MARQUES ALMEIDA LTD

Trained both in womenswear, Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida subscribe to the Helmut Lang school of thought, where fashion is about attitude not hemlines. While their aesthetic evokes raw effortlessness, the pairs technical sensibilities are revealed in the construction of each piece. Cutting their teeth at Vivienne Westwood and Preen respectively, Marques and Almeida took the natural course of combining talents while on the MA at Central Saint Martins hitting the mark between impulse and consideration. They launched MARQUESALMEIDA in April 2011 and showed for their first 2 seasons under Lulu Kennedys platform Fashion East. In 2014 they were awarded NEWGEN sponsorship from the British Fashion Council / Topshop, showing for 5 seasons as a part of NEWGEN. In 2014 MARQUESALMEIDA won the Emerging Womenswear Designer at the British Fashion Awards. In May 2015 MARQUESALMEIDA were awarded the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers. The design duo launched their debut Resort collecti...