Chara Lebessi

Chara Lebessi was born in Athens and studied IT, before enrolling at Akto Art and Design School to study Fashion Design, History of Costume and Textiles. However it was upon winning first prize, in 2001, at the First Hellenic Wedding Dress competition, that made her to turn to fashion decisively and continue her studies in London, at Central Saint Martins.

In August 2002, LONDON DESIGNERS Ltd located at 54 Fulham road, London, bought the Greek designer’sentire collection. Since March 2005, as a member of the Hellenic Fashion Designers Association, she has participated in each Hellenic Fashion Week.

In July 2006 and 2010 she accepted two invitations from the Greek Ambassador to Serbia, to showcase her collections representing Greece. In October 2007, she excibited her collection at the Paris trade fair “Vendome Luxury Trade show” hosted at the Ritz hotel. In October 2008, her work featured on “48 hours” on the Al Jazeera International TV channel. In 2010, two gowns from her collection were displayed at the ‘TO DRESS’ exhibition at the BENAKI Museum, Athens, Greece. In 2011, her collection was on exchibit at the the MODERN showroom in Milan, Italy. During her career, many International artists have chosen her creations for Red Carpet events such as the Cannes Film festival, Venice, BFI London and San Sebastian, Spain. At World Museums day, in May 2015, the Greek Costume history Museum, displayed Lebessi’s creation “The Seaweed dress” as the centerpiece of the exhibition; in fact, “Seaweeds as Silk Ribbons” the title for the entire exhibitionwas derived from the Seaweed dress. In 2016, the international Jewelry brand Links of London chose one of the designer’s couture creations for their International Spring Summer campaign. Pieces of her collections were presented and were bid onat the silent auctions hosted by the Hellenic Initiative Annual Gala, in September 2017, 2018 and 2019, in order to raise funds for Greece. On June 2019, she accepted the invitation from the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy – HICD, to participate and speak about fashion in the global market, as a form of culture. On October 2019, Lebessi’s couture gown “The crystal deconstruction gown” was displayed at the “Greek fashion – 100 inspirational and creative years” exhibition organised by the V Papantoniou Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation and the Foundation of the Hellenic World at Hellenic Cosmos. On March 2021, The V Papantoniou Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation requested Lebessi to profile her 20 years career for future references.

On September 2022, Fashion TV channel aired Lebessi’s Spring Summer 2023 collection, celebrating Fashion TV’s 25th anniversary, hosted in Athens.

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Atelier: 1 Iakinthon street, Alimos, Athens, Greece

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