ARMIRIKI FROM CRISIS TO CREATION

Artistic T-shirts with designers’ stories from Greece – Limited edition only.

“In Greek, armiriki is the tree that grows by the sea. If you’ve had any experience with the Greek sun, you’ll know how blessed you feel when there’s an armiriki to hide under. We see the armiriki as a defined area; a space for life and exchange.’’

Armiriki is a small artistic Greek brand focused on creating unique handmade screen-printed t-shirts with designers’ stories from Greece, limited edition only, supporting the Greek local industry. In other words, armiriki is an open platform, the canvas for creatives to express their experiential stories immersed in feelings, memories and smells that reveal a different side of Greece.

Armiriki created in 2015 by a young couple from Greece, Christina Katopodi and Konstantinos Kouvaras, born through their will to travel modern Greece around the world. Their main challenge was the threat of Greece’s bankruptcy and the imposed capital controls that have created the total opposite of an ideal environment to get started. Nevertheless, they didn’t give up and through commitment and belief in their idea, they moved forward accompanied by their co-players…

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What is Armiriki?

An open platform for creatives from Greece
Giving an opportunity for expression
Offering a new view-point on modern Greece
T-shirt as canvas
Creating a collection of unique tailor-made tees
An aesthetic result for each handmade illustrated tee
Supporting the Greek local industry

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Limited edition

A unique embroidered code for each handcrafted screen-printed illustration
300 unique copies for each artwork (women & men)
No further reprint

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Materials

100% natural cotton of premium quality for the fabric, the sewing threads and the embroideries
Handmade screen-printing method
Ecologically water-based inks that contain no harmful heavy metals
Recycled/recyclable packaging materials
Handcrafted box (by order)

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