Joana Duarte, Fashion Designer, went to London for her master's degree at Kingston University, and started to fall in love with untold stories. Those with adventures colored by saris, bérber tribes and other characters who took her with them. She easily gets lost in distant lands of dreams and lets herself go by songs from other countries and fabrics that travel the world. Today, she focuses on making garments with old bedspreads and all the...
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With more than 35 years of experience in the textile industry, César Araújo occupies the position of ANIVEC/APIV (National Association of Clothing and Apparel Industries) President. In 1985 he was one of the co-founders of CALVELEX, a company which specializes in women’s clothes, with evident roots in tailoring. With a noticeable curriculum in the fashion industry, he recognizes Portugal’s potential, increasingly present in the supply chains of world-renowned brands, highlighting the quality of our "know-how"....
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Ana Pedrosa is the Client Manager at Pedrosa & Rodrigues, a textile company specialist in jersey clothing. Directed strategically to medium-high and luxury segments, with worldwide known fashion brands, some of their clients are Loewe, Helmut Lang, Diane von Fürstenberg, Marimekko and Dior, among many others. Before engaging the family business, she graduated in Fine Arts and Contemporary Art in the United Kingdom, adding job experience at Sotheby's auctioneer in London and as press...
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Massimiliano Giornetti attended the fashion design course at Polimoda in Florence in collaboration with the London College of Fashion and the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York. His career in the fashion industry started in Rome where he collaborated with the designer Anton Giulio Grande. In July 2000, he joined the men’s division at Salvatore Ferragamo, becoming creative director in 2004. From 2017 to 2019, Giornetti collaborated on the rebirth of the iconic Chinese...
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Liz Ricketts is an educator, designer and the co-founder of The OR Foundation, a USA and Ghana-based non-profit working at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development. The OR Foundation has been researching the impacts of the secondhand clothing economy since 2016. Today, The OR is on a mission to catalyze a Justice-led Circular Textiles Economy in Accra....
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Albini is CEO and founder of IDEE Brand Platform and has entrepreneurial experience for more than ten years in different industries. He is also equity partner of Roy Srl, a company operating in the entertainment and event industry. In fashion, after a first experience at Marc Jacobs and LVMH group, he has been working in IDEE Partners since first start-up steps, up to CFO & Business Developer position. He co-founded IDEE Brand Platform, a spin-off...
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Kerry Murphy is the founder of The Fabricant, a digital fashion house leading the fashion industry towards a new sector of digital-only clothing. His education is in film and visual effects and he worked in the advertising industry for companies like Facebook, Nike, Asics, Under Armour, Playstation, Philips and many more for over a decade, before establishing The Fabricant full-time in 2018 following two-years of technical and business development. Finland-born Kerry combines his technical 3D/VFX,...
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BÉHEN is a project created by an avid dreamer that travels to lands beyond the sun, but always leaves a foot in Portugal. Joana Duarte, Fashion Designer, went to London for her master's degree at Kingston University, and started to fall in love with untold stories. Those with adventures colored by saris, berber tribes and other characters who took her with them. ...
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Duffy founded Global Fashion Exchange (GFX) in 2013 with the mission of challenging the fashion industry to create a more sustainable world through cultural forums and events. In addition to GFX, he also manages global partnerships for Common Objective, launched Mr. Duffy, a 100% circular, sustainable-focused fashion collection, and is a partner of Design Pavilion in New York....
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