ModaLisboa Base: Quick Chats – FashionNetwork USA

The Fast Talks at MUDE (Museum of Design and Fashion) and ModaLisboa na Avenida are initiatives that extend Lisbon Fashion Week to the city's main boulevard, often compared to the Champs Elysées in Paris, where fashion and luxury are prominently represented by major national and international names. Together, these initiatives expand the BASE concept, transforming Lisbon into a place of meeting and collective action, the organization behind the Lisbon track explains in a statement.

Conceived as spaces for reflection and critical thinking, the first talks will take place on October 1 at the MUDE, from 5 to 7 p.m., with free admission and mandatory registration on the ModaLisboa website.

In this edition, Talks 1 and 2 will be moderated by Rui Maria Pêgo, framing the debate around two guiding themes: 'Crafting the BASE: Reframing Heritage in Contemporary Design', with Guta Moura Guedes (Experimenta), Olga Noronha and Isabel Costa (Burel Factory); and 'Branding the BASE: A new strategy for independent businesses', with Federico Poletti (IED Milano), Carolina Santos (Alameda Turquesa) and Mariana Matos (Parliament).

“ModaLisboa na Avenida is an extension of Lisbon Fashion Week to the city's main thoroughfare, through a partnership with the Avenida da Liberdade Association,” said the ModaLisboa Association, which promotes local creative talent and exclusive design.

“The project expands ModaLisboa Base beyond its core spaces, opening the program to new geographies and affirming fashion as a multidisciplinary practice, culturally relevant and deeply rooted in everyday urban life.”

The events scheduled from October 2 to 5 in this extensive tree-lined artery of the Baixa Pombalina, where there was once a public garden inspired by Madrid's Prado, will also be free, although some special moments are reserved for guests.

Workshops, cocktails and cultural interventions in workshops, shops, restaurants and hotels, in collaboration with the Avenida da Liberdade Association, mark the days of the Lisbon catwalk, bringing together diverse audiences and offering new ways to connect.

“With special attention to the opening day, October 2, this program continues until the end of the edition and redefines the city as a territory of mediation, circulation of ideas and affirmation of community.”

Highlights of October 2, the busiest day, include: the 'ModaLisboa: Fashion Foundation Fizz' cocktail party, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the Tivoli Avenida Liberdade; presentation of the collection 'Cleopatra – The power of natural beauty', at 11, at Maria João Bahia; at Maison Sisley – Flash Make-Up, from 2 to 6:30 p.m.; workshop at Rosa & Teixeira, 'From tradition to style: how to make a suit', at 3 p.m.; at Valverde Lisboa Hotel & Garden — Creativity is territory: Conversation with Nuno Baltazar, at 3:30 p.m.; workshop at Espadim 1985, 'History of jewelry: antique and vintage pieces', 4 p.m.; at André Ópticas — Materia Base, from 5 to 8 p.m.; in Stivali, 'Valentim Quaresma – Between fashion and sculpture', 6 p.m.; at the same time, 'MONA VERDE – Sunset Experience & Fashion Night'; at Locke Santa Joana, special ModaLisboa menu, from 6 to 11 pm; finally, Open Air Cinema — Classics inseparable from fashion — “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, at 9 p.m., on the roof of the Capitólio.

In the coming days, from October 3 to 5, the spaces will resume the aforementioned welcome events along with new programming, such as: at Maison Sisley, Flash Make-Up, always at the same time, from 2 to 6:30 p.m.; and the Espadim 1985 workshops, titled 'Rubí, the king of precious stones' (day 3) and 'Experience in jewelry: evaluation, classification and authentication' (day 4), both at 4:00 p.m.