It all started in a small town in Portugal.

A record player, some fabric from the town market, and a teenager with a love for fashion.

Despite never formally studying fashion design, Paula Seica spent countless hours developing what has become a brand for the unconventional of all ages. Evangelista fuses design, punk rock, and sustainability.

Much of Evangelista's collections are made in Portugal, in a family-run factory with elevated care for detail and quality.

Disenchanted by the mass made and disposable; Evangelista incorporates its Eco-conscious ideology in both its productive process and resources.

There are three facets to Evangelista.

• Collections are created sourcing “dead stock” and surplus from the Portuguese textile industry.

• Decreasing landfill waste, excess production and ultimately contributing to a circular economy.

• Re-purposing vintage pieces, using offcuts in creating limited editions generating zero waste.

• Seica incorporates traditional techniques in her handmade pieces using only Portuguese yarn made of 100% recycled fibers.

Today many Evangelista pieces are made with the same sewing machine Seica used as a teenager.

Today Evangelista is sold in New York and many other North American cities; home to the punk rock music playing on that record player in her small town years ago.