MANUEL ALVES & JOSÉ MANUEL GONÇALVES

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MANUEL ALVES & JOSÉ MANUEL GONÇALVES IS A PORTUGUESE LABEL THAT TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE TWO PARTNERS WHO FOUNDED IT IN 1981

Manuel Alves & José Manuel Gonçalves is a Portuguese label that takes its name from the two partners who founded it in 1981, starting from a boutique in the Barrio Alto of Lisbon. The two designers also sign theatrical costumes and collaborate with the brands Carlo Giotto, Mauritius and Quazar.

A show by the Portuguese brand

In 1995 the brand moved to Bruxelles and then debuted in the theatre, with the creation of costumes for I giganti della montagna by Pirandello. The first ready to wear line was born, that takes the name of the two designers. In the same year they won the Globo de Ouro and the Look Elite for the best collection of the year, and they won the latter again the following year.

After the theatre, the first cinema experience arrived with the costumes for the film Trafico by João Botelho. At the opening of the Fashion Museum in Lisbon the work of the two designers is represented with some garments symbol of their creativity.

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