* uN NOUvEAU iDEAL by fILEP mOTWARY

Dear iDEALS, casting after casting. Yesterday I thought everyhting was finished and that my team would be ready to go. Unfortunately, last night I received a phonecall from the agency we booked our model from, to hear that she had an accident. "Monroe, get well soon"!
This morning I had to repeat the casting to find another girl and THANK GOD I did.

Dear iDEALS, more details are coming to you soon.
 Iconique Societás Awards 2008

...more models coming at the studio

Dear iDEALS, here I am again , at the studio working. All my friends went to the beach, appart from myself and my friend/house model Maria Chrisavgi. She came to the studio wearing vintage Junya Watanabe top and Filep Motwary Jupe-Culotte. For a moment I cought myself staring at her unable to speak. She is so close to me, so loyal and the best model God could have given me.

In the other room, Maria Mastori decided to change the color of our sofa. She got a brush and cerulian paint and started to apply her vision.

Dear iDEALS, I started casting the models today for my next week's photoshoot. This is Marketta and she comes from Prague.

Dear iDEALS, I have great respect for Maison Martin Margiela. I have just recieved these photographs from the House's new Couture collection. It is impressive to see the choice of materials, the great structure and leather craftmenship, futuristic references as well as bauhaus vs modernism.

 Read my lips and they will tell you: I LOVE MARGIELA.

Dear iDEALS, I was having a glass of water yesterday at my friends Deux Hommes. Next week I am shoting a story for a foreign magazine and I wanted to choose two looks from my favorite Greek designer duo. Their A/W 09 collection was a melting pot of interesting ingredients: Bohemia, Pris 1975-Mitteleuropa, Brocard, Contrast, Tradition, Nostalgia facing the future.

Dear iDEALS, as you know allready it is a very busy period for my mother. She is in Athens again, helping me out with the making of my collection. We leave the house at 9 in the morning and return at 19:00, everyday, including Saturdays. What impresses me though is her ability to forget everything once we unlock my home door. After a ten minute rest , she sits on the sofa and starts reading (whatever she finds in Greek language), from newspapers to magazines...actually she adores anything printed. I asked her to make a selection of her favorite books from my library. Here they are:


BABETH

EXHIBIT A GUY BOURDIN

BALENCIAGA the exhibition catalogue

POINTS OF VIEW

A MAGAZINE curated by KRIS VAN ASCHE

NOTE: My mother is wearing FILEP MOTWARY vintage dress. Click here to refresh your memory

Dear iDEALS, when I saw the Milan collections, thanks to Ilias Michalolias, boredom was the only word that can describe my feeling. It seems that Paris prevented me from yawning. Congratulations to Bernhard Willhelm and his amazing show.
Here are some backstage photos by Dazed n'Confuzed collaborator Vito Flamminio.

John Galliano by Vitto Flamminio

Lanvin by Vitto Flamminio

Raf Simmons by Vitto Flamminio

Bernhard Willhelm by VItto Flamminio