NEW YORK, New York —Thanos Kamiliotis, the 72 year old who runs the USA agency for Fiorete recently received a beautiful Picasso tribute painted by his wife Daniela on the side of their Bethel, Connecticut home.  She   has also painted scenes from Matisse and Cocteau on different exterior walls of the couple’s home.

 Art is a passion for the couple and Kamiliotis supports no less than five art schools including Philadelphia University, Art Institute of California and New York and the High School of Fashion Industries. Thanos Kamiliotis

The unusual mural inspired by Picasso was presented for their 25th wedding anniversary in 2012 and has become the talk of their artistic community. Daniela, when she is not painting, is the senior  vice president of the women’s collection for Ralph Lauren.

Daniela Kamiliotis

“I met Daniela when I first came to the U.S. prior to learning the textile trade in the 1950’s working for Abraham Silks in Zurich,” he explained. “We bought Robert Schwartzenbach a company which served the editeur market in Lyon, France. I started with Fiorete in 1978, 35 years ago and we also represented apparel fabric producers like Boseli from Italy at that time.”

Today, Kamiliotis has two associates in Giovanni Turchet and Roberto Gottardo who help him cover Russia and China respectively  while he is busy himself with the American wholesalers for Fiorete USA. (Yes, the Chinese buy Fiorete, he said.) “Fiorete is one of the most significant textile firms in the world with wall, window and upholstery products at a very high level. Fiorete supplies the top editeurs of the world in price ranges from $20-$50 a yard.

Thanos Kamiolitis loves wife's tribute to Picasso