Luxury Retail
Chantal Danou
Luxury Sales Associate
Athens
Summary
Specializes in luxury eye-wear retail, optical products and personalized styling with a focus on high-end fashion and client service. Skilled in providing expertise on lens types, frame materials, and facial morphology to deliver tailored styling and vision solutions. Passionate about styling, fashion history and the modern reinterpretation of vintage pieces, with a strong eye for combining archival fashion with contemporary trends.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Luxury Sales Associate
Linda Farrow Sunglasses Boutique, One&Only Hotel Glyfada
Athens , Attica
07.2025 - Current
- Offering personalized styling consultations to high-end clientele, advising on frame shapes, color palettes, and eye-wear trends to complement facial features, wardrobe and lifestyle.
- Educating clients on the Linda Farrow brand heritage, known for its fusion of avant-garde design, timeless elegance and fashion-forward collaborations with leading designers.
- Creating personalized shopping experiences for an international luxury clientele at One&Only Hotel.
- Maintaining boutique aesthetics and visual merchandising to reflect Linda Farrow's elevated brand image.
- Supporting VIP clients through after-sales service, tailored recommendations and relationship building.
- Managing stock deliveries, verifying inventory, organizing incoming collections and preparing merchandise for display.
- Applying knowledge from internal luxury retail training focused on fashion history, styling techniques and delivering and exceptional luxury shopping experience.
Luxury Sales Associate
Panaidis Eyewear Boutique
Athens , Attica
02.2025 - 06.2025
- Specialized in luxury eye-wear sales, working with prestigious brands including Cartier, Chanel, Saint Laurent, Celine, Dior and more.
- Implemented effective upselling techniques to encourage additional purchases from satisfied customers.
- Contributed to a positive work environment by collaborating effectively with team members.
- Applied advanced sales techniques to maximise client satisfaction and drive performance, including needs-based selling, upselling, cross-selling and creating urgency through exclusivity and limited editions.
- Trained by Kering Eyewear and Luxottica team on brand heritage, product innovation and advanced luxury sales techniques focused on emotional engagement, cross-selling and building long-term client relationships.
- Managed stock deliveries, inventory accuracy and boutique operations using retail management software. ( POS, stock systems ).
- Specialized in personalized styling consultations for luxury eye-wear, advising clients on frame shapes, color and lens options to enhance facial features, personal style and wardrobe.
Vintage Fashion Sales
@NSTYGALAXY_VINTAGE
Athens , Attica
11.2023 - 01.2025
- Assisted in the curation and styling of vintage fashion pieces, focusing on unique pieces with strong aesthetic and value.
- Provided personalized styling advice to clients, both online and at pop-up events, helping them select items aligned with their personal.
- Supported the sales process, including managing orders, customer service, packaging and logistics for online sales through Instagram and other platforms.
- Helped organize pop-up events providing direct customer service and assisting in visual merchandising.
- Handpicked vintage garments through sourcing trips to Italian warehouses and selective online platforms, ensuring quality, uniqueness and alignment with the boutique's modern aesthetic.
Model
VNMODELS
Athens, Attica
01.2020 - Current
- Adapted quickly to changing environments for continued professionalism under pressure.
- Collaborated effectively with fellow models, photographers, stylists, and makeup artists to create cohesive and successful projects.
- Maintained a strong social media presence to promote brands effectively, gaining thousands of followers and increasing engagement.
- Performed well under pressure in fast-paced environments in photoshoots ensuring timely project completion.
- Worked closely with designers to represent their vision accurately, ensuring garment fit and styling met expectations.
- Promoted products and services by posing for commercials, live shows, and photo shoots.
Education
Associate of Arts - Fashion Design
PANSIK Fashion Design&Construction Programme
Athens 02-2024
Associate of Arts - Arts, Design
Merso Atelier
Athens, Acropolis 01-2024
English Language Certificate - English Language
Michigan State University,English Language Center
Athens, Greece05-2018
Skills
- Luxury Retail Sales
- Personalized styling & Client Consultations
- Visual Merchandising & Boutique Presentation
- Clienteling & VIP Costumer Service
- Vintages Fashion Curation & Sourcing
- POS & Retail Management Systems
- Fashion Storytelling & Brand Heritage Communication
- After-Sales Service & Client Relationship Building
- Training Participation ( Kering Eyewear, Luxottica , Linda Farrow Team )
- Team Collaboration & Cross-Department Communication
Additional Information
- Will be enrolled as a student in Art&Design Preparatory Studies (Prep'Art,Paris) with a focus on garment making, painting, arts and visual culture.
- Relocating to Paris for studies and professional development in Fashion and Arts.
- Fluent in Greek, English, Medium to Fluent level in Arabic, currently improving French (A1 Level).
- Strong understanding in fashion history, styling and visual merchandising.
- Strong understanding of color theory, composition and visual storytelling through painting.
- Artistic approach to styling and fashion, informed by a trained eye for composition and visual harmony through painting.
Interests
Modelling
Travelling
Painting and Designing
Fashion Design, Art
Background in Fashion and Visual Arts, with a strong eye for composition, proportion and color developed through painting and sketching. I approach fashion as form of visual storytelling, blending my artistic perspective with styling and modern aesthetics.
Timeline
Luxury Sales Associate
Linda Farrow Sunglasses Boutique, One&Only Hotel Glyfada
07.2025 - Current
Luxury Sales Associate
Panaidis Eyewear Boutique
02.2025 - 06.2025
Vintage Fashion Sales
@NSTYGALAXY_VINTAGE
11.2023 - 01.2025
Model
VNMODELS
01.2020 - Current
Associate of Arts - Fashion Design
PANSIK Fashion Design&Construction Programme
Associate of Arts - Arts, Design
Merso Atelier
English Language Certificate - English Language
Michigan State University,English Language Center
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