The essence of the unconventional work of Alexandra Moura (Lisbon, 1973) has been evolving over 12 years that she has been in the business, playing on the concept of contrast and polar opposites. In her creations it is possible to identify the confrontation of “I” and the “other”, of light and shadow, craftworks and technologies, past and future, physicality and spirit. Alexandra collides traditional techniques with contemporary fabrics to produce a new mediation of style. It’s a two-faced game, as with the inclusion of the other side of our selves, the reverse of the soul.

The creative drive of Alexandra Moura is the process of learning the about the identity of the self, and is an on-going discovery. The curious spirit of the designer, who moves between her interior world and the world that surrounds her, has constant a philosophical state of understanding the invisible, and mainly, of understanding what that balance with the tangible.

The designer has embedded a mark of esoteric design with her garments, from 2002 her collections, presented in national and international circuits, have shown conceptual ideas translated into esoteric garments, conversely received well by the audience of Alexandra Moura due to the balance of sharp and soft of the forms. The sculptural aesthetic is always present in the pieces, giving an extension or modification to the body form, creating interesting silhouettes.

Alexandra Moura works with a palette predominately composed of the pale, neutral tones, black and white adding slots of colour; the brightness of yellow, the depth of green and blue, and the intensity of the red, create salient pieces in contrast to her more softer additions, showing again the lengths of polarity that Moura continues to experiment with.

Far from restricting her self to the world of fashion, Alexandra Moura does not follow trends when approaching her work. Her versatility, skill and uniqueness transcend the concept of time. Producing timeless garments that incorporate both futuristic and antiquated concepts.