Venetia Koutsou
fashion and costume designer, senior lecturer in Fashion Design, Department of Creative Design & Clothing, school of Design Science, International Hellenic University (IHU)
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Venetia Koutsou is a senior lecturer in Fashion Design, at the department of Creative Design & Clothing, school of Design Science, of the International Hellenic University (IHU). She teaches Fashion History, Style Semiology, Trends Forecasting and Fashion Design. She has collaborated with the Hellenic Association of Knitwear and Ready-to-Wear Companies (SEPEE), in the framework of lifelong educational programs for clothing industry employees. She has worked for Hellenic Organization of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Handicraft (EOMMEX) and has collaborated with the “Peclers” and “Carlin International” trend bureaus concerning Fashion Prognosis issues. In collaboration with the visual artist Εleftheria Stoikou (PieTa Team), she has inspired and curated design projects such as, among others, Endymatography: from home to journey, Wear is Art, Deconstructing Jeans, for the promotion of the clothing culture.