The Elysians Project: Greek Designers at an NYC Pop-Up Event under the auspices of Consulate General of Greece in New York

The Elysians, a multimedia platform that supports and promotes rising Greek designers hosted its first creative pop-up event featuring fashion products in New York from December 6 to 8 at the Greek operated COCO-MAT store on 49 Mercer St. The initiative was placed under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in New York.

The new platform TheElysians.com targets the U.S. and Canada market and features exclusive hand-made, artisanal fashion pieces, jewelry, and accessories from rising Greek designers, with the purpose of this platform to evolve into an e-commerce site for Greek creatives.

Elysians co-founders Athina Vosinaki and Vicki Vasilopoulos — both documentary filmmakers specializing in arts and culture — said they want to foster increased demand for Greek designed products. Vosinaki is based in Athens and Vasilopoulos in New York. The latter was a former men’s fashion editor at DNR (now part of Women’s Wear Daily).

Among the participating designers are: “Amaris Mykonian Art Stories”, “Magnadi”, “Myrto Arvaniti”, “Loom %”, “Dots. Art For All”, “Thiki”, “Klotho”, “Colour Greece” and “Holy Wabbit”.

The Elysians donated 10% of net profits from the opening event to the “Children of Greece campaign” of the Greek America Foundation, a New York-based non-profit which promotes Greek culture. The foundation’s campaign supports various children’s charities in Greece and has already distributed tens of thousands of dollars in aid.