The program of shows (and parties) for ModaLisboa Base was unveiled on Friday, September 12, by the Portuguese association responsible for Lisboa Fashion Week, which was born in 1991 by the hands and talent of the designer duo Eduarda Abbondanza and Mário Matos Ribeiro, who were part of the avant-garde of fashion and design in a concentration of ideas, spaces, and events in Bairro Alto, already distinguished by their irreverence.

The next event opens in the late afternoon of Tuesday, September 30, with the so-called Repeat the Action by IED – Istituto Europeo di Design, based in Milan, which returns to the catwalk of the Italian Embassy in Lisbon, and “brings new names in international fashion to the city,” the organization said in a statement, citing Carlotta Gadda, Haiqi Zhou, Daniele Dargenio, Simone Smeriglio, Denise Vecchi, Anna Serra, Arianna Pejrani, Roberto Niutta, Natalia Arroyas, Miguel Conde Garcia-Mochales, Michel Mahfoud, Eloi Sacristan, and Ainhize Ganzabal Santiago.

Something new: the so-called ModaLisboa Base takes a break on October 1 and returns on October 2, on a Thursday, with the premiere of the Fashion House marked by performance presentations at the Palacete Gomes Freire by Roselyn Silva, Ana Margarida Feijão and Gandaia, which debuts after rebranding, at 6, 7:30 and 9 pm, respectively.

On Friday, October 3, at 6 p.m., nine new emerging voices from Sangue Novo supported by Seaside will step onto the Lisbon catwalk: Adja Baio, Ariana Orrico, dépaysement non-lieu, do Cruzeiro Seixas Eva, Elio, Inês Almeida, Mafalda Simões, Mariana Garcia and Usual Suspect. Also at Pátio da Galé, the day will be closed by the fashion shows by Francisca Nabinho/Bárbara Atanásio (8:00 p.m.), Alves/Gonçalves (9:30 p.m.) and 2B (10:30 p.m.).

Saturday is the busiest day, with non-stop presentations and fashion shows by Portuguese Soul, Gabriel Silva Barros/Mestre Studio, Luís Onofre, Béhen, Olga Noronha, Gonçalo Peixoto, Kolovrat and Carlos Gil from 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Note that APICCAPS’ editorial project, Portuguese Soul, will be off location at Moldo Studios and the exclusive presentations by Béhen and Olga Noronha at Mude.

This, the 65th edition of Lisboa Fashion Week, which continues to be organized by the ModaLisboa Association, currently in collaboration with the Lisbon city council, which sponsors it, will take place over four and a half days, concentrated as usual in Pátio da Galé, although it will (re)visit other spaces in the heart of the city, such as MUDE – Museu do Design.

In short, “a calendar that highlights the diversity of its creative ecosystem, with 23 fashion presentations and 53 national and international designers and brands”, concludes Associação ModaLisboa.