Sangue Novo

Until 17th of July, Associação ModaLisboa is accepting applications for its Young Designers Competition. With a renewed jury, updated prizes aligned with the current paradigm of the fashion industry, and the same commitment to consistency and continuity, the initiative continues to identify, nurture and inform the future. The full regulations can be consulted here.

SANGUE NOVO has historically been a safe space for creative and intellectual affirmation, designed for a new generation of designers capable of acting, transforming and shifting the centre of gravity in fashion. For this reason, it is structured with care, combining the freedom of creative expression with the time and tools necessary to mature projects — from multiple mentoring sessions to textile partnerships established by Associação ModaLisboa: Calvelex / Fabrics4Fashion, RDD Textiles and Riopele will once again provide raw materials to encourage more responsible collection development. One of SANGUE NOVO’s key missions is to build bridges between emerging design talent and an increasingly agile, open and tech-driven textile and clothing industry — but it is not the only one.

Maintaining its annual format, the platform reinforces and reimagines its two major awards, to be awarded in March 2026, with the strategic focus on international training, responsible production, brand creation, and craft innovation.

Targeted at final-year students and professionals in Fashion Design, as well as young designers who have recently completed their studies and are starting their brands in Portugal, SANGUE NOVO returns with an unwavering commitment: to provide space for new voices, stimulating attention, technical skill and identity, while fostering an environment in which transparency allows new narratives to flourish.

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ModaLisboa x IED - Istituto Europeo di Design Award

- Participation in a Master's Program in Fashion Design at IED Roma (1 year, starting in November 2026), worth 19.400 euros, or Fashion Marketing at IED Milano (1 year, starting in November 2026), worth 20.300 euros;
- Grant of 4.000 euros.

ModaLisboa x Burel Factory Award

- One-month creative residency at Burel Factory. The awarded designer will benefit from technical and creative support from Burel’s design team, allowing the development of pieces in Burel materials and their future presentation on the Workstation platform of Lisboa Fashion Week;
- Grant of 1.000 euros.

Prémio ModaLisboa x Showpress

- Press office and showroom at Showpress PR & Press agency.

MIGUEL FLOR

JURY PRESIDENT

Miguel Flor is the creative director and editor-in-chief of Prinçipal ModaPortugal magazine. Fashion designer by training, he develops projects in creative direction, consultancy, curatorship and exhibition design in the fashion area, as well as in the field of design and fine arts. Works as a photographer with an interdisciplinary profile who wanders between art, fashion and industrial photography. In 2020, Miguel Flor published his book “Boys Appetite” with Stolen Books, which compiles the first photographs of a series with the same name.

JOANA JORGE

Joana Jorge is ModaLisboa’s project manager, which gives her a global perspective on Portuguese Fashion, encouraging the recognition and dissemination of national Designer Fashion. Joana coordinates the Lisbon Fashion Week project and monitors parallel projects of the ModaLisboa Association between national and international partners. Joana has developed a very diversified path in the field of Fashion Design. After completing a master's degree at the Royal College of Art in London, she leaves for Italy to join Alberta Ferretti's design team. Her experience as a designer was later complemented with stints at Topshop, Betty Jackson, Ana Salazar, and the accessories brand Pelcor.

ANASTASIA BILOUS

Anastasia Bilous has been working in the fashion for nine years. At the age of 20, she joined the team of ELLE Ukraine magazine as an editorial assistant. There, she progressed in her career to become fashion coordinator and later, fashion editor. In parallel, she worked as a stylist for Ukrainian celebrities, styling stage performances, videosworks, commercials, and more. She also styled photoshoots for fashion brands. Her job was always connected to Ukrainian designers. In 2022, she moved to Lisbon and developed the idea of introducing Ukrainian fashion to the Portuguese market. In March 2024, she presented three Ukrainian designers in a group fashion show at Lisboa Fashion Week. Later, in October 2024, together with her partner, she opened AJ13 — a showroom for Ukrainian brands — in Lisbon.

FEDERICO CINA

Experiences in New York and Osaka led Federico Cina to found his brand in 2019. His creative language intertwines memory and place: childhood in Emilia Romagna, in Italy, time spent with family, and a deep bond with his grandparents. With sartorial precision and narrative sensitivity, Federico Cina creates genderless collections where art, culture, and identity merge. A symbol of his journey, the Tortellino Bag celebrates craftsmanship and the evocative power of fashion as a means of free and conscious expression.

FILIPA HOMEM

Filipa Homem is a Fashion Designer, creative consultant, and university lecturer. She is currently the Creative Director of the Fashion Department at Burel Factory, where she leads projects that merge innovation with Portuguese textile heritage, and also works as a Creative Consultant for Zippy. She teaches Fashion Design Project at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon, with a pedagogical approach focused on experimentation, textile thinking, and the individual and collaborative creative expression. Filipa is currently undertaking a PhD on creative pedagogical approach to Fashion Design higher education. Her international experience includes working as a Designer for brands such as Oscar de la Renta, Knot, Boden, Papo d’Anjo, and H&M, as well as collaborations with the studios of Alexander McQueen, Gaspard Yurkievich, and Hemingway Design.