Orient_Express

"The Orient Express was the name of a long-distance passenger train service originally operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. The route and rolling stock of the Orient Express changed many times. Several routes in the past concurrently used the Orient Express name, or slight variants thereof. Although the original Orient Express was simply a normal international railway service, the name has become synonymous with intrigue and luxury travel. The two city names most prominently associated with the Orient Express are Paris and Constantinople, the original endpoints of the timetabled service.

On 12 December 2009, EuroNight train number 469 'Orient Express' left Strasbourg on its final overnight run to Vienna, and on 13 December the celebrated name 'Orient Express' disappeared forever from the official European timetables after 126 years.  True, the Orient Express may have been the ultimate example of a knife that's had its blade and its handle replaced many times, but this train was indeed the true descendant of that first 1883 'Express d'Orient' and it officially carried the name 'Orient Express'. The Orient Express ceased to operate and the route disappeared from European railway timetables, reportedly a victim of high-speed trains and cut-rate airlines."

Generally known from Next Top Model 2, Jiannan Peng was our model coming from Orient! When i first show her, i knew it would be a challenge for us to "transform" her. Dimitris followed exactly my instructions regarding the hair-styling and the result was astonishing - a huge 50's coiffure, which officially attracted all the attention-. Sarah, also gave its best and made Jiannan's face look like a doll. The styling was a combination between '30s & '60s elements with a few '50s bizarre touches.

Plastic_Beauty

*the black & white photographic filter makes the "plastic" raincoat look weird_i really love these amazing feather lashes that Sarah used.

Little_White_Dress

*this dress is actually the first outfit i have ever constructed_it was 1st years final assignment at pattern making course_a classic white Americaine dress styled whith a 3 in 1 navy colored belt. 

The_Orange_Is_On_Fire

*i have to thank specially Mrs. Mika Panagou, Costume & Stage Designer, who conceded me this orange coat from her personal wardrobe_the purple background creates a pleasant contrast to the outfit.

"Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express' isn't set on the Orient Express, it's set on the Simplon Orient Express.  By the 1920s and 30s there were a whole inter-connecting network of Wagons-Lits company trains with 'Orient Express' as part of their name in addition to the Orient Express itself.  The Orient Express has always run from Paris Gare de l'Est via Munich, Vienna & Budapest, whereas the Simplon Orient Express started running in April 1919, taking a Southerly route from Calais and Paris Gare de Lyon to Milan, Venice, Trieste, Zagreb, Belgrade, Sofia and Istanbul, with a portion for Athens."

credits: 

wardrobe styling: maro_palamara

make-up: sarah_elizabeth_jordan

hairstylist: dimitris_ioannou 

 model: jiannan_peng 

photography: amaryllis_koufantoni