Kyriacou studied architecture at The Bartlett at University College London (UCL) and textile design at Central Saint Martins (CSM).
Eleni Kyriacou was profiled by Bloomberg Business as a brand that moved from London to Athens amidst the Greek financial crisis.
[9] In October 2022, Muyiwa Oki, then president-elect of the Royal Institute of British Architects, supported Kyriacou by wearing one of her garment designs to the Stirling Prize ceremony at the RIBA.
[21] On 22 July 2021, Architects' Journal announced that a group of former students and staff members had formed Bartlett United, and were poised to take legal action against the school.
[24] The Howlett Brown review was completed in April 2022 and on 9 June 2022, UCL publicly apologised to current and former students and staff for a decades-old "culture of unacceptable behaviour" at the Bartlett.
[25][26] BSA director Bob Sheil stepped down early as head of the school, which also suspended some staff from student-facing and administrative duties with immediate effect.
It criticised the Bartlett's publication of the Howlett Brown review, the ensuing "blacklisting" of staff and continued "Kafkaesque" investigations, and claimed there was an online "witch hunt" targeting "decent and talented teachers".