Daphne Valente Summer 2023: “Flora Graeca”

Αn aesthetic resistance to the chaos

With studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and St. Martin’s School of Arts – London, Daphne Valente could be our national fashion designer. Feminity, ancient Greek minimalism, comfort, timeless sophistication, and class, play a prominent role in her clothes. Daphne Valente suggests that women should show their tender side, wearing pleated, sculpted clothes in Ancient Greek forms, reminiscent of plants and flowers of our homeland.

The inspiration for her collection was drawn from the rare Botany book ‘Flora Graeca’ where all Greek flora was recorded in wonderful watercolors, during the Ottoman occupation. In a palette of floral colors, Daphne lovingly shapes her pleated fabrics on the female body, adding bold drapes and creating unique forms that capture the attention in their understated elegance. The «Flora Graeca» collection, manifests an aesthetic resistance to the chaos in our lives and focuses on the need to respect nature before it is too late!