One of the places I keep in my heart with much love and happy childhood memories is the village of Ayia Marina in Fthiotis, Greece. Only 15kms away from my hometown, Lamia, Ayia Marina has been a paradise of summer fun plenty of fish taverns ever since my grandmother was in her 20s. Although it’s not famous for the best sea or considered the…
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Mawi of London, one of my favourite jewellery designers ever, just announced her collaboration with Disney Couture. Mawi Keivom has designed a new series of jewellery to celebrate the 80th birthday of Minnie Mouse. I just saw some of the pieces of the collection called Minnie Mawi and it contains both her trademark industrial design as well as more…
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Most of us have ice cream memories from the most important summers of our lives; our favourite childhood ice creams or even sharing ice creams with friends, family and sweethearts. Artist Anna Barlow evokes these very memories with her series of ice cream ceramics, showing in BICHA Gallery, London, until the 14th August. “I have focused on ice cream as it…
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One thing every girl knows is blue eyeliner goes well with blue eyeshadow; Today I’ll show you an impressive alternative way to wear blue eyeliner all year long. This is a look that make-up artist Voula Karaoli applied on me. I was quite thoughful when she said she would use purple AND blue for my eye make-up. As I stared in disbelief,…
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Isn’t it ironic how Amy Winehouse rose to stardom with “Rehab” and her star set due to failing to do this very thing – “rehab”. A word that marked her peak as well her tragic passig. Last month, I was disappointed when I couldn’t manage to travel to Athens to watch her scheduled performance on the 22nd June. “Next time”, I said to…
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