Othonas Charalambous

OTHONAS CHARALAMBOUS WAS BORN IN NICOSIA, CYPRUS. MOVING TO THE UK TO STUDY FASHION DESIGN, HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS IN 2011. CHARALAMBOUS HAS INTERNED WITH DESIGNERS J.W.ANDERSON AND ROLAND MOURET BEFORE GRADUATING FROM LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION WITH A MASTERS DEGREE IN MENSWEAR IN 2014. HIS GRADUATION COLLECTION ‘THE MOBILE HOME’ CONSISTED ALMOST ENTIRELY OF HAND-WOVEN TEXTILES ADAPTED FROM CYPRIOT FOLK ART AND CREATED OVER A TIME PERIOD OF FIVE MONTHS. THE COLLECTION HAS BEEN FEATURED FREQUENTLY IN THE BRITISH AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS IN PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS DISORDER, PAUSE, FUCKING YOUNG, TIME OUT, PAPERCUT AND MARIE CLAIRE AMONG OTHERS AND SHOT BY PHOTOGRAPHERS INCLUDING MICHAEL SILVER, SOPHIE MAYANNE AND MICHIEL MEEWIS. MOVING HIS PRESENTATIONS TO PARIS IN 2016, CHARALAMBOUS HAS SHOWCASED HIS SECOND COLLECTION ‘IN WET ARMS’ DURING AW2016 HOMME PARIS FASHION WEEK.