everybody's contemporary, Chryssoula

Chryssoula Papadimitriou encountering the Yves Saint Laurent natural mink.

Video by Tassos Vrettos
Editing by Iria Vrettou
Listening to Nat king Cole, "Mona Lisa" instrumental

Natural mink as in the destefashioncollection, capsule of 2007 which is curated by Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak (M/M Paris)

Chryssoula Papadimitriou is reciting, in Greek, the letter written to her by a man who was a great love in her life. Her exact words translate like this:
" There has been a great love in my life. A love which I have not reciprocated. He wrote this in a letter to me, " You have been the idol of a new religion for me; a religion to which i gave my faith and to which I made sacrifices. You have been... All the things you have been ... You have been by very being. You are even when you are not and you will be because there is no forgetting you. You will exist in the purest cell of the monastery I call my soul.
A great love..."

M/M (Paris), selection FOUR – YVES SAINT LAURENT
Object: Platinum gray alpaca jacquard hooded dress with embossed pattern and neutral mink (Fall/Winter 2007-2008):
"The reason, behind this choice relates to the situation of Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga. Yves Saint Laurent was bought by PPR some years ago. After appointing several designers as creative director who somehow never succeed to reactivate the brand, Stefano Pilatti (last creative director to have been appointed) has finally managed to find a way to carry on the extraordinary story of Monsieur Saint Laurent. In making this choice we are acknowledging this event. This choice is a kind of creative investment. We like it because it has the potential to be one day extraordinary"

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