Oliveira baptista felipe

for 
lacoste spring / summer 2018

portrait by COLLIER SCHORR
photography by WALTER PFEIFFER
style by SHEILA SINGLE
interview by OLIVIER ZAHM

OLIVIER ZAHM — Lisbon is now the hot destination for Europeans. 

FELIPE OLIVEIRA BAPTISTA — I always used to think of Lisbon as Europe’s best-kept secret. It’s funny to see people suddenly getting all excited about it. Lisbon was a great place to grow up. There is something very safe and easy about the city; in general, people are very kind, so as a kid and teenager, I had access to quite a lot of freedom. Cutting classes to go to the beach, hanging out in the old gardens, and going out at night from a very early age. Lisbon is such a special place. The quality of the light, the ocean, the drama, the decaying beauty, the modernist architecture, the…