The President of Associação ModaLisboa and founder of Lisboa Fashion Week has an extensive career that encompasses numerous projects and diverse fields of specialization. She combines the direction of the ModaLisboa project with Fashion Design teaching, creative brand direction and design consultancy. She’s a member of several international boards, elevating and promoting Portuguese fashion in the international context over more than 25 years.

Hugo van der Ding was born in Amsterdam in the late 70’s or 80’s, but lives in Lisbon. Or the other way around. He’s the author, among many others, of the A Criada Malcriada. Meanwhile, he also became a cartoonist, cronist, writer, theater author, actor, radio and television presenter, and a few more things of the same genre.

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.

He made a mistake in enrolling in Law, passed through Sociology, graduated in Anthropology. He likes the countryside, grew up in the suburbs, he’s in the middle of the city, sometimes he’s also a cultural journalist, music critic, social scientist, DJ or professor. He’s interested in translating complex realities in a simple way.

Nuno Gama was born in Azeitão, and graduated in Fashion Design by Citex, in Porto. He began his collaboration with the textile industry very early on and began selling his collections in selected stores in Lisbon and Porto. In 1993, he launched his brand, which has since been presented at ModaLisboa - Lisboa Fashion Week.

Tiago Manaia studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur D'Art Dramatique, in Paris, having worked as a cinema actor with Christophe Honoré. Back to Lisbon, he worked in theatre plays directed by Luís Miguel Cintra at Teatro da Cornucópia. In 2008 he began writing about music, society, art and fashion.