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MAFALDA SIMÕES E ARIANA ORRICO VENCEM CONCURSO SANGUE NOVO

ModaLisboa Pebbling, Sangue Novo

14 March '26

Mafalda Simões and Ariana Orrico are the big winners of the Young Designers competition, Sangue Novo.

After reviewing the collections presented by the five finalists, the jury — composed of Miguel Flor (designer and creative director, president of the jury), Joana Jorge (Project Manager, Associação ModaLisboa), Anastasia Bilous (Fashion Editor, ELLE Ukraine), Federico Cina (Fashion Designer), Federico Poletti (Scientific Leader in Fashion Marketing & Communication, IED Milano) and Filipa Homem (Creative Director, Burel Factory) — awarded Mafalda Simões with the ModaLisboa x IED – Istituto Europeo di Design prize. The award includes attendance at a Master’s Programme in Fashion Design at IED Rome, valued at €19,400, or in Fashion Marketing at IED Milan, valued at €20,300, as well as a €4,000 grant.

Ariana Orrico received the ModaLisboa x Burel Factory prize, which offers the opportunity to participate in a one-month creative residency at Burel Factory, with technical and creative support from the brand’s design team. The experience will allow the development of pieces in Burel materials and their presentation as a standalone collection on the Workstation platform at the next edition of Lisboa Fashion Week. The winner also receives a €1,000 grant to support the development of the new collection.

Both winners will additionally benefit from press and showroom support from the communication agency Showpress, for one season.

PHOTO: Luís Miguel Fonseca

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