"Grandmother taught me to sew & knit"
NAD DUARTE, Fashion Designer, was born June 4, 1986, in Estoril. As a child, she loved to draw with her paternal grandmother and her parents. Also, her maternal grandmother taught her to sew and knit, where she led on a doll. She often recovered shirts her father that she was cutting and recreated to put its size, its style. Later, she didn't choose to follow her studies in art and fashion, despite the advice of his family, thinking the area too utopian and leaving as a great passion. Will get her BA and BTS in accounting and management and sign a permanent contract as an accountant in a company. Thinking only of her passion, continuing to draw fashion sketches and create it when it clicked successfully participate in the Fashion Show of Sonia Rykiel during Fashion Week in 2011. Only one idea in mind, she wants to make her passion her profession. It will then follow two courses at the School of La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. She has presented for the first time her collection July 5, 2013, at the event LUSOFASHION WEEK PARIS. She convinced the audience and looks don't stop there.
By Saif Rahman Sozib Photo credits: Nad Duarte's archives