I get so much inspiration from my travels, but I also started an exercise where I write down so many words every week. Then I begin crossing them off. We create a grid of words and also images, but words for me are more ample because you can interpret them your own way.
My parents had a factory, so I was linked to the textile and fashion industry.
I'm not an artist. I'm a fashion designer of clothes.
I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant.
I do go back to Brazil once a year. I miss my family.
I wonder if I would have been less organic of a designer without my background. Maybe I would be more academic about designing, more methodical. I want things to be a certain way, and I'm very precise, but school itself wasn't that relevant for me.
Brazil is not what you see but what you feel. Once you spend time here - a week, two weeks - you get in the vibe. It's really intoxicating.
My mother was very fashion-oriented, and she started a little children's wear business that became large in this little town. She used to be able to look at a picture of an outfit and just start cutting the fabric right there.
Milan, for me, is a city of discovery. You can find some amazing gardens behind some great houses; I also love finding beautiful galleries and incredible shops, but you have to explore. And the food is amazing.
I'm inspired by many things, from landscapes to textiles. Art and architecture always influence my design process.
I'm so not interested in gossip. It just gives me the creeps. I love the work; I love what I do. If somebody sends me an interview that has any connotation of something that's not interesting or genuine, I'm not interested. I really detach myself from it.
Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic.
Rio was a period of my life, and then, poof, I'm gone. I was very young living here, just kind of floating. New York was a foundation for everything I do today. Rio was the bridge.
I never liked sleeping; I always think I am missing something.
My mom, she was unbelievable. She ran the whole town. She was like the mayor. There would be 15 people eating at our lunch table. She'd drag people from the street.
I drape a lot. I cut. I have to touch. For me, it's almost impossible to start without that.
I cannot live without art: it excites me, it challenges me, and it leads me to the next thing.
When a sketch comes into this three-dimensional form and everybody contributes, it's really fantastic.
All the Tauruses I know have this connection to the earth and the environment. We are very curious people, very loyal, very aware of and respectful of our surroundings. Also, we're stubborn, but that's our way. We understand what we want, which is not bad.
I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping.
