Cultural trends

Nail salons will be allowed to operate as of Tuesday, government officials said Monday.

Nail salon businesses had originally been shut down as part of nationwide measures aimed at stemming the spread of the novel coronavirus.

However, salon workers felt they had been unfairly targeted in light of the government's decision to reopen hair salons.

The Athens Retro Festival is back for a fourth consecutive year and will be taking place at the old OSY bus depot from Thursday to Sunday. As the name suggests, the festival is a showcase of music, technology, fashion, games and toys, art, trends and more dating from the 1920s up to the 90s.

First came the high-cut one-pieces brought into fashion by Baywatch.

Then came plunging bikinis and impractically intricate cut-out numbers.

Now the babes of showbiz have reached a new high (or low, depending on your perspective,) when it comes to tantalising on the beach or by the pool.

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Sexy model Taylor Marie Hill is considered by many in the fashion industry as the successor of Irina Shayk. The hot 20-year-old brunette stole the show at the New York Fashion Week when she came out on Alexander Wang’s catwalk.

A “wardrobe malfunction” that revealed a model’s … “full moon” at a fashion show in the northern city of Thessaloniki caused a stir on the Greek-language portion of social media this week, with the well-shaped protagonist actually a local veterinarian!

This new trend involves people going shopping and then wearing the plastic bag they received before taking a selfie and posting it on social media.