Black beauty featured on covers of three fashion magazines in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: I gotta admit that this was a pleasant surprise! It’s simply not something you’re going to see very often. The […]
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In Salvador, Bahia, male and female models participate in selection for Afro Fashion Day parade
Note fro BW of Brazil: Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil’s northeast, is known internationally for the strong African influence on its culture. And this influence can […]
November is the Month of Black Consciousness and Salvador, Bahia, will hold its second Afro Fashion Day with 70 models and 50 name brands on display
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s here again! In fact, it’s been here for seven days already. I speak here about the month of November […]
White woman’s world? Why did a black actress mysteriously “disappear” from a popular shoe brand’s commercial?
Note from BW of Brazil: You really can’t make this type of stuff up! Of course I can already imagine that those who prefer not […]
Why did Vogue Brasil’s 2016 Ball choose Africa as a theme featuring African ‘costumes’ and very few black people?
Note from BW of Brazil: Haven’t we’ve seen this all before? Well, as the saying goes, here we go again! How many examples do we […]
Making moves! After appearing in the Fevest fashion show, up and coming actress/model Stefanie Durval stars in the film ‘Quebrando as Pernas’
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s always nice to bring our readers people who making things happen! We first introduced you to this young lady […]
Being a black model in a Brazil that prefers white skin
Note from BW of Brazil: This is no longer a surprising topic. If there’s a big fashion in Brazil you can believe that most of […]
Brazilian women dominate Victoria’s Secret bikini and fitness catalog
Note from BW of Brazil: The invisibility of black models during Brazil’s top fashion shows and black actresses on the television major networks is an […]
Models bare all in an act for black consciousness at Fashion Rio
Note from BW of Brazil: Last week BW of Brazil brought you brief coverage the latest edition of the São Paulo Fashion Week, one of […]
Designer Levite Bahia and his African themed Fashion Made in Bahia
Note from BW of Brazil: If you’ve followed this blog even sparingly over the past 18 months , you know that fashion is a topic […]
São Paulo Fashion Week pays homage to ’70s music show Soul Train
This post will be this blog’s second foray into the connection between African-American music and culture and its importation into Brazil in the 1970s. This […]
Commenter blames outrage against steel wool/scouring pad hair incident on "hysterical atittudes of americans" while completely ignoring Brazilian militancy: Black Women of Brazil responds
UNEafro rally (left), Black is Back rally (right): taking militancy to the streets It comes as no surprise that people were outraged by what […]
Plus Size models step out of the shadows to fight prejudice against those who overweight
Many children and young people suffer daily bullying for being overweight, having different hair or wearing unusual clothes. The target of the jokes then usually […]
Patrícia Dejesus discusses her transition from the modeling world to becoming an actress
In an interview with Quem (magazine), the actress talks about her role in Avenida Brasil and “veiled prejudice” when she was a model Patrícia Dejesus was in the […]
