Marta Estrela and Alexandra Sousa, alumni of ESAD’s BA in Fashion Design, have been selected for the first phase of SANGUE NOVO, a competition held as part of Lisbon Fashion Week.

Marta Estrela has been selected as one of the five finalists and presents the collection ESPINHO 00, developed from her relationship with the city where she grew up and the individual and collective memories that shape it. The collection draws on a coastal city shaped by fishing, faith and social differences.

ESAD is also represented in this edition by Alexandra Sousa, also an alumna of the BA in Fashion Design, who takes part in the competition with her collection EXTENDED. The project explores clothing as an extension of the body, using the reuse, deconstruction and transformation of existing materials to question the relationship between the body, protection and expression.

Organised by ModaLisboa, SANGUE NOVO aims to foster new voices and approaches in fashion, creating opportunities for emerging designers to present their work and further develop their ideas. In this edition, ten proposals are presented as part of Lisbon Fashion Week, followed by a period of mentoring and development for five of the designers.