Buying director and founder of MACHINE-A, Stavros Karelis, curates a collection of clothes in his store that is as unique to his eye as it is to the city it situates. originally from Crete, stavros is a firm fixture in London’s fashion scene and his influence on it is supportive and stirring.
The store, based on Brewer street, is dedicated to showcasing his selections from international luxury brands and up-and-coming British designers, as well as a handful of graduates. Fitting, therefore, that stavros is also a judge for nEWGEn, the British Fashion Council’s emerging talent scheme.
In 2014, in collaboration with SHOWstudio, the store began selling online. stavros takes umbrage with the terms “curator” and “mentor”, although they are terms that have become easily applicable to him and seem intrinsic to his role. despite having known and worked together for a number of years, when stavros and I met for a drink near the MACHINE-A store, we stumbled upon subject after subject we’d never touched upon, from the personal to the professional and back again. Continue reading “MACHINE-A’s Stavros Karelis talks to Lara Johnson-Wheeler”
