Benilde is a Fashion Design Professor and researcher at Lusófona University. She holds a B.Des. & M.Des. in Fashion Design (2011 & 2013), both from the University of Beira Interior and with the dissertation ¿Contemporary Tailoring: Handmade Tailoring and Industrial Tailoring a Case Study¿. She has fashion experience as a pattern-cutting assistant in the menswear department at Twintex. Read full bio here.
Education
2020: PhD in Fashion Design | University of Beira Interior & University of Minho. Thesis title: ‘Gender Issues in Genderless Clothing: Trend versus Paradigm’
2013: Master’s Degree in Fashion Design | University of Beira Interior Title of the dissertation: ‘Tailoring in contemporary times: Handcrafted Tailoring and Industrial Tailoring a case study’
2011: Bachelor's degree in Fashion Design | University of Beira Interior
Main research interests
Genderless Fashion, Fashion communication & journalism, Digital Fashion, 3D Fashion Design, Patternmaking for Fashion