88% matchOttolinger
Twisted denim and shredded knits, Berlin edge
What changes: More body-con and club-leaning, less tailoring
Brand profile
Marques'Almeida
London-founded, Portugal-based womenswear label known for frayed raw-edge denim and deconstructed 90s-grunge shapes; 2015 LVMH Prize winner.
PortoOrigin
WomenswearFocus
Punk / Grunge / GothStyle
$$$$Price
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What to know about Marques'Almeida
Marques'Almeida is a womenswear house founded in London in 2011 by Portuguese designers Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida, who met in Porto and paired up on the Central Saint Martins fashion MA. The label built its signature on frayed, raw-edge denim and deconstructed 90s-grunge tailoring, adding jeans to the line in 2015, the same year it won the LVMH Prize. Now studio-based in Portugal while still showing on the London Fashion Week schedule, it sells direct and through SSENSE and other luxury retailers. Independent; no ownership change reported.
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85% matchY/Project
Twisted, reconstructed denim at a genderless scale
What changes: Bigger conceptual volumes, unisex, now defunct
74% matchElena Velez
Raw distressed fabrics with forged-metal corsetry
What changes: Darker, more sculptural and art-object driven
68% matchVETEMENTS
Oversized reworked denim and uniform-code irony
What changes: Logo/merch-driven streetwear rather than raw-edge craft
Brand facts
- Founded
- 2011
- Origin
- Porto, Portugal
- Price
- $$$$
- Focus
- Womenswear
- Styles
- Punk / Grunge / Goth, Avant-garde