BANDA

Tiago Loureiro was born in 1991, in Lisbon. His whole education was founded on artistic creativity and interest in fashion, in all its aspects. In 2009 started studying Fashion Design at UBI (Covilhã) and, in 2012, started a MA in the same area at Faculdade de Arquitetura of University of Lisboa. His first international work took place in 2010 through ShoesCloset brand, with the development of merchandising for footwear international fairs. Worked as Lidija Kolovrat’s assistant at her studio, and more recently, did an internship at Grupo Diniz e Cruz. As a freelancer, he worked for other brands, such as Saymyname.

Aloísio Rodrigues was born in 1991, at São Vicente island, Cape Verde. After completed the high school in his original country, he decided to settled in Portugal, where he began a Fashion Design course at MAGESTIL. He participated in several national and international competitions, such as Young Creative Chevrolet 2011 or D. Pedro and D. Inês, in Alcobaça, where he reached the first place. He did an internship at Mentirosas by Fernando Claro, in Seville, and at Grupo Diniz e Cruz, in Lisbon, where he currently works as fashion designer.

CONTACT: banda.maincontact@gmail.com

LIXAS-ME OS DISCOS

The Japanese cinema in the 1950’s enable us to observe a Post-War Japan, immersed in the westernization process, after a largely unsuccessful conflict. If in Kurosawa’s Rashomon we are introduced to a dense cinema, a real patchwork of characters and their stories that dazzled the European critics, the charm of Ozu lies in the clarity with which he translates a crisis of values that makes the Japanese traditions in this period so volatile.

With "Lixas-me os Discos", BANDA takes an ironical look at the cultural conventions and their metamorphoses. The concept also comes from a reflexion on our approach to the processes implicit in the creation of a project like this. The silhouettes range between structure and fluidity, based on deconstruction process and the constant reinterpretation of the traditional Japanese costume pieces. The materials are diverse, ranging from the comfortable padded fabrics to synthetic leather, waterproof and natural fibers, like silk or brazilian cotton. Finally, digital prints create illusory spaces where the viewer winds between the legendary scenes of Kuniyoshi and the courtesan life painted by Kitao Masonabu.