BORN IN THESSALONIKI GREECE 1973.
STUDIED MARKETING AND GRADUATED IN 1996.
ASSOCIATED AS A CREATIVE AND BUSINESS CONSULTANT AT FASHION HOUSE SEVASTIANI.
LEARNED THE SKILLS OF TAILORING (MENSWEAR) AND GRADUATED IN
FASHION DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY IN 2004 (LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION).
WORKED AS AN INTERN IN MENSWEAR DESIGN STUDIO OF ISSEY MIYAKE, TOKYO JAPAN.
IN 2005 JOINED THE FASHION HOUSE SEVASTIANI AND WORK IN SEVERAL PROJECTS SUCH AS:
THE EXHIBITION (MAY 2005) WITH THE TITLE ‘CONSERVATION OF THE TECHNIQUES AND THE MATERIALS OF THE TRADITIONAL GREEK CULTURE AS A WINDOW FOR THE FUTURE`(SPONSORED BY THE MINISTRY OF MACEDONIA AND THRACE GREECE) AND CONCETRATED ON THE BRAND NAME `MICHAIL GKINIS` LAUNCHED THE FIRST READY TO WEAR COLLECTION IN PARIS (3RD OF MARCH 2006 AT JEANE K SHOWROOM 97 RUE OBERKAMPF) AND IN ATHENS 19 TH OF MARCH 2006 AT LIFESTYLEDEATH SHOWROOM.
MICHAIL GKINIS IS MAKING MEANINGFUL CLOTHES ALWAYS PROGRESSING
THE RAISON D`ETRE INTO THE WEARERS MIND. THE MESSAGE HE PORTRAYS IS ` FORM
FOLLOWS FUNCTION` by THE BAUHAUS ART MOVEMENT. HIS ADMIRATION IS TO IMPLEMENT
IT NOT ONLY IN CLOTHING BUT AS A PURPOSE OF LIFE. HAVING THIS IN MIND HE IS
APPLYING THE AMALGAMATION OF
INDUSTRIAL / NATURE / HUMAN VALUES / THE SPACE WITHIN
AS THE FUNDAMENTAL INSPIRATIONAL ENGINE IN ORDER TO EXPRESS HIS AWARENESS
ABOUT THE MODERN SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND IN RESULT IS USING CLOTHING AS A MEDIUM
TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE REST OF THE HUMANITY.HIS SHARP TAILORING CUT IS UTILISED
IN A NEW FORM BY NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL TEXTILES ADDING AN EXTRA MOVEMENT
AND FUNCTIONALITY IN TO THE GARMENTS.