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• Kokosalaki was born in Athens in November 1972
• She graduated in 1998 with an MA in womenswear from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
• Sophia Kokosalaki debuted her first womenswear collection during London Fashion Week in 1999
• In November 2002, she was appointed chief designer for the Olympic Games in Athens 2004, overseeing all costumes for the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the uniforms for both the teams and officials
• In 2004, the Sophia Kokosalaki label made the top ten British Cool Brand Leaders
• She was costume designer for the classic play, Antigone, produced in 2005 in the Greek amphitheatre at Syracuse, directed by Irene Papas
• In January 2007, Sophia Kokosalaki entered the orbit of the Only the Brave group, directed by Renzo Rosso who who acquired a controlling stake in the brand through his holding in Staff International
• Kokosalaki has also collaborated with Topshop on a capsule collection and, from 2006 to 2008, became creative director at the resurrected historic French fashion house Vionnet.

An interesting fact: her Cretan great grandmother was a famous religious healer recognised by the Orthodox Church. She actually appears in a lot of books featuring contemporary saints but she can't be a saint yet because she still has living descendents.