Beneath the Parisian gloss of tomorrow’s fashion emerges a voice that speaks in whispered elegance. Steven Passaro, a 33-year-old French designer of Portuguese heritage, interprets masculinity through a delicate lens, where emotion and tailoring converge to create garments that feel like second skins.
Born in Aubervilliers and shaped by both French grace and Portuguese sensitivity, Passaro’s creative journey began at École Duperré, where spatial design taught him to see garments as sculptural narratives. After formative internships at Dior, he pursued a master’s in menswear at London College of Fashion, presenting his first collection, Body of Folds, during London Fashion Week in 2019.
Now based in Paris with a label launched in 2020, Passaro honors both tradition and innovation, blending English-inspired tailoring with an emotionally charged vision of modern masculinity.
“Expressing your deepest self; true strength comes from this act of vulnerability,” Passaro says, capturing the poetry woven into each stitch. His debut Waterboys collection, shown at Palais de Tokyo, used water as metaphor: pleated tulle suggested crashing waves, fluid and introspective.
Risking rigid structure, Passaro’s designs float blazers deconstructed, silhouettes softened with organza, embroidery leaning gently into romanticism. His recent Fragmented Self line continues this emotional odyssey, layering asphalt-gray tailoring with delicate fissures, symbolic of human complexity .
Passaro pioneers combining digital innovation with ethical crafting. Using 3D tools like CLO3D and Style3D, he virtualizes every creation before producing prototypes, reducing fabric waste, accelerating iteration, and deepening precision. Garments are then hand-finished in local ateliers across France, with many pieces honoring dormant fabrics from luxury houses. The result? Intelligent couture with conscience.
Steven Passaro’s message resonates in a time when fashion seeks authenticity. He redefines menswear not as armor, but as a canvas for introspection, an antidote to toxic masculinity, a fresh expression of gender sensitivity. He’s been recognized by Vogue Hommes, integrated into the Paris FW calendar by the FHCM, and supported by incubators like BDMMA Les Ateliers de Paris. His presence at the SS26 RUN x ANDAM showroom in June 2025 further signals international interest.
Steven Passaro is not merely designing clothes, he’s designing emotions. With quiet, radical empathy, he crafts menswear that feels like revelation: softly constructed, technologically profound, and deeply human. Here is a designer who listens, layers, and lets each piece tell its own story. As the world rediscovers fashion through the eyes of emotional intelligence, Passaro’s voice grows louder, welcomed by those who see clothes as more than fabric, but as vessels of self‑discovery.
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