What do architecture and Fashion design have in common? According to
the renowned Portuguese Fashion Designer Carlos Gil, everything. Nev-
ertheless let’s start with the beginning. For those who’ve never heard of
him, Carlos Gil is one of the most prominent names in the Fashion Indus-
try. His designs are incredibly appreciated amongst his audience, currently
scattered around the Middle East, Asia and America. We had the chance to
meet with the Portuguese fashion icon during the F/W 2018-19 edition of
Portugal Fashion, in Porto, and to pick a little bit from his brain.
Carlos describes himself as a rather simple, inconspicuous and humble
man. He lives through happiness and he strives to be happy. Never car-
ing for the social paradigms or establishments, the creator believes in
focusing on what really matters, his work. ‘’It’s never my goal to care
for any social standards or to waste my energy in fruitless things. On
the contrary, I always try to live my life to the fullest, and to appreciate
every single happy moment like it’s my last one’’.
As we walked through his career, Carlos told us that the most frighten-
ing moment was to leave his job as a design teacher in high school to
pursue his dream. ‘’My wife played an uber-important role in this part,
as she told ‘your talent is way above of a simple teaching job, you have
the talent of a fashion designer, which is why you took your degree.
