ModaLisboa - Lisboa Fashion Week - Boundless

ModaLisboa - Lisboa Fashion Week - Boundless edition took place from 9 - 12 March.

Sangue Novo (New Blood) is a platform for young Portuguese designers who get the opportunity to show their work within a collective fashion show. Eight Portuguese designers where selected to show their collections. At the end of the show several awards are presented.
Winner of Sangue Novo/FASHIONCLASH Prize this edition was Rita Afonso, who convinced with her relevant story and playful collection 'I AM A VASE, BUT I SCREAM'.

"The collection “I am a vase, but I scream” intends to pay homage to all women in history that had to use their voices and scream for their rights. Specially those that wanted to be artists and were only allowed to practice the so called minor arts. 
 Clarisse Lispector once said: "If I have to be an object, let me be one that screams". The collection screams for the still nature paintings, the weaving art and for all the fruits and vases that replaced the breasts, the legs and the naked bodies of the major arts."

João Oliveira won the ModaLisboa prize. He was the winner of FASHIONCLASH prize during October 2016 edition. With his innovative new collection 'Society' he show great potential.
“Society” explores the conduct of individuals in the most varied contemporary landscapes, facing the technological audacity. The collection interprets the historic and the emotional charge behind each provided feedback – support, heaviness, indifference and attachment. The oversized silhouette is an analogy of the journey and a metaphor for the accrued burden. And the layering breaks down the topic elements: the road, the people and their attitude. “Society” combines a streetwear approach with details influenced by workwear. 

As part of their prize, both Rita Afonso and João Oliveira will show their collection during FASHIONCLASH Festival 2017.

Other talented designers who presented their collection where Carolina Machado, Liliana Afonso, Rita Carvalho, Micaela Sapinho, Alexandre Pereira and Mariana Laurência.

Furthermore during ModaLisboa, there where shows from emerging and established designers such as Nuno Gama, Away to Mars, David Ferreira, Ricardo Andrez, Duarte, Valentim Quaresma and Patrick de Padua.

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Rita Afonso

Highlights from ModaLisboa SS2017 Together

Hermione Flynn

The 47th edition of ModaLisboa - Lisboa Fashion Week happend in the second weekend of October. Composed around the theme of 'Together' the edition is also a celebration of 25 years of ModaLisboa.

Still after 25 years ModaLisboa proceeds their search for new talent through Sangue Novo (New Blood) platform. 10 designers where selected to show their collection, among them the Berlin based Hermione Flynn who was selected at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2016.

Like previous editions Sangue Novo provides awards for future support of the promising talent. Ana Duarte received the LAB award, which means that for the next edition she will get a bigger stage for her 'Duarte' label. Designer João Barriga won the Domus Academy prize that includes an eight week workshop and 500o euro scholarship awarded by Vulcano, the official sponsor of ModaLisboa. The winner of 'FASHIONCLASH Festival' is João Oliveira who impressed with his collection 'Effeuiller' in which he plays with the relationship between sportswear aesthetics and the sportswear practicalability. This edition contained many fresh names as well few designers who already presented at Sangue Novo such as Carolina Machado who showed progress and maturity. Micaela Sapinho made her appearance with a statement collection about the role of women in the society. Other designers in the show where Daniela Ciolan, Sofiya Malichenko, Catia Moreira, Inês Silva and M HKA.

Other new generation designers at ModaLisboa where Olga Noronha, Catarina Oliveira, Ricardo Andrez, Away to Mars and Patrick De Pádua  who presented his new collection. In March this year he won this opportunity to develop his brand further. The collection 'Fado' (fado, meaning 'fate' in latin) inspired by Portuguese fado and hip hop balances the sportswear with traditional menswear sihouette. He imagines hip hop as a new fate for fado. He effortlessly clashes tradtion and future proving he is able to work out a complete collection that is both innovative and commercially vital.
Patrick won participation for FASHIONCLASH Festival in 2015 and he won the Kaltblut Magazine Award 2015.

Patrick de Pádua

Take a look at some behind the scenes and impressions.

All images by brankopopovicblog.