24.7.14
VALENTIM QUARESMA + SS14 COLLECTION
24.7.14What I have to share today isn't exactly new, but it's going to rock your summer! I already know that you love the music video ...
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What I have to share today isn't exactly new, but it's going to rock your summer!
I already know that you love the music video G.U.Y. from Lady Gaga, but probably what you don't know is that a portuguese brand was chosen to be part of this great production. See the clothes and accessories that were chosen here at the Gaga Fashion Land. Today I am going to talk about that brand: Valentim Quaresma, hat actually is the name of it's creator.
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Who is Valentim Quaresma?
Valentim:
- Lives and works in Lisbon;
- Studied in the School of arts António Arroio and in Ar.co’s Jewellery department.
- Worked with Ana Salazar, the pioneer of Portuguese fashion, creating jewellery and accessories for her collections from 1990 to 2010.
- Winner of the prize "Accessories collection of the Year" in the international competition ITS#7 in Trieste - Italy, and starts his own brand in 2008.
- He participates in events like Bread and Butter Barcelona, 080 Barcelona Fashion, in Riga, Fashionclash Maastricht in The Netherlands, Cesis fashion art festival in Latvia, Bijorhca in Paris, MoBa13 "Fetishism in Fashion" in Arnhem, and Manupulating Surface - Portuguese Craftmanship in London, and others, promoting is own fashion brand.
- Takes part in the official ModaLisboa annual calendar since 2011.
- He has been the pioneer designer to present an all accessories fashion show in ModaLisboa.
(information from his official website)
The SS14 collection:
The fashion show video:
I already had opportunity to touch this pieces, they are really heavy but they are so different and artistic that all you want to do is try!
Your thoughts?
Kisses,
Em.
