Oscar Wilde once wrote: Only the true masters of style have always succeeded in being obscure.

For as long as I can remember I have longed for my name to be in neon lights.

I traveled thousands of miles across the ocean to finally make my home in London.  I first left Brazil In the summer of 1993 to try my luck in the sin city of Amsterdam, where I'd landed a job as a shop assistant at the  now infamous Trancedome shop. The sparkle of the Dutch sin city was soon outshone by the glaring lights of London.  My early days in this fantastic city were the most exciting and adventurous times of my life’s journey so far.

I finally was able to express myself creatively and sexually in a manner I never believed possible.

It was just so thrilling and liberating to finally be able to live all the stories I'd secretly scripted for myself.  I've fulfilled every sexual and intellectual fantasy I ever imagined possible. I've dined with kings, slept with tramps and drunk incessantly from the cup full of the seven capital sins.

Not only was I experiencing a life long dream of living in London but I was also working on the club scene (Ministry of Sound, Aquarium) as a dancer and I coming face to face with my childhood  heroes: Boy George and Jean Paul Gaultier  to name a few).

In the bitterly cold winter of 1994 I met my ex partner (in fetish, fashion, crime and love) Simon Rose who introduced me to rubber and has taught me everything I know about the alluring fetish world and the surreal, captivating and addictive realm of latex dreams.

From very early on in my life I knew that I wanted to be a costume designer and performer.  There were nights back in Brazil where I used to dream under the moonlight of Gone with the Wind, the King and I, Dracula, all my heroines in their finest hour.  Most of my life I wanted to be a global superstar so it's no surprise that my work is influenced by mainstream culture in general.

I am an ardent fan of pop music. I grew up when Culture Club were masters of the radio waves and “The Church Of The Poison Mind” used to rock my childhood dreams, of one day making it big somewhere in the world.  I remember the very first time I saw Madonna singing Borderline on a black and white television. It was love at first sight.

From that moment on I knew I also could be somebody.

I love Frida Kahlo with all my heart and I can sometimes be found in full Kahlo regalia in some trendy part of town or other.

My favourite designers are Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen, Coco Chanel, Viktor and Rolf, Vivienne Westwood, bla bla bla.

If watching four films a week makes me a movie addict then I am and must shamelessly confess I am an avid cinema fan.

In 1999 I did a foundation course in fashion design at The Westminster College.  In 2000/2001 I did a Two Year National Diploma in Costume Design for Film and Theatre at the Kingsway College.

Today I work with Simon Rose for Libidex, one of coolest and certainly the most innovative latex labels on the planet.  Working with Libidex has broadened my horizons far beyond belief. As the restless soul that I am I've experimented with many different techniques and now can proudly claim that the exclusive appliqué that enables me to print in full colour on latex is how Bordello was born

I know there is room in the fetish Market for innovative and well-designed costumes and here to fill it.

I am also a dancer, performer ( Heaven, TG,) model, and wannabe DJ.

I am an excellent cook, a loyal friend, an imaginative lover and very open minded designer.