History

Ariella directors in the early days

The young brothers, Aristos and Achilleas, founded Ariella in the swinging, psychedelia of sixties London. They flourished at the the heart of the British fashion explosion on Carnaby Street where new trends [...]

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Aristos and Achilleas Constantinou, Ariella Fashions Co-Founders in the 70s

Pink Knot Ball

Ariella put on a spectacular fashion show at the Natural History Museum for the Pink Knot Ball charity fund raising event in May 2005. Ariella presented its latest collection of [...]

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Ariella Fashion Show, Natural History Museum

Anthony Price

In 1993 Ariella was delighted to come together with Anthony Price to develop the Later Collection. Anthony, who dressed such stars as Michelle Pfeiffer, Joan Collins and Jerry Hall, in [...]

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Christina Stambolian

Christina Stambolian worked for Ariella between 1995 to 1999. She is pictured here with Lady Diana, between Mr and Mrs Constantinou at Christie’s London, 2 June 1997. She had previously designed [...]

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Princess Diana

2010s

Ariella is embarking on the current decade with excitement at the current revival of sixties and seventies fashion and the new thirst for modern takes on vintage designs. Having experienced these most fashionable decades [...]

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2000s

The Noughties saw the world of fashion collide with the world of celebrity like never before. Stars like Sex in the City’s Sarah Jessica Parker and Victoria Beckham were elevated [...]

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1990s

The nineties was a decade of anti-fashion, the “anything goes” approach led to a propagation of casual and comfortable trends. Ariella however remained true to its loyal clientele delivering progressive formal and [...]

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1980s

Big tops, big shoulders, big make-up and big hair the 1980s will always be loved or hated but will always be recognisable. In 1985 sire Terrance Conran and a panel of fashion [...]

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1970s

The seventies was a decade rich with wonderful flowing, hippy fashion, with flared trousers, exploding colours, Kaftan tops and Sergeant Pepper’s military uniforms. Ariella grew from strength to strength in this period with [...]

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1960s

The sixties saw the first real revolution in contemporary in both men’s and women’s fashion with trends changing more frequently than ever before in the history of fashion. Ariella was born in [...]

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The Early Years

The story of Ariella begins with a young Aristos Constantinou. Aristos graduated from the London College of Fashion in 1965 worked for Mattli the Couturier in Mayfair before venturing out to [...]

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