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They are five the finalists that show their collections at the BLOOM space in Portugal Fashion 2014, representing the Fashion Design Bachelor course of ESAD: Carolina Sobral, Inês Maia, Beatriz Alão Valente, Tânia Nicole and Alexandra Ferraz.

The solo participation of Catarina Santos, Eduardo Amorim and João Rôla comes in sequence of the 2014 edition of the Bloom Competition, in which the ESAD ex-students conquered three of the four winning places. Rita Gilman was the winner in the 2013 edition of Prémio Jovens Criadores PFN (PFN Young Creators Prize).

ESAD Runway show

25th October, 17:30
CAROLINA SOBRAL Plain
The collection transmits a clean image of straight and asymmetric cuts, provoking movement through loose layers, inspired by geometric architecture images and asymmetric objects in representation of a young and contemporary woman.

INÊS MAIA Caminhos Tomados
Iron Maiden, Gal Costa and Deep Purple in an interpretation of the urban nomad: the grey, greyish blue and red tones, darkened in noble materials as the suede and the crochet, contrast with synthetic fibres of polyamide and microfiber knits, with manual or metallic details and laser engraves.

BEATRIZ ALÃO VALENTE Passing by
Collection that on a volumetric and chromatic level gets inspiration from de city environment portrayed by the photographer Franco Fontana, but also from drawl images that suggest the movement and the velocity characteristic of the city, adding a formal side with allusion to the masculine tailoring pieces.

TÂNIA NICOLE Underlines
Having as starting point the classic clothing, parkas, shirts, perfectos jackets and truckers are the basis for the development of pieces that, allied to the military inspiration, result in a silhouette and details of the skydiver uniforms – with zips and metallic buckles and also many pockets.

ALEXANDRA FERRAZ Ingy
A generation of change, the rebellion that is blue and the yellow energy: these are the inspiration mottos of the collection that proposes a O silhouette, with large pieces, structured and worked with geometric details and binding finishing processes.

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Solo Participations

24th October
16:30
RITA GILMAN Undernet
The distortion of the reality by the virtual world, with influence of the Ciberpunk subculture, is represented in this collection by the distortion of the oversized silhouettes, by the pulled effect of the high frequency patterns and by the composing of images, through the mismatching of layers and with different printing techniques.

18:30
CATARINA SANTOS Biomechanoid
The fusion of Man and machine, with inspiration in the medieval elves, is presented in feminine silhouettes defined by asymmetric layers with clean and light colours, from the light grey to bordeaux, navy blue, brownish grey and dark grey, contrasting with dirty tones and details of black and white.

18:30
EDUARDO AMORIM Shift
A reflexion on the process of the cognitive and emotional evolution of the human being through the relation with the other/partner, shown by luminous knits with double face, foams with transparencies, and light and fresh technical textiles in strong phased colours, such as red, black, white and grey.

22:00
JOÃO RÔLA Thorough SS15 - Straight Forward
The process of introspective maturity is reflected on the image of the contemporary woman, strong and négligé, in light and fluid textiles serge, the twisted crepe, the poplins and the glowing knits, evoking the plasticity of the evolution and the effect of double pieces as visual illusion – elements worked meticulously and carefully.

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