THE 1960’s ATHENS IS A SPRINGTIME IN EVERY ARTISTIC FIELD. ALMOST EVERY WEEK SEES A NEW MASTERPIECE. BETTINA BLOOMS INTO THE HEART OF THIS MOMENTOUS EPOCH.

THE FOLLOWING DECADE FINDS BETTINA TO BE THE UNDISPUTED LEADER IN THE FASHION CRAFT. IT’S SINGULAR ACHIEVEMENT IS THE DEFINING OF THE TOP CLOTHING TRENDS.

GROUNDBREAKING CREATORS SUCH AS JIL SANDER, VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER AND SONIA RYKIEL, ARE BEING INTRODUCED TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY.

COMME DES GARCONS, NICHOLAS GHESQUIERE FOR BALENCIAGA, JUNYA WATANABE, HUSSEIN CHALAYAN, ANNA MOLINARI. THE BETTINA IMPORTED AVANT-GARDE DESIGNERS OUTCLASS THE DERELICT 90’s

THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM. CONTEMPORARY ART AND FASHION ATTAIN THEIR POINT OF FUSION. RAF SIMONS, SOPHIA KOKOSALAKI, THREEASFOUR, OPENING CEREMONY, MARK BORTHWICK, NEEN ART MOVEMENT, 1st ATHENS BIENNIAL, INAUGURATE A NEW TIME OF HIGHLY AESTHETICISED CELEBRATION.

CONTEMPLATING THE NEW, WONDROUS ZEITGEIST. BETTINA STANDS ON IT’S UNVARIED STANDARDS. ONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO CHOOSE KNOWS HOW TO LIVE.