February 10, 2016

Boutique Magazine - February 2016

By Marita Setas Ferro

Showcased for the first time at Pure London this summer, Portuguese label Marita Moreno delivers unique and distinctive womenswear and accessories. Each piece is produced in small quantities of around 100 per style, enabling stockiest to offer customers something completely different.

Its eponymous founder creates each collection with an ethical and unique perspective using only Portuguese products, factories and handmade crafts to create her designs. Highlights for SS16 include the Tatlin, Deacon and Brancusi shoes from The Sculpture line. These pieces were created from handmade and hand woven linen as well as printed leather details.

February 06, 2016

Design Magazine - February 2016

By Marita Setas Ferro

The brand Marita Moreno was created in 2008 by Marita Setas Ferro. Being the brand’s creative designer she develops all its concepts using only Portuguese products, factories and handmade crafts to create her designs. The brand’s mission is to present high quality products, making good use of creativeness and a good eyes for selecting materials. The production is based in small quantities and all numbered which makes every piece unique. From shoes, bags, clothing and knitting the purpose is to deliver good quality design with an affirmative and proud “Made in Portugal” label.

 

Marita Setas Ferro was born in 1967 in Beira, in Mozambique, with extensive and consolidates academic and professional experience, from fine arts to design, she has worked for several years as a consultant, teaching and mentoring fashion designers, crafts and creative people. At the same time she kept always the development of own author pieces and sculptures.

 

The brand present its first shoes and bags Spring/Summer 16 collection last August of 2015 at the Premium Footwear – Pure London, one of the United Kingdom’s fashion trade exhibition. This year, from 8th to 9th of January, Marita Moreno was back in the UK for the Wear Select London, a fair organized by the magazine of international trends Wear Global Magazine.

 

The brand’s creative designer underlines that the “biggest goal is to continue to show the brand internationally, put the product in some of the most iconic places in London and get more customers to realize the added value of the pieces and appreciate how culture and Portuguese heritage are translated into everyday.