VANESSA SILVA

VANESSA SILVA

Founder of FashionTown and Leoa Ruiva
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About

Founder of FashionTown, building technology to make the fashion supply chain easier to discover, navigate and work with. I’m a lawyer with a background in fashion, and my relationship with technology started back in high school. Now spend most of my time somewhere between product, technology and entrepreneurship. Building from Brazil, with global ambitions. Given the choice between buying my computer or building it myself, I’ll take the second option.

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Maker History

  • FashionTown
    FashionTownFind the right partners across the fashion supply chain
    Sep 2026
  • Meu Atelier by FashionTown
    Meu Atelier by FashionTownTurn fashion references into traceable tech packs with AI
    Sep 2026
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    Joined Product HuntSeptember 16th, 2026

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FashionTownp/fashiontown•

19d ago

How do you find suppliers and business partners in fragmented industries?

One thing I ve learned from working in fashion is that having a large industry doesn t necessarily mean having easily accessible industry information.

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20d ago

Hi! I’m Vanessa, joining from São Paulo, Brazil 👋

I m a lawyer with a background in fashion, and my relationship with technology started back in high school although it took a rather unconventional path to bring all of those worlds together.

I m currently building FashionTown, a platform focused on making the fragmented fashion supply chain easier to discover and navigate, while developing practical business tools for independent professionals.
FashionTown is part of Leoa Ruiva, a broader project where I explore the intersection of fashion, technology, content and digital products.

ProdShortp/prodshort•

20d ago

Do you work on weekends?

For me, I finish the tasks I didn t complete during the week, then try to get ahead on a few things.

And I always finish my weekend by preparing my tasks for the next week.

I know some founders completely disconnect on weekends, but I ve never really managed to do that

What about you? Do you work on weekends or completely switch off?

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