Reinaldo Lourenco looked at cowboy boots for inspiration for his fall collection, and the result was probably one of his best collections to date, and one of my favorites so far this week. It was conceptual, elegant, and rich.

Apparently western is also going to be the inspiration for Herchcovitch's men's collection shown on Monday.

Unfortunately designer Mario Queiroz has not moved on from his 90's gay aesthetic yet, sending out boys dressed in patent leather jackets and jeans, leather jumpsuits, a skirt, and metal masks I had seen a year ago at the Dolce & Gabbana show. It is time for Mr. Queiroz to hire some young blood to bring his label forward a decade or two.

Luckily the Mario Queiroz show produced these shots of model Matheus Verdelho backstage.

Photographer Andre Schiliro shot the mega babes of the season for SPFW.

It has been reported that Raquel Zimmermann cashed in R$ 900K to do the Animale show and ad campaign this season. You can see her channeling Madonna on the latest issue of V magazine.

Other than Raquel, Carol, and Coco, designer Vivienne Westwood was the main attraction this week in São Paulo. She was here to promote her collaboration with Melissa.

Korean Hyoni was the winner of Ford Supermodel Of The World.

BBC reported this week on the absence of black models on Brazilian catwalks. "There are several black models who do shows, and there aren't more because I believe the history of the black race in Brazil is still about having little access," commented Paulo Borges, the man behind SPFW. I could not agree more. The only two black girls I have seen working this week are Carmelita (Ford) and Gracie (MM).

Pictures of the collections courtesy of Agencia Fotosite.