Moda na Mochila is a community that began as a podcast and has evolved to connect and empower Brazilian fashion professionals seeking international opportunities. It offers training in English fashion vocabulary and hosts networking events. In each podcast episode, Mariana Lima, the founder of MNM, shares valuable tips on breaking through the international fashion bubble and interviews industry professionals about their journeys to success.

• Bravo Textiles holds a group of brands specialized in babies and kids products, sold globally and developed in Canada, the US, and the UK. As an apparel and textile designer, I lead the collections’ development for FlapJackKids.• Develop accessories and apparel collections for Kids, Toddlers, and Babies• Research and analyze current trends worldwide in fabrics, colours, and shapes to incorporate into the design• Create patterns, fashion mood boards, produced concept clothes, and tech packs• Manage daily submissions with overseas factories, from development to production, ensuring product quality and established deadlines • Conduct fittings and report comments to the factory to ensure a perfect fit• Work with sales and buying teams to create production numbers, and determine MSRP• Present collections to managers and distributors• Manage photoshoots, video shoots and work closely with the social media team to ensure that the brand identity is consistently reflected in all the marketing campaigns

• Well established company with over 20 years of experience creating custom tailored, technicalgarments. Specialized in Sportswear and Spiritwear, designed and manufactured in Canada, to be sold globally• Create team apparel packages and mock-ups for diverse sports, such as hockey, baseball,basketball, volleyball, American football and others• Enforce brand consistency, and accuracy across all products, while maintaining a keen eye foradherence to customers specifications in designs• Development of proposals, catalogues and other graphic materials for sales• Manage social media calendar and website maintenance

• Malwee Kids is a leader in the apparel wholesale and retail market in Brazil• Designed seasonal custom clothing and accessory collections for Kids, Toddler and Baby• Frequent research trips to Europe, North and South Americas, attending trade shows such as PittiBimbo: researched and analyzed current trends worldwide in fabrics, colours and shapes to incorporate into design• Created patterns, fashion mood boards, produced concept clothes, drew sketches, BOMs and spec sheets• Managed daily submissions, from development to production, according to the establisheddeadlines• Presented concepts to managers and coordinated with graphics design team to create patternsand prints• Conducted fitting and worked with the pattern designers to ensure perfect fit• Worked with sales and buying teams to create production numbers, quotes and determine saleprices• Visited retailers to gather customer feedback and assisted the visual merchandising team

• Created two-dimensional designs, prints and knits to be used in lingerie, swimwear, activewear, and sleepwear • Produced samples for presentation to customers; showcased best combinations of pieces and embellishments • Liaised with clients and other departments to create designs that accurately represent client ideas• Conducted colour studies / theories to create new and aesthetically pleasing colour combinations • Chose fabric types best suited for the design or theme and supervised production