Marques Almeida Foundation

On SEE-THROUGH Issue 1 we put together side by side members of the M' A community that have been inspiring us since the early days. To the question "who are you and what is important to you right now" our contributors answered with creative pieces and portraits that are put in dialogue on the pages of this publication. They look at each other's vulnerabilities and strength, making visible the politics of care we cherish at M' A. Thank you to everyone who opened the doors of their houses, who told us about their kids and their siblings and what they do for Sunday lunches. About how scary the pandemic was, about coping with mental health issues, about exploring gender and standing up to racism.

In light of caring for the community, present and future, SEE-THROUGH issue 1 also launches the M' A ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY MANIFESTO.
This Manifesto guides M' Ns journey to sustainability and announces the investment and creation of initiatives like the M'A FOUNDATION. Twice-yearly reports against the pledges of the Manifesto will be published on marquesalmeida. com. As the first of many collaborative films - M'A X ANDRE CABRAL-will mark this launch on schedule at LFW on 19th September 3.30pm. Soon after, at 4.30pm Marta and Paulo will be in conversation with Fashion Open Studio live on Zoom and YouTube to discuss this launch.

For the second issue, we welcome new ones. They bring us RADICAL DIVERSITY and we turn it into a radical community of collective geniuses around the world asserting their values, identities and being free. We could not be more humbled to be a vehicle for these voices and expressions to be shared and to foster knowledge, strength and kinship.

M’A clothes were shipped in boxes to Lisbon, New Dehli, London and Belém to be put at use by young talented photographers, stylists, visual artists and activists to turn our clothes into something else much more powerful.

Labô Young is a visual artist and stylist. His work talks about the power of Amazonian culture and the importance of passing on ancestral knowledge in his family, which are reflected in the techniques he uses when making his works with plants, straws and tree seeds. Evar Hussayini’s multi-disciplinary practice and research is focused on Kurdish genealogies, visibility, colonial violence in archives and their relationship with the trajectory of Kurdish feminism and Kurdish womanhood. New Dehli based Nishanth Radhakrishnan is an Indian photographer exploring and documenting disappearing cultural gems and compelling human interest stories. Rui Palma is a photographer based in Lisbon, he shoots fashion and authorial projects, his work focuses on the body and the multiplicity of its representations.