#ModaLisboaN.50! Award winning designer Luís Carvalho unveiled his new Fall / Winter 18/19 collection: UNDER YOUR SKIN during the fashion fest in Portugal. For the next winter season the inspiration comes from the big cities’ buildings, where we find disguised textures and forms of animal skin, bringing us straight and oversized shapes. The city lights give us details and finishings. The 60’s come as a reference for the silhouette, some materials and graphics. Looks are built in strong contrasting colours. Royal blue, purple and black with graphics stand out in structured materials like jacquard, synthetic fur and vinyl. Watch the full runway show below.
Luís Carvalho was born in 1987, in Vizela. In 2002, he started his fashion training, graduating in Fashion and Textile Design at the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco. He participated in various competitions in Portugal and abroad, and he won the award for best male look at Acrobactic 2011. He worked at ModaLisboa and at Filipe Faísca and Ricardo Preto’s studios. Luís Carvalho was a fashion designer at Salsa Jeans for two and a half years until he decided to create his own brand.
2013 was a turning point in his career. Since the creation of the LUIS CARVALHO brand, the challenges have multiplied. In the same year, he presented his first collection at ModaLisboa and since then has been a constant presence at Lisbon Fashion Week. In 2014, he opened his first physical space in Vizela, LUIS CARVALHO | Studio, the brand’s new home, which gathers his atelier and own store.
In the following year, he was invited to teach at the Professional School CENATEX, in Guimarães. After a school year, Luís Carvalho also accumulated the functions of coordinator of the Fashion Design course. In 2016 he was honored with the GQ Men of The Year award in the category of Fashion Designer. In 2017 he won the Golden Globe for Best Fashion Designer.
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