It was a great evening!!!! The opening night of the “Historic Jewelry and Haute Couture ” exhibition was brilliant… loads of beautiful artistic jewelry, amazing vintage dresses and a whole lot of fun. Although, we are living difficult times.. we felt there is more to Greece, today, than debts, corruption and austerity measures. When everything seems hopeless… we need some glamour, style and… hope! In the exhibition we saw, one more time, what Greek entrepreneurs can do and how they can conquer the world with class. The Museum is filled with impressive jewelry that was loved all around the globe. And… a glass of wine toward the end of the evening with friends at the rooftop terrace of the Museum under the Acropolis… Yeah !!! Some times Greece can be Magical!!!
Ancient Style Ilias Lalaounis necklace and ringKokosalaki wedding dressGold bracelets by Sofia Kokosalaki and Ilias Lalaounis
Ilias Lalaounis: A Greek Success Story
Ilias Lalaounis was born in 1920 in a Greek family of goldsmiths. He studied law and economics but decided to join the family business, Zolotas in 1940. He took over the running of the company during the first world war while taking drawing lessons. In 1957 at the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair, he exhibited his gold pieces inspired by ancient Greek ones for the first time. All throughout his life, archaeological Greek revival would be his preferred style and manually hammered gold his preferred technique. In 1969, Lalaounis decided to set up his own business separate from his family. Lalaounis has received many prizes for his art with the out most important being that of the French Academy of Fine Arts in 1990, as the only jeweller ever to be elected as its member. Today the company and his museum are run by his four daughters.
Gold lace necklace by Ilias LalaounisIoanna Lalaounis and Alexandra SkaltsogianniIlias Lalaounis gold feather necklaceVintage Haute Couture and Jewelry at the Ilias Lalaounis MuseumIlias Lalaounis gold braceletsVintage Haute couture and historic jewelryIlias Lalaounis gold earringsTseklenis 1970s Vintage dressesIlias Lalaounis MuseumHaute Couture and Jewelry at the Ilias Lalaounis MuseumAikaterini LalaouniIlias Lalaounis MuseumΑλεξάνδρα Σκαλτσογιάννη με φόρεμα Gaultier δίπλα στα εκκεντρικά κολιέ της συλλογής ΛαλαούνηEccentric gold Jewelry at the Ilias Lalaounis MuseumLaoura Lalaouni-MacropoulouGold Artistic Jewelry at the Ilias Lalaounis MuseumNina Trendsurvivor Papaioannou in a brown Alaia top and skirt at the Ilias Lalaounis MuseumGold traditional Jewelry at the Ilias Lalaounis Museum
Greek Hospitality under the Acropolis
Aikaterini Lalaouni with her motherCocktail Party at the Ilias Lalaounis Museum… breathtaking view of AcropolisAggeliki Kaskanidou and Laoura Macropoulou-LalaouniEugenia Larsinou with her mother Katerina KefalaGreek designer Vlassis Holevas and his wife AnnaMaria Vigopoulou … I love her Balenciaga bag!!!Tasos Goulas with his wife Eleni AntoniadouLila Douka and Stauros BonicosIlias Lalaounis with his granddaughter and Aikaterini Lalaouni with her friends Photo by Dimitris Panoulis , Newpaper Adesmeytos Tipos ( Πέγκυ Καλογιαννοπούλου )Ilias Lalaounis with his granddaughter and Aikaterini Lalaouni with her friends Photo by Dimitris Panoulis , Newpaper Adesmeytos Tipos ( Πέγκυ Καλογιαννοπούλου )
Queens of Fashion, Countries, Music and Style love Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry
Queen Sofia wearing Ilias Lalaounis jewelryElizabeth Taylor wearing Ilias Lalounis Gold jewelryKaily Minogue wearing Ilias LalaounisCharlize Theron wearing Ilias Lalaounis Gold JewelryAristotele Onassis and Jackie Kennedy Onassis
The Ilias Lalaounis Museum, next to the Acropolis Museum, opened in 1994 with more than 3,500 impressive articles and jewelry. You can have a look at the jewelry that was loved by style icons like Jackie Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbra Streisand, Charlize Theron and Jennifer Lopez to name a few ! Definitely worth seeing when you visit Athens and the Acropolis Museum .... because Greece is more than beautiful beaches…
Style never goes out of fashion! The jewelry is magnificent and the Greek girls are always beautiful, no matter their age! Thank you for bringing us a good piece of Greek news. ^_^
I am :))) you like it and thank you for the compliments!
It’s very sad to live in a country where everything seems hopeless!!! .. You are in Australia?? Right? Amazing!!! Enjoy your day!
Very lovely. I particularly liked the gold dress with the blue flowers and sash!
Thank you for visiting Sabrina!
I love that dress … great for the red carpet!!!
Have a nice day!!
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Nina
Style never goes out of fashion! The jewelry is magnificent and the Greek girls are always beautiful, no matter their age! Thank you for bringing us a good piece of Greek news. ^_^
I am :))) you like it and thank you for the compliments!
It’s very sad to live in a country where everything seems hopeless!!! .. You are in Australia?? Right? Amazing!!! Enjoy your day!