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Harder-edged designs and animal prints. Above: Kleopatra, revised for summer 2002 to be more "mechanical", contrasting the curves of the feminine form. Top left: Glyfada and Milos.

   He does not look in a rear-view mirror to predict the following year's trends. Instead, there seems to be an innate sense of where the label should head.
   For summer 2002, Panos has endowed his range with more denim detailing, sporty styles and animal prints.
   Swimsuits such as the Kleopatra, Naxos and Paxi feature metal studs and harder-edged designs, hardly what one might have forecast when the designs were being conceived in 2001—but seems particularly suited to a certain buyer now that we have arrived in summer 2002.
   Kleopatra—the 2002 version—contrasts the softness of the feminine form with the mechanical hints presented by the denim studs on the design.

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