Nuno Gama announces a fashion show on October 24 in tribute to Joana Vasconcelos and her ‘Valkyrie Miss Dior’

Nuno Gama has just announced on social media his next show, a tribute to Joana Vasconcelos and her world-renowned ‘Valkyrie Miss Dior’, among other works by the contemporary Portuguese artist, born in Paris, whose work has traveled the world, captivating and surprising with its majesty and Made in Portugal craftsmanship, through the most diverse and renowned museum spaces. This is the designer’s source of inspiration.

Nuno Gama tells us, in a hasty voice message: “I’m still finalizing the press dossierthe team gets smaller and smaller and it’s always Nuno… The show will take place at the Atelier Joana Vasconcelos because the collection is a tribute to Joana and is inspired by her,” the designer told FashionNetwork.com.

There is a workshop located in the Gonçalves Zarco Building, on Rua da Cintura do Porto in Lisbon, Doca de Alcântara Norte. Which takes us further…

The Alcântara Dock in Lisbon, place of departures and arrivals of ships, for which Almada Negreiros made murals, mainly for its Maritime Station, completed in 1943, that represent riverside Lisbon, its daily life, the work of sailors and coal workers, among other themes of popular mythology such as the ‘Nau Catrineta’, also evoked by Nuno Gama in his collections.

The Alcântara Maritime Station is intended for first class passengers and the Rocha do Conde de Óbidos, also adorned with murals by the multidisciplinary artist from Sao Tome and Principe, managed traffic with the former colonies. Everything is symbolic, everything is connected, in the work of the artist recognized for her monumental sculptures and immersive installations, as in the work of the fashion designer who so skillfully defends our traditional know-how.

The video published on Instagram, at @nuno.gama and @nunogamaprive, highlights the date and time of the event, October 24 at 7 p.m., and sheds light on the themes, fabrics and colors of this new collection with a Portuguese soul, as always happens with any collection signed by couturier de Azeitão, which also talks about the path of this great lady who erased borders between cultures and sensibilities, revealing our mystical, mixed core, open to seas and horizons.

And all this coming from a small country that manages to be great at certain moments in political and strategic history, as well as in the history of private life, culture and the arts, which, by the way, Nuno has always glorified.

Her rich collection for autumn-winter 2025/26 foregrounds traditional lace and embroidery found in the works of the artisans who collaborate in Joana Vasconcelos’ art studio (as in hers), in animals such as purebred Lusitanian horses and in other bestiaries, such as the lizard, juxtaposed with contrasting printed fabrics to inspire romanticism.

It is there, in the gigantic Bolo de Noiva, like a palace; in the gentlemen, somewhat baroque and romantic, dandies with large silk bows; among so many fluttering materials such as veils and linens that seem to come from the whirling dances of Arab artists; or in the famous and voluptuous Valkyrie (non-Greek) who made the great Joan even greater.

Nuno Gama always makes a good choice, starting long before the show was announced with the casting of models, in which he challenged new, unsigned faces, that is, real people, whom he mixed with professionals, as has always been evident in his shows, especially since he distanced himself from ModaLisboa.

Of course, independence is expensive, it is reserved for a niche, but there is nothing better than living and being who you are, noble in soul and spirit, with the best influences.

If this were not the case, out of pure enthusiasm and/or passion, how would the noble navigators Gonçalves Zarco or Vasco da Gama have come so far?

Isn’t that right, great Nuno?