Bright and Fresh Fashion Designers

She is from Goiânia is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. Brazilian designer Mariana Jungman brought us a whole lot of ethereal, soft tailoring, encrusted head pieces and lots of jewel and metallic detailing

Mariana Jungmann had her first collection this season in London Fashion Week. She told us about her inspirations behind her ethereal collection, how she found working with print and her love of London.

From conception to completion, Jungmann’s vision came to life in a breath of fresh air, soft tailoring and oceanic-inspired colour palette.

For Spring /Summer 2015 Mariana Jungmann explored the goddess-like

strength of Yemanja, Queen of the Ocean and the patron deity of fishermen.

Yemanja was the feminine principle of creation and the spirit of moonlight.

She is motherly and strongly protective, said to be able to cure infertility

in women, using cowrie shells to represent her wealth.

Yemanja is said to wear a dress with seven skirts that represent the seven seas,

enchanted with the colours of blue and white. Sacred to her are peacocks with

their beautiful blue-green iridescence. This season, Mariana’s colour palette

reflects and tells Yemanja’s story, evolving from metallic baby blue to dark moss

green, and from greys to white to nude.

The designer portrays Yemanja’s unwavering strength through the use of

menswear tailoring. Select jackets, shirts and dresses have been created with

traditional menswear shapes and construction techniques. She plays with a

variety of fabrics, prints and layers, which run throughout the collection.

Her Spring /Summer 2015 collection incorporates her signature Renaissance lace

created with traditional Brazil lace makers, reinvented this season through print

and laser cutting. The entire collection is crafted from natural, biodegradable

fibres including cotton sateen, silk habotai and the softest of leathers.

Serap Pollard