▲ CHRISTINA SKARPELI WAS BORN IN ATHENS IN 1987. SHE STARTED PAINTING AT THE TENDER AGE OF 8. AFTER 6 YEARS, SHE WAS CONVINCED THAT SHE WAS MADE TO DESIGN AND CREATE. DURING HER STUDIES AS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER, SHE STARTED EXPERIMENTING ON THE CREATION OF JEWELLERY AND ACCESSORIES MADE WITH VARIOUS MATERIALS. AFTER HER PREPARATION FOR QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, THE FASHION WORLD WON HER OVER. SHE STUDIED IN ATHENS FASHION ACADEMY AND THEN WORKED AS A FASHION DESIGNER AND PATRONIST IN GREEK FASHION INDUSTRY, AS FASHION EDITOR, JOURNALIST AND CURATOR TEXTS IN FASHION MAGAZINES AND SITES. SCARP. WAS FEATURED IN VARIOUS MAGAZINE's EDITORIALS LIKE "VOGUE" , "SKY MAGAZINE" , "THETA MAG" , "NICOLAS MAGAZINE" , "E-MERGE MAGAZINE", "MUST HAVE" , WHILE SHE ALSO HAS CREATED THE COSTUMES FOR FILMS, THEATRICAL PLAYS AND CD INLAYS OF MUSIC BANDS AND ARTISTS. HER FIRST COLLECTION FALL/WINTER 2010-2011 CALLED "ARTIFICIAL UTOPIA", INSPIRED BY EXPRESSIONISM AND BASED ON DARK SENSE OF COLOURS. HER SECOND COLLECTION SPRING- SUMMER 2011, TITLED “SLOTH IN EUPHORIA”,WAS INFLUENCED BY EXPRESSIONISM AND PAGANISM WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ROMANCE. THIS FASHION SHOW, GAVE TO HER THE 1ST AWARD "BEST NEW DESIGNER". NOW SHE'S PREPARING HER NEW COLLECTION AND COSTUMES FOR THEATRICAL PLAY " I AM MY OWN WIFE " ▲