Angolan Born Fashion Designer and Creator of the Mastercard Fashion Lounge Collection, Rose Palhares, Returns To Cannes Film Festival

Rose Palhares

Angolan born fashion designer, Rose Palhares will be the fashion designer responsible for Mastercard’s fashion lounge, where hundreds of exclusive creations will be available during the most symbolic international event and the world’s biggest film festival, the Cannes Film Festival taking place from 8 to 19 May in Côte d’Azur, France.

Rose Palhares, General Director and founder of the brand says: “The exclusive collection of the Mastercard fashion lounge at the Cannes Film Festival has a very unique identity, because I was inspired by warm and festive colours and smooth, albeit elaborate and bright, textures. I find that this collection follows a trend of garments that can be transformed and break with traditional precepts, such as long dresses with low necklines and asymmetric slits. Simultaneously, I want silhouettes to pronounce themselves in absolute precision, as they seal values of autonomy, elegance and feminine mutability.” She adds: ” The sophistication of the collection’s 600 items, featuring materials such as lace, sequins, silk, organza and taffeta details may seem unusual, but after all, I like to discover fabrics and their enhanced textures, because my work is not only fashion, I also interpret it as art.”

The Rose Palhares brand, present in Portugal (an atelier in the heart of the Portuguese capital) and in Angola (on the Island of Luanda), specializes in tailor-made fashion and ready-made clothing, with most African designers following suit.

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