Description
Ariadne Silk Scarf is adorned with a hand-printed floor plan of the ancient palace of Knossos, Crete.
You can wear it as a top, wear it as a turban, tie it up gracefully around your neck, or as a jewellery piece wrapped around your wrist or bag.
100% Silk
Handcrafted in Greece
One size
Ethical-made pieces offer the opportunity to invest in exceptional clothing that has been consciously crafted and lasts forever. This summer accessory being 100% hand-printed in Soufli, Greece and hand-stitched in-house at our Athens ateliers is a key piece for an elegant woman’s wardrobe.
For Mia Papaefthimiou setting up MIA PAPA as an ethical and slow fashion brand dedicated to sustainable practices considering both people working on it and the planet was mandatory. For this reason, the brand has collaborated from day one with expertized local artisans who craft the entire production line by hand, from sewing to printing.
EDITORIAL
The ancient palace of Knossos is located in the south of modern-day Heraklion near the north coast of Crete. Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe’s oldest city. King Minos had Daedalus construct a labyrinth, a very large maze, in which to retain his son, the Minotaur, half man, half bull. Daedalus also built a dancing floor for his daughter, princess Ariadne, who fell in love with Theseus and provided him with her famous “Ariadne’s string?, so that he could retrace his way out of the labyrinth of the Minotaur.
The same love of Ariadne for dance is also shared with our cover girl Antigoni, who is an accomplished professional dancer, choreographer and kinesiology teacher. Her love for dance and music led her to undertake piano and vocal lessons, in order to be able to express her art of bringing images into life, through her self-directed and choreographed theatre performances. Her years living in the UK matured her art and granted her a master’s title in Event Management from Edinburgh Napier University, which supported her further with managing and organising physical theatre performances with her own team on various stages in Athens. Antigoni has collaborated with important directors in Greece and she is currently part of the Takis Zaharatos dance crew. Moreover, Antigoni is the founder and designer of ANDIE Creations, a hand-knitted brand of garments and accessories.
