CAROLINA MACHADO
Portugal
Carolina Machado is a Portuguese womenswear label founded in 2016 by the designer of the same name. It is associated with minimal, fluid silhouettes and has shown at ModaLisboa.
| Country of origin | Portugal |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Founder | Carolina Machado |
| Fashion week presence | ModaLisboa |
What is Carolina Machado?
Carolina Machado is a Portuguese womenswear label launched in 2016 by the designer Carolina Machado, who was born in Leiria in 1994. She moved to Oporto in 2012 to study fashion design at ESAD in Matosinhos and graduated in June 2015.
History
Machado showed at ModaLisboa, the Lisbon fashion platform, in 2015 and joined its LAB platform in 2017. The label was launched the year before that, in 2016.
Products and positioning
The label makes womenswear described as comfortable yet elegant, suited to both indoor and outdoor wear. A fall and winter 2021/22 collection was presented in neutral colours with minimal, fluid silhouettes, pleats and ruffles.
Her path from a visual arts education to fashion design at ESAD, followed by a 2016 launch and a place on the ModaLisboa LAB platform, is typical of an emerging Portuguese designer label building visibility through a national fashion week platform rather than through large-scale retail.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Carolina Machado from?
Carolina Machado is a Portuguese label. The designer was born in Leiria and studied fashion design in Oporto.
Who founded Carolina Machado?
The label was founded in 2016 by the designer Carolina Machado, who graduated from ESAD in Matosinhos in 2015.