BORN IN BRAZIL, BARBARA COMMENCED HER STUDIES AT CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, LONDON, AND SUBSEQUENTLY ATTENDED ISTITUTO MARANGONI, MILAN, WHERE SHE GRADUATED FIRST IN HER CLASS. ON COMPLETION OF HER STUDIES, SHE WAS HIRED BY ROBERTO CAVALLI IN FLORENCE AS ASSISTANT DESIGNER FOR WOMEN’S WEAR, WHERE SHE REMAINED FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS. BARBARA MADE HER CATWALK DEBUT IN SEPTEMBER 2013 DURING LONDON FASHION WEEK AT WHITE CUBE. IN JANUARY 2014, BARBARA WAS AWARDED “GUEST WOMEN’S WEAR DESIGNER” AT PITTI UOMO. BARBARA’S PRINCIPAL INFLUENCE IS THE UNIVERSAL VISUAL LANGUAGE OF BRAZIL. PARED-BACK AND SENSUAL THIS UNEXPECTED WORLD INFORMS HER FRESH TAKE ON THE INTERNATIONAL MODERN WOMAN. THE COLLECTIONS ARE SOLD WORLDWIDE IN OVER 20 COUNTRIES. NEW STOCKISTS INCLUDE HARVEY NICHOLS LONDON, MATCHES LONDON, JOSEPH, THE SHOP AT BLUEBIRD LONDON, PIAVE 37 MILAN AND LUISA VIA ROMA FLORENCE, AS WELL AS ONLINE AT MODA OPERANDI AND THE CORNER. CASASOLA DESIGNS FROM HER STUDIO IN LONDON AND EACH PIECE IS MADE IN ITALY.