Three years

I started this blog on April 10th 2008 because I wanted to document the stuff I liked, bought and wore.

Seems like I still take pleasure out of doing it.

Thank you for stopping by in the process.

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Thanks for asking

Seriously now, what about those emails asking me if I am “dead” each time I disappear for one minute? Those are freaking me out!!! Yeah. Ok. I’m sorry for disappearing without telling you, and no, I wasn’t dead, just sleeping, actually.

Garance Doré
on not blogging for a while

I just couldn't keep myself from sharing this quote.
Photo by the Sartorialist of course.

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Backstage the Toi&moi photoshot

Thalia enjoying the pampering.


Maddie snacking.


Actually, we were all snacking most if the time.


Our darling photographer Konstantinos.


Nells doing the Blue Steel.


Always joyful Elena.


Thalia's bling-bling having coffee.


Me learning that I'm actually crap at applying eyeliner.


Eliza rocking the yeti boots.


Just trying to pose for a decent picture.


Kirsten looking all modelly and pro.


Me trying not to appear completely crap...


...glad I had some help with that.


Wrapping it up.

These photos might be a few weeks old, but you can surely understand why I couldn't keep them just sitting in my hard drive. Had to post them!

This is only a part of the backstage action. As mentioned here, you can see all fifteen of us fashion bloggers modeling Toi&moi clothes in the For Fashionistas e-shop section, but don't forget to check each of their blogs separately for more trivia and backstage pics.

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The crowd at Dimitris Petrou

Stylish people outside the venue, waiting anxiously to see the Dimitris Petrou AW2010/11 presentation last night in downtown Athens.

And more stylish people inside, partying after the show!

Christiana of Fashion Paths, Alex from MTV, Elena's ballerina bun in front of them and Miss Athènes in the background.


What's a blogger without a fancy camera, right? Gotta get myself one pronto. In the meantime, watch out for the lens of Alecca Rox - incognito as always - and Thalia of Life in Athens.


Air kissin' daaaahling!


As usual, I totally forgot to hand over my camera to someone else, so I borrowed this lovely group shot from Alecca Rox's post. Christiana, Haritini, Thalia, Elena and yours truly, reporting from Dimitris Petrou AW2010/11 show for you!

The post on the actual show will be up later today.

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My moo cards are here!

Moo was such an easy service to use to design and print my cards online, I totally recommend it. I got mini cards both for the blog and to use as an architect and two mini card holders, one in hot pink and one in white. They can be attached to my keyring, so I will always have some cards on me. And isn't the packaging amazing? The feel-good factor is such a plus!
For a better look, here are the actual pics and text I used:


I used two pics from my outfit posts and two pics from my shoe posts, each one representing one colour: blue shoes, yellow jumper, black shoes with red tights and green stripy jumper.

Do you remember them? Oh well, it's been a long time, so I'll just help you out. Click on the images below to go to the original posts!

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Fashion or just clothes?

Anonymous left this quite interesting comment the other day, under my recent outfit post:

I am actually a frequent visitor of your blog, so allow me to say something to you, totally without any bad feelings. (After all, I put some time in writing it) Could you please explain to me how a simple "blouse-skirt-ballet flats" outfit can turn into something worth-posting? I am a big fun of chic and simple but this is just so indifferent. I understand that fashion bloggers need to support each other, that's why usually i don't take all the thumbs up comments on your posts too seriously. I am from Greece too. So, here in Greece where we all walk around the streets or even abroad, your today's outfit is nothing that we haven't repeatedly seen. I don't say that your outfit sucks, but at least someone has to say the obvious: IT'S NO BIG DEAL! And i am concerned that you seem to think the opposite! So, dear lopi, as a fellow architect allow me a piece of advice. Give your fellow readers something more lopi! Please… everyone can wear a blouse and a skirt without much of an effort!

Dear anonymous, you're right. The outfit was indeed simple as scratch. Something I just threw on in the morning to drag my ass to work. Just like many other outfits presented here on the blog. I don't think it's indifferent, just a very simplified yet cute way of dressing. I never suggested it was anything more than than that, something fashion-forward or ground-breaking.

Then why did I post about it?
You see, this is a personal style blog that just documents my reality. And I admit that, at times, my reality can be quite boring for some people out there. I'm no Susie Bubble folks. Most of the time I simply wear a skirt, a top and a pair of flats and just get done with it. Sometimes the result happens to be a bit more interesting, sometimes it's quite plain. But I blog it nevertheless, probably because I think it looks nice enough and most importantly because the personal style part of this blog (as opposed to the fashion & architecture part) is mostly about documenting my outfits and new buys. Is that so bad?

I could never do the opposite thing, dedicate time to wear clothes in order to take pictures for the blog. If I did that, some quite intriguing outfits would emerge, that's for sure. Believe me, I can do quirky. And I quite enjoy some fashion blogs that are based on that concept, as they are quite inspirational in all their experimental glory. But do I want to play dress-up in front of my camera just to post some pics here and have you swoon all over them in the comments? No. Not if it's not what I really wore that day. That's just not me.

I like to keep things real here. Yes, I have indeed wore some more intriguing outfits in the past and I quite enjoyed it. And I'm sure I will do that again in the future. I do understand how my Anonymous reader wishes to see more of that kind of dressing. Blogs are an amazing source of inspiration and I'm sure that's what many people expect out of me, provide a constant stream of inspiration. But I'm no magazine. I don't do all this professionally. I go through periods when I have nothing new to say fashion-wise, I just get dressed and document it. And all of you wishing to see something more than that and to be inspired from my outfits, I'm afraid you might have wait until the heat wave cools down or until I get hit with a sudden rush of fashion inspiration.

So bear with me and keep checking back until you see something you like. Or not, this is a free world. There are many other more experimental fashion blogs out there that I'm sure you'll enjoy reading. Many of them are already on my blogroll on the right.

Remember, sometimes we don't do fashion, we just wear clothes. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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Two years have passed

...and fashion architect is already two years old!

Two years and twelve days to be exact, since that very first post. However, my Berlin trip and an unexpected work-related project forced me to postpone the celebrations for a while. If you remember, last year I did a mosaic of my favourite blog pics, but this time I thought I should try something different...

I will be celebrating my second blog birthday with a present to you inspired by my second post, about the amazing illustrator Laure Laine and how her whimsical girl drawings were making me feel totally untalented. Well, I sure recognize talent when I see some! When I read that she was doing a collaboration with H&M last November, my heart jumped (and I wasn't the only one) but I failed to get to the stores on time in order to grab one myself.

Until the January sales that is, when completely out of the blue I dug out two Laure Laine tank tops from a pile of clothes at H&M in downtown Athens! Needless to say, I got both.

And love grows when it's shared.

So, celebrating these last two wonderful years with you, I will be giving away a Laura Laine for H&M tank top to one lucky reader. All you have to do is leave a comment below, making sure I will be able to contact you (by email or blog). The winner will be selected randomly in a few days.

All I have to say is thank you!

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Bloggers take pics

...that's what they do!

Alkisti


Elena

Chloe, Hari K, Elena

Some of my favourite pics from this season's AXDW.

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Fashion blogging mumbo jumbo

In the spirit of that post, the Greek fashion bloggers' lucky strike continues.

Greek Lucky mag has launched a page dedicated to fashion bloggers on its latest issue. This month it's all about Queen B, Battered Couture and The Soho Symposium. Congrats girls! (hint: next month, more bloggers!)

Next up, greek fashion portal Stylewatch.gr is celebrating its one year anniversary by holding a huge event, quite appropriately called Fashion Playground, and has invited us fashion bloggers to creatively participate.

This Thursday March 11th you are all invited at 6 D.O.G.S. (4-8 Avramiotou st, Monastiraki) to meet us, watch us craftily transform 100 white Levi's t-shirts into small pieces of art just for you and win one of them!

Moreover, this week the interviews of 10 fashion bloggers are featured on Stylewatch, so if you can read Greek, do click on that link.
Last, but definitely not least, I'd like to celebrate my 200th follower by giving her a shout-out... Hi Kiara, I find your blog wonderful and I'm honoured to add you to my GREEK FASHION BLOGS blogroll!

And Andrea? That's all.

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Your Majesties

The inspirational-in-so-many-levels Sugahspank gave me and some other fabulous guys and gals this award, so I thought I'd better pass on the lurv!

Goes to the super mod girl Chloe in the Sky, the oldest greek fashion blog (respekta) Shopping Therapy and the ever-supporting source of loveliness Already Pretty.

Goes to Greek style guru Chic-in-Greek and super talented designer and fashion illustrator Sandra Azwan whose blog I discovered recently.

Goes to my beloved Lucia, who is a total sweetheart and the first blogger I met up with, and to greek gossip blogger a-mpa. Your wit cracks me up girl.

Now it's your turn!

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