Largo Cabeço da Bola, 16
1150-081 Lisboa
E-mail: info@behenstudio.com
sales@behenstudio.com
URL: www.behenstudio.com
Béhen Studio
Largo Cabeço da Bola, 16
1150-081 Lisboa
Béhen E-Shop
behenstudio.com
100% Silk
Toronto
Simonett
Miami
BÉHEN showcased in March 2020 at ModaLisboa. Since then, the brand has been looking for antique textiles all over Portugal. For the project, there are two primary values: reducing environmental impact through up-cycling, a practice for which the brand has become recognized, but also the social impact, through the search for the people who still hold the old knowledge. Today, BÉHEN joins forces with local authorities in the fight against the disappearance of textile crafts in a mission that goes far beyond fashion, and which was only possible to build thanks to the close relationship of the designer, Joana Duarte, with the embroidery and weaving practiced in the different generations of her family. In November 2021, BÉHEN opened their first studio/store in the heart of Lisbon, with the 1st Women's Entrepreneurship Award (AWE), awarded by the U.S. Embassy in Portugal.
Largo Cabeço da Bola, 16
1150-081 Lisboa
E-mail: info@behenstudio.com
sales@behenstudio.com
URL: www.behenstudio.com
Béhen Studio
Largo Cabeço da Bola, 16
1150-081 Lisboa
Béhen E-Shop
behenstudio.com
100% Silk
Toronto
Simonett
Miami
I have left behind the land of mangoes and tamarind
And have come to the land of wild petunias
Mother, you married me off to a place in the desert far away
Morubai, song of the Jogi Nath Kalbelia tribe
A tale told by cloth. Of women from far and near our hearts. Cloths that tell us the knowledge of time and that, together, are layette or “enxoval”, as we call it in Portuguese. The celebration of women and of cloths in the drawers. This collection was possible thanks to the collaboration and efforts of many women who, with the designer, believed in the magic of unity. Together with Aga Khan Foundation and Madalena Toscany Atelier, the clothes were made by real life fairies: lex bouquet made real dreams about vegetables and flowers turned into jewelry; Buketnaya lavka mimimi created shoes that are real bouquets with actual fresh flowers and the beautiful hand-made glass beads from the powerful ladies at Cooperativa de Valorização de Resíduos from São Tomé and Príncipe. The majority of the textiles used are from the designer’s grandmother collection or bought at flea markets all over the world.