Namalimba Coelho (Luanda, 1976) has a degree in Law, a Master's degree and a specialization in Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Paris, and additional training in Diplomacy/International Relations, Journalism and Luxury Brand Management. Since 2003 she has been working in culture, in Portugal, assuming the communication of several entities and projects. As advisor to the Berardo Collection Museum, since its opening in 2007, she has communicated more than a hundred exhibitions in collaboration with...
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After executive positions in companies in the German fashion industry, Scott Lipinski has been working as Managing Director for the Fashion Council Germany (FCG) since June 2017. He considers the FCG as an interpreter between the industry and politics and ensures that the focus is placed on the economic and cultural power of German fashion with various projects, events, conferences, cooperations and studies.
Fashion Council Germany is the patron to empower the German fashion and design...
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BÉHEN showcased in March 2020 at ModaLisboa. Since then, the brand has been looking for antique textiles all over Portugal. For the project, there are two primary values: reducing environmental impact through up-cycling, a practice for which the brand has become recognized, but also the social impact, through the search for the people who still hold the old knowledge. Today, BÉHEN joins forces with local authorities in the fight against the disappearance of textile crafts...
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Danilo Venturi is author of the book Brand Persona: The Four-Step Method. With a background in political science, he began his career in the music industry, moved on to pioneering e-commerce, concept stores, and worked for the lingerie brand, La Perla. As a fashion school director, he involved groups, brands, and institutions such as LVMH, Richemont, Gucci, WGSN, CFDA, and Pitti Immagine, as well as personalities such as Marina Abramovic, Alber Elbaz, Renzo Rosso, Waris...
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Graduated in Chemical Engineering at FEUP, Ana started her professional career in a spin-off at the University of Minho, from where she went to the University of Leibniz in Hannover, Germany, joining a research group in materials for biomedical applications for two years. She led the sustainability department at Tintex Textiles for five years, focused on product and service innovation, ensuring process certification and traceability. This change legitimized Tintex as a leader in the sustainable...
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Born in Angola, Luanda, Marco (24; they/them) is a non-binary queer artist using image manipulation and 3D rendering to create visual compositions and universes where black queer individuals can exist in their most authentic versions from explorations of afro-futurism, gender fluidity, sex and emotional expressionism....
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A lawyer by training, Inês left the practice of law in 2009 to make a difference in the public sector. Since then, she has worked with innovation and entrepreneurship in the Municipality of Lisbon, where she was part of the team that helped build the Lisbon entrepreneurship ecosystem, with the creation of several innovative spaces such as StartUp Lisboa, Labs, Centro de Inovação da Mouraria, Fab Lab Lisbon, among others. In January 2018, she joined...
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Elsa Parente is the CEO and CTO of RDD Textiles. With an academic background in Chemistry, Elsa currently manages diverse R&D projects aiming at more high-quality sustainable textile solutions, working alongside innovative companies and universities to create or expand new products, such as the Colorifix project, carried out with the University of Cambridge, which aims to develop and implement a textile staining process with bacteria. Elsa Parente has created RDD from scratch five years ago,...
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Constança Entrudo graduated from Central Saint Martins School in 2017 with a BA in Textile Design. She has worked as a textile designer for Balmain, Peter Pilotto and Marques'Almeida. In 2018, she founded her eponymous label and presented her first collection at ModaLisboa – Lisboa Fashion Week, and quickly gained notoriety for her deconstructed woven fabrics with bonded recycled threads, bold graphic prints and irregular proportions. Research, experimentation and a sense of humor are the...
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