Brazil currently accounts for just $7.59 billion in luxury revenues, or about 1 percent of the total global market. But it is growing at 22 percent a year — far outpacing more established markets and even Brazil’s general retail sales, which rose an estimated 11 percent in 2010. And the country’s luxury sales are now almost twice as high as they were in 2006.
“Everybody thinks Brazil is about a sexy kind of feeling. It is about that but it’s also about every type of sexiness: chic sexiness, a mix of a very feminine look, we are about very feminine things. It’s very light, we’re very creative,” offered model Fernanda Mota, who also spoke later in the evening with Vik Muniz. (via The Brazil Foundation Heats Up the Met - EyeScoop - Celebrity Photos, Fashion and Lifestyle News - WWD.com
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Cornfield, São Paulo, Brazil
Photograph by Christiano Pessoa, My Shot
An old and great example of a Jequitiba tree in a cornfield in Pirassununga city, interior São Paulo state.
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Cable Cars, Brazil
Photograph by Craig Hayman, My Shot
Cable cars ascend through low clouds to reach Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf), a true symbol of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The landmark, which is actually two mountains, has been accessible via cable car since 1912
