Daughter of an adventurer and a vintage collector, Patricia Nunes Pereira was born marked by the unique influences of the 70's, and by a rich and eclectic aesthetic and cultural universe.
The stunning Costa Vicentina, Carrapateira and Amado, wild and intact, was where she summered. It continues to be in this land of cold baths, rebellious cacti and round hills that she recharges her batteries and returns to whenever she can. This place feels like home.
The nomadic side of life has always attracted her, restless, curious, eager for everything that reveals new ways of being. Traveling is still one of hers great passions today.

She studied in Lisbon but lived in Santo Amaro de Oeiras, next to the sea, a village where years later she ended up settling. She still maintains friendships from those times today.

She is truly happy when she welcomes her loved ones at home. She loves to receive, and pays attention to every last detail, flowers are always present. Loves boganvilleas. She is inspired by the tipycal Latin way, life makes sense around good wine, a well-set table and a good conversation. In sharing, in joy, in surrender. As she read on a restaurant wall one day:

“...taking care of people’s happiness during the hours they spend under our roof...”

The Law course was interrupted to start working on what would become her true passion, Fashion. First in stores, being fascinated by the contact with the public but also learning how collections work, timing, merchandising , the targets, and all the fascinating parts of this retail area.

She worked for several years in Chiado, an area that left a deep impression on her and forever linked her to street commerce. Her second store is located in Chiado.

“I'm proud to be part of a new culture of street commerce, which preserves history and tradition, where detail, attention and the customer play the main role.”

Meanwhile, invitations to work in showrooms in Lisbon began, and a new phase in her career starts. She came into contact with the market from North to South, and above all, built a relationship of trust with her clients.

“It’s not the brands that play the main role, it’s the customers, always the customers.”

In 2001, the sparkle in her eyes took on a new light when she became a mother. She wanted her son to see in her an example of strength, courage and passion. Fighting for what makes us happy. Loving what we do.

“I wouldn’t be happy without Vintage Bazaar and my son knows that and respects it. We have a kind of complementary relationship, I’m the hustle and bustle and he’s the calm, I couldn’t ask for more.”

She was also given the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, to present collections, fashion shows, prospect new brands, opening horizons, gaining experience, allowing her to capture even more dimensions of the business.
About a decade ago, when she felt the signs of a market recession, she knew exactly what she wanted to do and how to do it. She will never forget the people who helped her make this dream come true. She quickly established herself as an alternative in the retail and quality delivery sector. Providing his customers with fortnightly access to collections for immediate delivery proved to be a successful strategy in that context and to this day.

“I always felt like this was where I wanted to be, and that I had something to give.”

In 2007, Vintage Bazaar was born in Santo Amaro de Oeiras, in an old neighborhood grocery store. Always guided by her intuition, she established herself, creating the first Vintage Bazaar showroom, where the brand's first store is now located.

“Being grateful, having my feet firmly on the ground and working every day with the same humility are maxims that I will not give up.”

She created a free-spirited fashion brand, but also a lifestyle brand based on a modern bohemian concept. Vintage and homestyle are other passions of hers. In her stores, she truly seeks to inspire those who enter her world. A brand must inspire dreams, have a DNA, a concept that she respects and perpetuates in everything she does.

She finds her inspiration in women, and she works for them and on their behalf every day. She dresses women such as Mafalda Pinto Leite, Anna Westerlund, Fernanda Ferreira Velez, Lúcia Moniz, Rita Ferro, Maria Guedes, Ana Stilwell, Catarina Jardim, Carolina Patrocínio and Teresa Tavares. But she also dresses many other women, dreamers, open, genuine and restless, who see Vintage Bazaar as a form of expression and receive its message. And this is what makes the brand not sit back and relax.

“For a while I lived in ignorance, thinking that this could be a futile world, today I am thrilled to be present in this industry. I respect it.”

She travels frequently so that everything can happen and to supervise a very delicate and accelerated production process in which nothing can go wrong. She sees these trips as an enormous privilege that life gives her, to look at this project and her life in perspective, and she always comes back with renewed energy and a thousand and one new ideas.

“If we believe in what we do and do it with truth and a lot of passion, that truth reaches people. We send a message. I believe deeply in this.”

She remains faithful to her concept but always reads the market, is attentive to new challenges, and always wants to surprise. She likes to believe that her story can inspire others to follow their dreams and intuition.

“I thank my team for making my dream possible every day!”