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The Wrap-Up from Brazil Fashion Week
By Armand Limnander
Photos by firstView-FWD
Jul 23, 2002/ FWD/ --- The two designers that make up Trosman Churba, an Argentinean label
that has already been picked up by the big stores in Europe, were the only non-Brazilians
invited to participate in Sao Paulo fashion week.
Their boyish suits, papery dresses with asymmetric hems, and canvas trousers with embroidered
details all stood out for their unfussy tailoring and muted palette; sheer slip dresses
delivered plenty of punch when layered over glittering silver cutout shifts.
For his men's collection, Reinaldo Lourenço sent out a troop of quasi-military boys in
buckled trousers, layered overalls, and Black Brigade shirts and jackets.
His studded tanks and tiger-print T-shirts were light and fun, especially when paired with
low-slung canvas trousers with barely perceptible rosette detailing.
Marcello Sommer closed the Sao Paulo shows with one of the strongest, most colorful
presentations of the week.
Sommer went for an eclectic mix of naïve prints that included perky ginghams,
cheery polka dots, and cuddly koalas, sexing them up with hard leathers, sensual cinches,
and constricting corsets.
Tutus were worn over spaghetti trousers, suits came with multi-tiered miniskirts in
mismatched patterns, and girly dresses were punched with rows of metal studs.
Once the presentations were over, Paulistas had the perfect excuse to do what they had
been doing all week anyway: party. (It's not a coincidence that none of the Sao Paulo
shows ever begin before noon.)
The enormous Galeria Julio Prestes, a former train station in downtown Sao Paulo, was
converted into a massive dance club, which stayed open until well into the wee hours.
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