World-renowned designers design for traditional Mexican rag doll

These rag dolls are not dressed in rags anymore. 13 world-renown and local designers created unique outfits to dress traditional Mazahua rag dolls for the 4-day “Tribute to Mexico” exhibition.  Mexican designers Christian Cota and Macario Jimenez joined world famous colleagues and brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Max Mara,  Kenzo, Veronica Etro, Tory Burch, Lacoste and BCBG Max Azria to design tiny pieces of clothing especially…

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Where to eat good and cheap in Athens (summer 2011)

Either you are a tourist or living in Athens, here are a couple of chain restaurants where you can enjoy great dishes at a mini price this summer. 1st “La Pasteria” italian cuisine restaurants are celebrating 10 years of success and delicacies so they are offering a full summer menu at the unbeatable price of 10 euros. The menu starts…

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Discovering Skopelos Island; what touristic guides won’t tell you

Most of you may recall Skopelos as the island where Meryl Streep shook her bon-bon in “Mamma Mia – The Movie”. Despite the fact I have family in the island from the part of my aunt Liana’s husband, I hadn’t been there since I was, eeek, like, 6 months old. I returned to Skopelos last Monday for a brief 3-day holiday with…

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Lunch by the sea

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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Women’s fashion in Myanmar

A spectacular traditional dress show including exotic dancers and local fashion was held in Yangon, Myanmar, to mark Myanmar Woman Day which is celebrated on 3rd July. Women’s fashion in Myanmar is a bright mixture of bright colors, floral motifs and multicolored ethnic patterns. Sarongs and Longyis are the most popular clothes for local women, who prefer to dress in Myanmar silk or cotton…

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