Without a $5,000 credit limit then you can’t just go to Sak’s or any high-end store just to buy things and then return it after a photo shoot. These industries favor people who have a certain amount of wealth already. Anything is possible, it shouldn’t matter where you come from, but the path looks differently depending on your starting position. I thought I was going to be a celebrity stylist at most, but I ended up taking a left turn somewhere, and I’m much happier doing this. I didn’t know that this could even be a potential life for me. I was raised by my mom, a Brazilian immigrant, in a single parent household. Confidence came later as a product of the process. The idea of my ideas being worth people’s money was not something that I played around with much.

What she offered that I didn’t have was a financial backing and the confidence, to say, Hey, I think we have something worth people taking notice of. PRIOR TO YOUR FRIEND COMING IN WITH THIS IDEA TO START A BRAND TOGETHER, DID YOU THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR YOU? When we parted ways, that’s when I started Mirror Palais. We had that company for two years, it was super successful. I didn’t start designing until my best friend at the time asked me if I would like to start a fashion brand with her and I said yes.

That’s what I thought my career was going to be, I totally fell into it. After that, I ended up styling for eight years. I didn’t really have that environment in school. I think when you go to a true design school, you have people around you who are competitive and focused and you can really get inspired by watching them. No offence to them, it was the environment that was lacking in energy. My mom ended up saying, “Let’s put you in a program.” She is very into education and having a marketable skill and being independent and self-sufficient. I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do. Because my grades in high school had been so bad - I never went to class - I couldn’t get into any art schools. I didn’t really know why I loved women’s clothing so much but I would always draw very feminine things. WHAT WAS THE INCEPTION OF YOUR LOVE FOR DESIGN? Bubbling champagne, a ride on the back of a stranger’s Vespa, and even morning sunshine - it all holds the aura of Mirror Palais. They carry an air of romance, too, evoking a need for candlelit dinners and walks along orange Spanish coastlines.

From lush sweetheart necklines and sexy silk slips to thigh high-slits and ultra-chic blazers, each piece expresses a true love for the feminine. Their swim collection also carries a subtle and distinctive nostalgia, with the design of the pieces being inspired by not-quite-forgotten memories of hot Rio beaches, mothers before they were mothers. Ladies love it.Įven for those non-fashion enthusiasts out there who perhaps came across the brand’s designs for the first time during an innocent digital scroll of their Instagram feed, the vintage and sophisticated shapes paired with Mirror Palais’ careful, sustainable production makes the pieces impossible to ignore. You’ve already seen the infamous and well-adored Underwire Polo on supermodel Bella Hadid and Dua Lipa made a star out of the Collared Cropped Shirt in her music video for the 80s-inspired dance-pop track “Break My Heart.” In latest news, J.Lo herself showed out in The Halter in her newest visual collaboration with Columbian artist Maluma, dressing it down with a pair of olive military-style cargos. Sentimental, sensual, and so, so silky, Mirror Palais is the small up-and-comer behind the silhouettes that have perfected the art of subdued sex appeal.

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