Rio Grande

Jun 08, 2007 @ 10:47am

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Rio Fashion Week ended today, and our favorite show was Maria Bonita Extra, the Brazilian line that's slowly becoming an American girl favorite.

We love the printed minidresses and the brown checkered flutter blouse from MBE, and we also think it’s cool that more and more Brazilian designers are showing each year.

Meanwhile, some Rio locals have emigrated to New York Fashion Week -Alexandre Herchcovitch and Rosa Cha have shown for several seasons, and Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein hails from Brazil - as do Vogue faces Caroline Trentini and Raquel Zimmerman (and my favorite girl, Cintia Dicker).

At the same time, and international buyers are adopting a more diverse global perspective.

Maybe soon, Gisele won't be the most famous Brazilian in fashion!


--ALISON COOL

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posted in Fashion Week tags Alexandre Herchcovitch, Calvin Klein, Caroline Trentini, Cintia Dicker

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posted by joana

Jun 08, 2007 11:55AM

I hope so! There is so much amazing talent in Brasil that goes unnoticed. Glad to hear Fashionista knows of it though. Anything that reminds me of home is always good.

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posted by B

Jun 08, 2007 9:55PM

it's actually called Fashion Rio ;)

I attended the Totem show today, inspired by Patti Smith, amongst other rockers. In the audience, buyers from TopShop who are now selling the label. the future looks bright, imo!

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posted by B

Jun 08, 2007 9:59PM

oh and Herchcovitch is from Sao Paulo and Francisco Costa, from Minas Gerais :D

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