Angelos Frentzos

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Angelos Frentzos

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BORN IN ATHENS, GREECE IN 1972.

GRADUATES IN ATHENS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS AND PRINTING DESIGN IN 1992 AND STARTS WORKING AS PRINTS DESIGNER FOR TEXTILE COMPANIES SPECIALISED IN FURNISHING AS WELL AS CLOTHING.
AT THE SAME TIME TEAMS UP WITH SOPHIA KOKOSALAKI AND CREATE A COLLECTION OF CONCEPTUAL EXPERIMENTAL GARMENTS, BASED ON ATTITUDES AND MOODS OF THE NEW AGE MUSIC ERA.

GRADUATES IN FASHION DESIGN AND TEXTILE (CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS -LONDON) IN 1997 AND INITIATES THE PREPARATION OF THE ANGELOS FRENTZOS WOMEN'S COLLECTION.

AT 1999 ENCOURAGED BY A FASHION TALENT SCOUT, PRESENTS HIS FIRST WOMEN'S COLLECTION IN MILAN FASHION WEEK, REPRESENTED BY BRERAMODE SALES SHOWROOM, AND LAUNCHES INTERNATIONALLY THE ANGELOS FRENTZOS LABEL.

NAMED CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF ALMA, HISTORICAL ITALIAN FASHION HOUSE FOR WHOM HE DESIGNS FOUR COLLECTIONS IN A ROW ( F/W 2002-03 TILL S/S 2004 ).
IN 2002 HE LAUNCHES HIS MENSWEAR LABEL IN ORDER TO CREATE AN IMAGE OF BOTH SEXES BASED ON HIS TASTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, MUSIC AND ATTITUDE. THIS NEED ENDED UP AN UNEXPECTED SUCCESS THAT COMPETED COMMERCIALLY WITH HIS WOMENSWEAR LINE.
WINS FIRST PRIZE IN TEXTILES AT THE LYCRA DUPONT COMPETITION IN 2003.
RESTRUCTURES HIS COMPANY IN MAY 2004 WITH A FULL LICENCE PRODUCTION-DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH AN ITALIAN COMPANY FOR BOTH HIS COLLECTIONS.
LAUNCHES PROJECT FRENTZOS IN S/S 2006 A NEW LINE OF ART TO WEAR CLOTHES IN COLLABORATION WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS : A FASHION / ART WORK IN PROGRESS. PROJECT 1- MARC BIJL, PROJECT 2-MARCUS AMM, PROJECT 3- HYUNGKOO LEE.
DESIGNS THE LEATHER AND KNITWEAR SECTIONS OF VIONNET FOR THE COLLECTIONS S/S 2007 AND F/W 2007-08 PRESENTED AT THE PARISIAN HAUTE COUTURE SHOWS.AT THE SAME TIME HE INTRODUCES HIS PRE-FALL AND CRUISE COLLECTION FOR LADIESWEAR DUE TO THE MARKET DEMANDS.
ALTHOUGH THE CRAFTMANSHIP, COUTURE FEATURES AND EMPHASIS ON GREEK TRADITION THE DESIGNS OF ANGELOS FRENTZOS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MORE CONTEMPORARY THAN "FOLK" SERVING AND REPRESENTING MODERN ATTITUDES, MOODS AND STATEMENTS. THAT'S WHY MUSIC, ART, PERFORMANCE, IMAGES AND OBJECTS HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE WHOLE PACKAGE.
TOGETHER WITH THE CLOTHING COLLECTIONS ALL THESE ELEMENTS SUM UP THE KIND OF WORLD IDEALLY ANGELOS FRENTZOS WANTS TO PROJECT;
FOR MEN, BOYS, GIRLS AND WOMEN ALL MIXED UP IN PAST AND PRESENT YOUTH CULTURES REINTERPETED, HAVING AS A RESULT A YOUNG COUTURE STATEMENT THAT RESPECTS TRADITION AND ROOTS.
AS A RESULT THE ANGELOS FRENTZOS BRAND HAS MANAGED TO BE "ACCEPTED" AMONG THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED OF FASHION, AND GAINED RECOGNITION IN MUSEUMS SUCH AS THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM IN LONDON,THE KYOTO COSTUME INSTITUTE IN JAPAN, AND THE KENT INSTITUTE COLLECTION.