Móquem — Moda que Devora

Category: Apparel

Moquém is a conceptual fashion piece inspired by Brazilian Modernism and the anthropophagic philosophy of Oswald de Andrade. The project draws as its central references the Week of Modern Art of 1922, the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer, the gardens of Roberto Burle Marx, and the painting of Volpi — not as citations, but as method: the logic of devouring influences and returning them transformed into something irreducibly Brazilian. The materials — leather in multiple textures and beads rooted in Afro-Brazilian religious tradition — were chosen for their cultural value as much as their aesthetic one. The silhouettes are in dialogue with the architecture of Brasília, the nervures map the body's relief like beautiful scars, and the shoulder pads pay homage to Bruno Giorgi's Monumento aos Candangos. The predominant white of the palette functions as an open canvas — the country before it decides, identity in process. Moquém is not a tribute to Brazilian culture. It is a digestion of it.

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