria, Greek expression that sounds like “come here Maria” is an international jewelry brand originating from Athens, Greece, where it still has a headquarters. But today it also has branches in Milan and Florida. Etho Maria, a brand born in 1992 as Lithos, shuns so much to make its history known, and to give a face to its business, which has practically eliminated even the website, which is limited to a page with the address.

And yet, despite this low communication profile, which does not break even when you go personally to ask for information, for example in Baselworld, Etho Maria has managed to make itself appreciated internationally. His gold, red ceramic and diamond jewels, for example, surprised high jewelry enthusiasts a couple of years ago.

Orecchini in oro bianco, diamanti e zaffiri blu

Orecchini della Red Collection con diamanti e smalto

Orecchini circolari della Red Collection con diamanti e smalto

Double core for Venyx

Published on June 29, 2019

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Collana con smeraldi Muzo, opali, ametiste, zaffiri

New jewels by the Greek designer Eugenie Niarchos and her Venyx, which also launched a collaboration also in the fashion industry ♦ ︎

Eugenie Niarchos and fashion designer Saloni Lodha return to work together (and it’s the second time). The duo’s new collection is called The Bond girl and is dedicated to all the women who feel like Ursula Andress and Grace Jones. But alongside this exploit, Eugenie Niarchos with her Maison Venyx continues to design jewelry.

Also read: The Elementa by Eugenie Niarchos

Recently, for example, the Greek designer collaborated with Muzo creating a necklace in 18-karat yellow gold, with 18-carat of Muzo emeralds, fancy diamonds, tsavorites, amethysts, blue, pink and orange sapphires, opals, as well as 26.41 carats of emeralds. Or he designed pieces made of unusual materials, such as earrings made with mammoth ivory. The style is always the same: chic, ethereal, new age, with some elements reminiscent of the ancient culture of the Hellenic country, as in the pendant with marble insert from which emerges the profile of a face. Lavinia Andorno

Orecchini Aruna in oro bianco, rodio nero, cristallo di rocca, 116 diamanti

Anello Aruna in oro bianco, 82 diamanti, opale bianco, ametista, tormalina, zaffiri

Orecchini in oro con diamanti e avorio di mammuth

Collana in argento annerito e 415 diamanti

Orecchini Tiger Ray Rainbow, in oro giallo, rubini, diamanti, tsavorite, zaffiri

Unique pendant made of white marble 18K gold amethyst tsavorites and sapphires on a gold chain — Pendente con marmo lavorato, oro, ametista, tsavorite, zaffiri

Ileana Makri’s blades of grass

Published on April 16, 2019

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Orecchini a cerchio in oro giallo lucido e smeraldi

Green and the Greek sun in the Grass collection by Ileana Makri: gold and emeralds with a pinch of champagne diamonds ♦ ︎

The Greek islands, immersed in an intense blue of Mediterranean Sea, seem burned to the tourists who crowd their sunny beaches during the summer. But actually they are green the rest of the year. The summer sun and the green of the trees inspired jewelry designer Ileana Makri to design the Grass collection. The grass, in fact, gives shape to jewels, with long strands covered with emeralds, or in gold like those burned by the summer sun, with some sparkle of champagne diamonds, like the foam of the waves that break on the shoreline.

Ileana Makri, in fact, has a great passion for travel, but in the first place still remains the land where Western culture was born, Greece. After graduating in Business Administration, the designer chose to follow her true passion and studied jewelry design at the Gia (Gemological Institute of America in Santa Monica). It was a successful choice: from Athens, her jewelry was immediately sold by Barneys in New York. So many collections later, Ileana has won fans like Uma Thurman, Jennifer Lopez, Heidi Klum, Lenny Kravitz, Faith Hill, Rita Wilson, Ashley Olsen, Courtney Cox and Debra Messing.

Orecchini con smeraldi e diamanti champagne

Ileana Makri, anello della collezione Grass

BRacciale in oro, diamanti e smeraldi — Bracciale in oro, diamanti e smeraldi

Orecchini a mezza luna della collezione Grass

By Anastazio a mythical collection

Published on August 7, 2018

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The ancient myth of Meander in the jewelery collection of the Greek designer Anastazio ♦ ︎

Greece, in addition to being a popular tourist destination, is the country where western culture was born. There is no need to disturb the philosophy of Plato & c., The architecture of Fidia, the literature of Homer, the theater of Aeschylus, the mythology of Olympus (the list could go on) to know that this small country overlooking on the Mediterranean sea it is a sort of navel in the history of humanity. A necessary premise to explain how, even today, ancient Greece arouses interest and strong emotions. And that’s why even modern designers do not escape the desire to look for their roots.
Anastazio Kotsopoulos, founder and creative director of the Athens jewelery fair of the same name, Anastazio, has dedicated his new collection to the myth of Meandro, but with a modern design. If you don’t remember Greek mythology, you must know that Meander, son of Oceano and Thetis, on the occasion of the conflict with the city of Possene, vowed to the goddess Cybele to sacrifice the first person he would saw when he returned home if, in exchange, he had granted him the victory. But Meandro was unlucky (or punished for his request). In fact, he met his mother, sister and son Archelao. He killed them all three, as promised to Cybele, even if he then repented of his gesture and tormented by remorse he killed himself by throwing himself into the Anabenone river.
Looking back on the myth, Anastazio has now created a small collection of eight pieces. Seven pieces are in silver and 18-carat gold, while one piece is totally in gold. The jewels are enriched with orange and pink sapphires, amethyst and rutilated quartz. Please, if you wear them you do not make wrong requests to the gods.

Orecchini spaiati della collezione Meandro

Anastazio, collana della collezione Meandro

Bracciale in argento, quarzo rutilato e oro

Anastazio, anello in argento, oro e ametista

Etho Maria dancing at Rihanna’s arm

Published on December 2, 2017

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A bracelet by high-jewelery Greek maison Etho Maria worn by Rihanna at Barbados ♦ ︎
Takis Etho, a Greek designer who founded Ethno Maria in Athens in 1992, can be satisfied. Rihanna, in fact, wore a bracelet from the Maison of Athens during the Rihanna Drive Ceremony that took place on November 30 in Barbados, the singer’s country of origin. Etho Maria, who in addition to the capital of Greece is also present in Miami, Bangkok and Milan. Specialized in unique pieces, Etho Maria now has several supporters, thanks to its very modern style, but at the same time very wearable. Gold, diamonds, but also colored stones like opals are the basic elements of a refined, sometimes surprising jewelery that loves those who love modern clothing and a strong feeling with design. Alessia Mongrando
Read also: Rarefatta Etho Maria

Bracciale di Etho Maria in oro, diamanti bianchi e gialli, acquamarina

Orecchini con diamanti brown dalla Baby Vibrant collection

VicenzaOro becomes more international

Published on January 25, 2017

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VicenzaOro increasingly international. And in September show of Greek designers.
Now is the time of the final. Disassembled the stands, VicenzaOro has come to terms with the numbers of the winter edition of what is one of the leading trade fairs for the jewelry industry. Result: stable despite the crisis, mainly due to the foreign attendance. “Although 2016 was a particularly difficult year for the goldsmith and jewelry sector, having recorded in the first nine months, an overall decline of 27% of gold consumption for the production of precious, VicenzaOro January was able to give new impetus to market, with a very detailed proposal of new collections, he responded with a presence of very satisfying at the international demand, “reads the final communiqué. “The six-day event has indeed registered the entry of more than 18,500 buyers, generating a total of over 33,000 visitors.” A little ‘less so than last year (in 2016 there were 35,000 visitors, with 19,381 buyers), but we can speak of a substantial confirmation.
The organizers, in the new role of Italian Exhibition Group, the result of the union between companies Vicenza Fair and Rimini Fiera, do not hide “a significant drop in Italian attendance compared to other editions of 2016,” but at the same time they underline that “have increased attendance by overseas buyers, even from those economies which during 2016 had recorded less force in purchases. The total number of foreign workers has far exceeded the national presence. ” In particular, from China, Russia and the former Soviet Republics, the Gulf countries, have performed well, with the addition of the Iranian presence, cleared by the international environment (for now) more relaxed. Good the presences from US and some Latin American countries. As for the European Union, according to the analysis of the organizers, there is a confirm of a selection to high of the purchase decisions that favor researched and innovative collections. Good results with some of the most dynamic countries of South East Asia, including Thailand.
Double-sided Result
It is positive or negative the budget? For the positive Fair, why he did face a difficult market situation. For the Italian jewelry not too rosy, because purchases of italians are in stand-by. Concept reiterated by the Director General of the Italian Exhibition Group, Corrado Facco: “It is a very good budget on all fronts, in some ways almost unexpected, given the contraction of global demand for gold for jewelry that have characterized 2016, in particular in some of the main countries of reference. In this edition we have instead recorded a great number of foreign buyers and, in general, a very positive sentiment of our customers, who presented collections of excellence, rich in innovation and design. ”
The novelty of September
It has certainly helped the atmosphere the area dedicated to 12 international designers (we talked about here). “VicenzaOro is proving a real global player goldsmith and jewelery, a brand with a high quality standard thanks to the format The Boutique Show and the new content of global interest inserted, by The Design Room to the theme of Corporate Social Responsibility. The birth of IEG, with its economies of scale, can only strengthen the group with positive effects on its trade products, among them VicenzaOro “, is the comment of the vice president of IEG, Matteo Marzotto.
About designers and international news. Gioiellis.com is pleased to anticipate that the September edition of VicenzaOro will house a large contingent of designers of Greece, one of the countries that looks like the cradle of a new generation of great designers, as evidenced by the Palladio prize awarded to Nikolas Koulis. The Fair will host the exhibition A Jewel Made in Greece. Another step towards greater internationalization.

L'ingresso a VicenzaOro — L’ingresso a VicenzaOro

Matteo Marzotto, Vice Presidente IEG, Lorenzo Cagnoni, Presidente IEG, Corrado Facco, Direttore Generale IEG

The philosophy of Anastazio

Published on April 24, 2016

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Anastazio Kotsopoulos is the founder and creative director of the jewelry brand based in Athens that bears his name, Anastazio. It is one of the emerging designers of large patrol of Hellenic jewelers. He started working with his older brother, Agis Kostopoulos, who acted as his teacher. The debut was a success, took place through the jewelers of Santorini, an island that is home to a vibrant international tourism. Through the years the style of Anastazio has also showed out in the international arena: jewels with intricate sketch, such as the labyrinth of Minos, along with iconic signs inspired by ancient cultures, from the greek folklore, and uses textures and geometries. Yet he calls it a simple style. In fact the shape of rings, earrings and bracelets is rather complex and for ethnic nothing. Gold and precious stones, treated with meticulous workmanship, are the characteristics of his collections, who do not give to convey abstract concepts. No coincidence that Greece is the birthplace of philosophy. Margherita Donato