In another life, Dimitra Petsa must have been an actor because she’s always playing a different role in her shows, from a lover, to heartbreaker to a spiritual guide. This season it was an archaeologist, since she went excavating what it means to be Greek.

“I was really thinking about the way that Ancient Greek religion and history is so influential in Western culture as we know it, but it’s always been narrated by foreigners, such as the English or French, as their archeologists came to Greece to excavate,” said Petsa backstage.

The Greek model Nassia Matsa opened the show in a white and blue bikini printed with symbols including a spear, a Greek flag, phases of the moon and seashells. She had wings with the same symbols and half of her body was covered in mud.

The prints were inspired by the tourist shops found on Greek islands. “I used the very classic Greek blue and white, but I wanted to subvert it and take back the ownership of that and create something more elevated,” Petsa said.

She introduced her own tourist merchandise with charming white t-shirts and dresses that said “Imitation Poseidon,” “Archeologist,” “Ancient Male Figure” and “Angel of Athens.”

Other pieces included long sarong skirts that trailed behind; stretched t-shirt dresses that hugged the body as if it were wet; halterneck dresses printed with the texture of colored seashells, and ruched dresses that played on Petsa’s signature wet designs.

There was less of that wet look this season, a clever decision on the designer’s part. “The wet look will always be our core and soul, but I really wanted to open up the categories with more outerwear and menswear,” Petsa said.