Wednesday 29 July 2009

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STADIUM -.--.-..-.--.-.-....INTERVIEW FILEP MOTWARY::;;-......-.-..--.-.-.-.
UNNOUVEAUIDEAL
POP.COM

FILEP MOTWARY NATIONALITY IS A COMBINATION OF SYRIA AND CYPRUS. AFTER WORKING AS A STYLIST'S ASSISTANT FOR A YEAR'S PERIOD FOR THE GREEK EDITION OF L'OFFICIEL, HE WAS HIRED BY COUTURE HOUSE LOUKIA AS HER FIRST STUDIO ASSITANT DESIGNER, A COLLABORATION THAT LASTED UNTIL 2004.

DURING THE SAME YEAR FILEP REPRESENTED GREECE, IN A PROJECT LAUNCHED BY ABSOLUT VODKA, ENTITLED ABSOLUT COUNTRY, SUPPORTED BY KESSELKRAMER IN AMSTERDAM.

HE MOVED TO PARIS WHERE HE SPENT A YEAR WORKING AS AN INTERN FOR THE HOUSES OF JOHN GALLIANO, DIOR AND CHLOE.

SINCE JULY 2005 MARIA IS COLLABORATING WITH FILEP UNDER THE LABEL MASTORI*MOTWARY STUDIO.

SINCE THEN FILEP AND MARIA PRESENTED SEVEN COLLECTIONS DURING THE HELLENIC FASHION WEEK:
FROST, SOPHIA, OVERTONE CONTINUM, SAME TIME TOMORROW, VIER FUCHSE VOR FUSHBAU .............

THEIR WORK HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN VARIOUS MAGAZINES SUCH AS VOGUE ITALIA, GLAMOUR, L'OFFICIEL. WAD, STILUS, DAZED & CONFUSED, ZOO, ELLE ........

THE MASTORY MOTWARY COLLECTIONS CAN BE FOUND IN 15 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN GREECE AS WELL AS IN CYPRUS AND JOHANNESBURG.

MOTWARY IS ALSO THE EDITOR FOR THE FASHION ISSUE OF ISTEROGRAFO IN CYPRUS, A SUPPLEMENT OF PHILELEFTHEROS NEWSPAPER, THAT COMES OUT TWICE A YEAR. SO FAR HE HAS INTERVIEWED A GREAT NUMBER OF CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FASHION PLATFORM: VIKTOR AND ROLF, JUERGEN TELLER, RICK OWENS WALTER VAN BEIRENDONCK, BERNHARD WILLHELM, DRIES VAN NOTEN, NICOLA FORMACHETTI, A.F VANDE
VOST, N.A TARLIS, VERONIQUE BRANQUINHO, MARIA LUISA, MILES ALDRIDGE, MATTHIAS VRIENS, GASPARD YUKIEVICH, JEAN CHARLES DE CASTELBAJAC, JUUN J...,....

HE IS ALSO BEHIND D UN NOUVEAU IDEAL , A BLOG FOCUSING ON INFORMATION REGARDING FASHION, ARTS AND DESIGN.

WWW.UNNOUVEAUIDEAL.TYPEPAD.COM AND ALSO A PARTNER OF THE POP MAGAZINE'S ONLINE VERSION. LONDON

HE PUBLICATION OF INTERVIEWS IS DUE TO COME OUT IN SPRING 2010.

WHERE DOES YOUR WORK START?
MY WORK STARTS ONCE I DECIDE TO GET INVOLVED.

WHAT MOST INSPIRES YOU?
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. THERE ARE NO BOUNDRIES WHEN IT COMES TO INSPIRATION. OTHERWISE WHERE WOULD MY MOTIVE BE?

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR WORK?
THE FACT THAT I REMAIN FLEXABLE. I HAVE FREEDOM.

WHAT HAVE BEEN THE BEST AND WORST BITS OF YOUR CAREER SO FAR?
ALL THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON, I DID STARVE BUT AT THE SAME TIME HAD SOME REALLY ARISTOCRATIC MOMENTS. ALL WAS GOOD.

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE?
I CAN ONLY PLAN MY NEXT SEASON EACH TIME. A NEW FILM, A NEW COLLECTION, COSTUMES FOR A PLAY AND A PERFORMANCE DIRECTION.

HOW DO YOU INCORPORATE THE VARIETY OF INFLUENCES IN YOUR WORK?
DEPENDS ON THE INFLUENCE EACH TIME.

WHERE ARE YOU FROM - BORN / LIVING?
I WAS BORN IN CYPRUS BY A SYRIAN FATHER AND CYPRIOT MOTHER. I LIVE BETWEEN ATHENS PARIS AND LONDON.

WHATS YOUR FAVOURITE THING RIGHT NOW?
INTEGRITY AND POLYPHONY.

THANK YOU

FILEP MOTWARY

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