SUSTAINABILITY MEANS DESIGNING LESS, USING NATURAL AND QUALITY MATERIAL THAT ALREADY EXISTS, AND MAKING CLOTHING THAT LASTS, ADAPTS AND CAN BE REPAIRED. A SLOW, MODULAR AND CONSCIOUS APPROACH THAT REDUCES WASTE AND ENCOURAGES CARE OVER CONSTANT REPLACEMENT.

INTENTION: A NON-DISCARDABLE PRODUCTO= UNBOREABLE + STRONG.

WE ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH ZERO-WASTE GEOMETRIC PATTERNS AND PREMIUM MELBOURNE-SOURCED DEAD-STOCK FABRICS. BY USING RECYCLED METAL SNAPS AND HANDCRAFTED LOCAL PRODUCTION, MIPO ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR NEW MATERIAL CREATION. IT IS A CIRCULAR SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR LONGEVITY, WHERE MODULARITY REPLACES TRENDS AND REPAIR IS BUILT INTO THE DESIGN.

INNOVATION AND DESIGN AS EXPERIMENTATION, MODULARITY AND FREEDOM. A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO BE PLAYED WITH, RECONFIGURED AND EXPLORED, WHERE THE CREATIVE PROCESS MATTERS MORE THAN THE FINAL FORM AND EACH CONFIGURATION BECOMES PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.

MIPO REDEFINES THE GARMENT AS AN EVOLVING SYSTEM RATHER THAN A STATIC OBJECT. BY MERGING ZERO-WASTE CIRCULAR GEOMETRY WITH A 1,000-SNAP GRID, WE REIMAGINE TRADITIONAL TAILORING WITH A MODULAR ARCHITECTURE. THIS LOGO-FREE + SIZE-FREE DESIGN SHIFTS THE VALUE FROM THE LABEL TO THE WEARER, TURNING FASHION INTO A LIVING PROTOTYPE WHERE YOU ARE THE ARCHITECT OF YOUR OWN FORM.

CONNECTION AND FUN MEAN PLAYING, EXPERIMENTING AND CREATING TOGETHER. A MODULAR WAY OF DRESSING THAT INVITES DISCOVERY, SHARED EXPERIENCES AND PERSONAL EXPRESSION, WHERE THERE ARE NO FIXED RULES AND JOY LIES IN THE PROCESS, NOT PERFECTION.

MIPO TURNS THE CLOSET INTO A PLAYGROUND WHERE YOU NEVER HAVE TO WEAR THE SAME THING TWICE. WHETHER IT IS A SOLO ARTISTIC EXPLORATION OR A SHARED RITUAL WITH LOVED ONES, THE MAGIC HAPPENS IN THE RAW ESSENCE OF THE "TRY." WE ARE BUILDING A COMMUNITY THAT CELEBRATES THE UNPREDICTABLE JOY OF WHAT WE CAN CREATE TOGETHER, FORGING CONNECTIONS THROUGH A WARDROBE THAT HAS NO RULES, ONLY POSSIBILITIES.

SHE WAS BORN IN VALENCIA, SPAIN, AND HAS FOLLOWED A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CREATIVE PATH THAT COMBINES COMMUNICATION, FASHION AND DESIGN. DRIVEN BY A STRONG CURIOSITY AND A DESIRE TO LEARN, SHE HAS EXPLORED DIFFERENT CREATIVE FIELDS WHILE BUILDING A SOLID FOUNDATION IN BRANDING, PATTERN MAKING AND GARMENT CONSTRUCTION.

ANA ALBA MARÍA

AFTER STUDYING ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CONTINUING HER TRAINING IN FASHION DESIGN, SHE COMPLETED A MASTER’S DEGREE IN FASHION BUSINESS. FOLLOWING HER GRADUATION, SHE MOVED TO CHICAGO, WHERE SHE SPENT THREE YEARS WORKING IN A READY-TO-WEAR AND MADE-TO-MEASURE EVENINGWEAR AND BRIDAL ATELIER, DEEPENING HER TECHNICAL SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING OF CLIENT EXPERIENCE.

SHE CURRENTLY LIVES IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, WHERE SHE HAS TRANSFORMED HER MASTER’S FINAL PROJECT, MIPO, INTO AN OPERATING VENTURE THAT EMBODIES HER LONG-HELD VISION OF A MORE CONSCIOUS, CREATIVE AND RESPONSIBLE WAY OF CONCEIVING, PRODUCING AND ENGAGING WITH FASHION, WHILE REMAINING ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL CREATIVE INDUSTRIES.

FERNÁNDEZ