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Tuesday March 5th, 2013

Gucci’s New Eco-Ethical Leather Handbags Include Info About Cow’s Birth

Gucci’s New Eco-Ethical Leather Handbags Include Info About Cow’s Birth

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Hot off the heels of announcing its involvement in a worldwide women’s empowerment movement (alongside Beyonce and Salma Hayek), Gucci has taken part in another extremely noble cause: Preserving the rainforests of Brazil without compromising the aesthetic taste or quality of its products.

The brand is releasing a range of three handbags, each created through a method causing literally zero deforestation in the Amazon. Oh and each handbag comes with a cattle ‘passport’ that details “the precise history of the chain of supply, from the birth of the cow to the beautiful final product.” Very moo-ving.

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Tuesday January 31st, 2012

Ever Heard of the ‘Brazilian B’? A Firsthand Look Into the Widespread Popularity of Boob Jobs in Brazil
Beauty

Ever Heard of the ‘Brazilian B’? A Firsthand Look Into the Widespread Popularity of Boob Jobs in Brazil

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While in Brazil for Sao Paulo Fashion Week, I had the strange experience of doing something that would be unthinkable in the United States: I went around asking young women about their breasts. Namely, if they were fake or not.

Let me explain: We heard a rumor that Brazilian models often had small implants dubbed “Brazilian Bs,” and that implants of this kind were pretty commonplace. Naturally, I asked around to see if this was a real thing. Again, I don’t need to explain the kind of shocked reaction I would have gotten in America–but in Brazil: NBD.

Actually, Brazilians couldn’t understand why I had been so shy to ask. And the general consensus? Most young women said that yes, “many” or even “most” of their friends have breast implants. They agreed that, unlike in the U.S. perhaps, most women in Brazil opt for smaller, more natural-looking implants. The reason for the rise of surgeries in Brazil is no secret:

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Thursday August 18th, 2011

Zara’s Brazilian Factories Accused of Child Labor and Unfair Labor Practices

Zara’s Brazilian Factories Accused of Child Labor and Unfair Labor Practices

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An investigative report out of Brazil has found that Zara‘s Brazilian suppliers contracted with factories which subjected workers to hazardous “slave-like” working conditions and employed at least one girl aged 14.

According to Repórter Brasil, who broke the story, and Made in Brazil (who translated the report), AHA Indústria e Comércio de Roupas Ltda., a supplier that Zara uses to contract with factories to produce their garments in Brazil, has been under investigation by São Paulo’s Bureau of Labor and Employment since May. The Bureau of Labor and Employment found that 52 people were working in unsafe and unsanitary conditions at at one of the factories contracted by AHA Indústria to produce pants for Zara Brazil. Workers were made to work 16-hour shifts in windowless factories, earning only between R$274 and R$460 a month (that’s $170 to $286), which is below Brazil’s minimum wage of R$545 ($339) .

In another inspection, a 14-year-old girl was found working “under slave-like conditions” at another factory in São Paulo contracted by AHA Indústria for Zara.

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Friday January 29th, 2010

Trendspotting

Trend Tracking with StyleSight: Brazil Edition

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Fashionista teamed up with trend-tracking firm StyleSight for a lesson on Brazilian fashion. Pretty much every major retailer in the country employs StyleSight to tell them what’s new and next. So we thought it’d be interesting to see what StyleSight’s women’s market expert Joanna Manganaro had to say about the country’s ever-growing influence. Fashionista: It Read more →

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Monday October 19th, 2009

Beauty

The Beautiful People

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Raise your hand if you think Gisele is gorgeous. How about Adriana Lima, the Fernandas and Madonna’s Jesus? Yeah, we pretty much agree that Brazil has bestowed upon us some of the world’s most beautiful people. So when a friend emailed us this link this morning, we found the recent study cited rather curious. According Read more →

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Wednesday April 1st, 2009

Marc and Lorenzo Finally Hitched?!

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To: Tips@Fashionista.com From: G@string.com Fashionista!! I’m vacationing on Fernando de Noronha in Brazil, and I was just hanging out on the beach yesterday – and what did I see?! None other than Marc Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone taking after-ceremony pictures with a small group of what looked like just relatives and close friends! I took Read more →

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Monday June 23rd, 2008

Models

Naomi Sans Sao Paulo

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Naomi Campbell was expected in Brazil this weekend for Sao Paulo Fashion Week, but the model never made it down to South America. The reason? Naomi’s handlers told press it was because of her airline incident and subsequent assault conviction, which was preventing her from boarding a plane. The curious thing? Naomi was spotted by Read more →

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