Yiannis Bishara

Yiannis Evangelides (Girkanci) ya kasance mai tsara kayan ado na Girka.

An haifi Evangelides a Cyprus kuma ya koma Athens yana da shekaru 18. [ana buƙatar hujja][ana buƙatar ambato] Ya auri Vasso Kourtidi. [ana buƙatar hujja][ana buƙatar ambato] Evangelides da farko yana da niyyar zama mai buga piano, amma bayan ya tsara wa matarsa riguna waɗanda mai yin kayanta ya ƙera, ya yanke shawarar shiga ƙirar kayan ado.[1] Kafin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya ɓarke a 1939, Evangelides ya kasance mai sayar da kayan ado a Athens na tsawon shekaru 20.[1][2] Daga cikin abokan cinikinsa akwai Sarauniyar Girka ta gaba, Frederica ta Hanover, wacce Evangelides ya bayyana a 1958 a matsayin abokin cinikinsa mafi sauƙi kuma mafi ƙarancin buƙata.[3] Frederica ta tallafa wa Evangelides tsakanin 1938 da 1945.[4]

An gudanar da wasan kwaikwayonsa na farko a New York a watan Janairun 1940, yana nuna riguna masu laushi a cikin shuɗi da terracotta, tare da gajerun jaket masu ado da takalma masu laushi kai tsaye da ke ambaton kayan gargajiya na Girka.[1] A shekara ta 1951 Evangelides ya koma New York, inda ya shirya ya zauna ya kafa kansa a matsayin mai tsarawa, ba kawai na kayan ado ba, amma na Shirye-shiryen sawa don kasuwar kaya.[2] Tare da kwarewarsa ta shekaru ashirin a cikin ƙirar kayan ado, ya kuma yi aiki na shekaru biyar a matsayin mai tsarawa ga mai siyarwa a Capetown, California.[2] A shekara ta 1954 Evangelides ya zama mai zane don salon al'ada a Bonwit Teller, inda rigunansa, waɗanda aka gabatar tare da rigunan Paris da aka shigo da su, an san su da amfani da tucks da pleats.[3] A shekara ta 1958, Evangelides ta mallaki shagon tufafi a titin Gabas ta 57, mai taken "Yanni".[4] Ya ba da tarin sa na farko a cikin shekara ta 1958.[5]