ZUELA Magazine

ZUELA
Editorial board
Editor in Chief
Associate Editor
Editorial Assistant
Managing Editor
Creative Director
Digital Media Editor
Publishing head
Betânia Soito
all of the above
Credits:
Almost of the pictures used as the inspiration for my work, including the picture on the
cover are taken from an instagram account: @viewsofangola. Exception of one picture
from kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com.
The black leather dressforms, I just found on google, at mannequinmadness.com.
This is a One Woman Show!

C O N T
E N T S
P A G E 1
THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
A welcoming message to all coming
onboard in this amazing creative
voyage
P A G E 6
INSPIRATION PICTURES
At the airport of inspiration for this
project, flight to Angola and taking a
guided visit to check Mumuilas.
P A G E 9
BLAZER DRAPING
Reporting the trip, telling the story in a
form of man's blazer draping.
P A G E 1 2
RUNWAY OF 20 LOOKS
Final destination, after an awesome
experience, the static runway show of
20 looks.
Image: My picture and actual blazer used for the draping.
Matters of copyrights.

E D I T O R -
"I really
have
nothing to
say, but
since you
insist..."
I N - C H I E F
What's popping, my dears?
Image: mannequinmadness.com
Well, since this is the part where the Editor in Chief expresses its thoughts, let me tell
you that I just wanted to say "Hi, hope y'all are doing great!" I just thought it would be
chic to have my things on a magazine (yes, that is is one that just crossed your mind).
Since dreaming is free and the possibility to make a mag nowadays is also free; here it
is, time to make it happen (2020 made me understand that). So I hope that you enjoy
this virtual chic magazine created by me for you, with love.
Welcome to ZUELA!
P A G E F O U R | Z U E L A

Image: mannequinmadness.com

Images:@viewsofangola
I N S P I R A T I O N
P I C S
This Inspiration Issue is a combination of a
moodboard and storytelling of my creative
process for a 20 looks or silhouettes draping a
man's blazer onto a dressform.
This was a school project that really burst my
bubble on the way I create and get inspired, a
very innovative and sustainably inducing idea.
A proposition made by the great spaniard
designer, Miguel Becer from ManéMané, my
teacher at that time.
P A G E F O U R | J O U R N E Y
P A G E S I X | Z U E L A

"They have a great sense of style,
one the pioneers of mix of prints, I
consider them a Human Walking
Canvas."
S i n c e I w a s a l r e a d y i n d u l g i n g i n t h r e e d i f f e r e n t t r i b e s
f r o m A n g o l a t o p r e p a r e m y m a s t e r ' s f i n a l c o l l e c t i o n , I
i m m e d i a t e l y c o r r e l a t e d t h e b l a z e r d r a p i n g t o t h e
M u m u i l a s ( M w i l a s ) f a b r i c d r a p e o n t h e i r b o d y . T h e y
a r e t h e m a s t e r s i n f a b r i c d r a p e .
Image:kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com
Images: @viewsofangola

I IMMERSE,
I IMAGINE,
I CREATE,
I CAPTIVATE.
B E T Â N I A S O I T O
P A G E E I G H T | Z U E L A
Image: My pictures for the draping photoshoot.@betaniasoito

P A G E T E N | Z U E L A
SILHOUETTES

T H E P R O C E S S O F C R E A T I N G T H E
S I L H O U E T T E S I S T H E M O S T
C U M B E R S O M E D U E T O A L L O F T H E
G R E A T P I C T U R E S Y O U H A V E , A N D
Y O U G E T T O C H O O S E O N L Y 2 0 O F
T H E M . H O W E V E R , T H A T ' S T H E P A R T
O F I N V E N T I V E C U R A T I O N O F
B U I L D I N G A L O O K .
H E R E W I T H T H E U S E O F A D O B E P H O T O S H O P , T H E
B L A Z E R D R A P I N G S W E R E R E M O V E D F R O M T H E
D R E S S F O R M T O N O W B E L O N G T O A M A N N E Q U I N .
W H A T R E A L L Y S P E A K S A T T H I S M O M E N T I S Y O U R O W N
E S S E N C E , W H I C H I S N O W A J O I N F O R C E O F Y O U R
I M A G I N A T I O N , Y O U R E Y E S , A N D F I N G E R S I N A R E L I A N C E
V O Y A G E T O T H E F I N A L R E S U L T .
E N J O Y T H E S T A T I C " R U N W A Y S H O W ! "
P.S: NOT EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET, BECAUSE TWO PICTURES CAN BE
PART OF ONE LOOK. THERE IS CROPPING, REPETITION, FLIPPING, WHATEVER MY GUT
LED ME TO.

• C O L L E C T I O N •
Uviali
M E A N S K I N G D O M I N U M B U N D U
Umbundu is one of the dialects spoken in
Huíla, an Angolan province where Mwilas
reign.
BY: BETÂNIA SOITO
P A G E T W E L V E | Z U E L A

Z U E L A
TTYL
Image: My pictures for the draping photoshoot.@betaniasoito
X O X O
U N T I L T H E N E X T I S S U E , H O P E
Y O U ' V E E N J O Y E D T H I S T R I P !
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