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The 26th edition of the Sao Paulo Fashion Week took place from January 18 to 23, at the Bienal Pavilion, in the Ibirapuera Park, and showed the new winter collections that amazed or disappointed the fashion makers. The world’s number one model, Raquel Zimmermann, and the eternal diva of the catwalks, Gisele Bündchen, participated in the event. Among the highlights, the unexpected linkage of culture and fashion, promoted by the label Cavalera, promoted a show inspired by the Parintins Folkloric Festival.

The Festival happens for 43 years in the city of Parintins, inlands of the state of Amazonas, on an island surrounded by the Amazon Forest. Currently, it takes place during the last weekend of June. In fact, it is a competition between two groups (called Oxen – the Garantido and the Caprichoso) that alternate playing a folkloric short dramatic piece. The piece, in turn, is a modification of the tradition of the Bumba Meu Boi which was brought by migrants from the Northeastern region and became part of the Amazonian culture. It resembles the parade promoted by the samba schools in Rio de Janeiro but, in fact, it is more similar to a peculiar Amazonian opera because of how the actions are developed. More information about the Festival can be found at the Brazilian Tourism Portal.

In anyway, the teams compete hard for the victory. The competition is marked by the division of colors – Red on one side (Garantido Ox) and Blue on the other (Caprichoso Ox) – with which each team is identified. This was one of the main aspects explored by the label’s show.  Check below the result in a comment published by UOL website, and the gallery with the images of the show.

Boi-Bumbá Festival inspires the dispute of collections showed on divided catwalk of Cavalera.

A catwalk divided in two. One side red, the other blue. At the entry, the symbol of Cavalera was hung, each half painted in the color inverse to the side where it was, to show that the dispute between the collections of the same label was amicable. And that was how, inspired by the colors and spectacular rivalry of the traditional Boi-Bumbá festival of Parintins (in the Amazon region), Cavalera closed the third day of shows during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week.

In the 3-day festival held in the heart of the Amazon forest every June, the spectacle is magnificent and impressing, according to those who have watched it. On the catwalk, in the fashion version, the fight between the rival oxen Caprichoso (represented by the colors blue and white) and Garantido (red and white) became a street wear that can be easily used, notably the jackets that, full of grace and with varied modeling, make anyone look nice. The male jackets deserve special attention, like the perfecto one in thin jeans and the one checked in shades of blue.

The collection brought nice pieces of clothes for men, ranging from velvet pants in a nice shade of blue, to the jackets and shirts with details like collars in different patterns. The jeans, either for women or for men (but mainly the male jeans, even because it is more frequent) open the show and are expected to hit it big out of the catwalks, dressing the young audience that seeks the jeans, and which accounts for most of the sales of that label.

For women, additionally to the jackets and coats, shorts, skirts – all more close-fitting and shorter – ending with the dresses made of silk satin with patterns related to the ox festival, depicting the face of the ox and of Indians.

In the array of colors, the blue on one side and the black and red on the other (there was a little subversion of the official colors of both oxen). Some looks display leopard patterns, in yellow.

Just like in Parintins, there is always a winner: the blue collection did better, being lighter and more harmonious. The red collection, in turn, with dangerous laceworks, heavier (and more obvious) black and red checks and leather pieces was less successful, despite some good moments like the dresses striped with flags.