Made in Brazil

If The Michael Kors Girls Did Drag...

They would have looked like the models on Monday's Dior resort show, which was pure poolside perfection, and full of Brazilian faces: Daiane, Flavia, Camila, Michelle, and Drielly.

Resort has officially become my favorite season. Perhaps because it is less intense, the collections look more fun, bright, and actually wearable. I mean, had you seen Daiane Conterato looking that slightly cheerful before?

UPDATE: my friend JD Ferguson just sent me some exclusive backstage shots of Drielly, Daiane, Camila, and Flavia.

This year for Halloween I may just go as Flavia on the Dior resort show.

So Fresh And So Chic

Love Flavia de Oliveira in the advertorial for Iguatemi mall in the latest issue of Vogue Brazil.

Also love that Models.com has interviewed Brazilian Aline Weber about her new look (and bleached eyebrows).

And on more model news, I've just heard that Emanuela de Paula has been confirmed for the next Pirelli calendar, shooting in Botswana with Peter Beard.

Poderosa

Brazilian Vogue shows Flavia de Oliveira some love this month by finally putting her where she belongs: the cover.

More on the issue coming next week. BTW, can you believe that Vogue Brazil costs R$14,90 (the equivalent of about US$9) on national newstands?

A Semana: Mariah, Madonna, Leona, Rufus, And Gisele

Mimi did it again. Touch My Body reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week, becoming her 18th chart-topper, and making her the solo artist with the most #1 hits ever in Billboard's history. The single also broke a record with 286,000 digital downloads in its debut week.

Madonna's latest promotional blitz involves not only the cover of American Elle, but also of its British franchise. Thanks to download sales, her new single 4 Minutes jumped to the 3rd slot on the Billboard 100 this week.

I was fortunate to get an advanced copy of the American release of Leona Lewis' debut Spirit, and I am absolutely in love with the two new exclusive tracks Forgive Me and Misses Glass. You can stream the entire album on MTV's The Leak before it hits stores next week.

Rufus Wainwright has four shows confirmed in Brazil in May. He plays Rio on the 7th, São Paulo on the 9th, Belo Horizonte on the 10th, and Brasília on the 13th.

Designer Alexandre Herchcovitch announced that the sale of his label to fashion conglomerate I'M Holding did not go through as confirmed earlier this year, and that he is no longer the creative director for jeanswear label Zoomp.

Gisele scores yet another campaign as the face of Brazilian jeweler Vivara.

Model Flavia de Oliveira stars in the new ad campaign for Brazilian designer Priscilla Darolt.

Soon-to-become status symbol: Beckham's golden iPhone.

I can't believe I always end up missing the fun stuff in New York. If you are in the city though, make sure to get tickets to Jeffrey Fashion Cares, which takes place on April 9th, and send me pictures of the boys.

Exclusively At YSL

If you were wondering why you had not yet seen Flavia de Oliveira at any of the shows in Paris, it is because she was booked exclusively for YSL this season. Too bad you can't hardly recognize her behind the wig.

Brazilians Aline Weber (who opened Balenciaga this season), Bruna Tenorio, and Raquel were also in the show. Visit Style.com for the complete collection.

I Just Sh*t My Pants: Brazilian Takeover At Oscar de la Renta

I have just died and gone to supermodel heaven: Raquel, Bruna, Flavia, Isabeli, Caroline Ribeiro, and Caroline Trentini, backstage at the Oscar de la Renta show in New York.

It is going to be pretty hard to top what my friend JD Ferguson accomplished here. I am freaking loving it.

For more backstage pictures of New York Fashion Week, head over to V magazine (and make sure to check out this sexy picture JD took of Parker Gregory and Garrett Neff).

Doing Couture

Because of the Paris' couture shows, São Paulo Fashion Week was depleted of top models in the past few days. Vivi Orth, Bruna Tenorio, and Daiane Conterato did a few shows in Brazil before flying to Europe, but Flavia de Oliveira skipped the fall collections here.

Below the four of them at the Christian Dior spring 2008 couture show.

Too Hot For Monday: The Brazilian Angels

The Victoria's Secret fashion show was taped last Thursday in Los Angeles, and will air on December 4 on CBS. This year's show had a much smaller percentage of Brazilian angels than last year's: Raquel, Carol, Jeisa, and Gisele, did not strut down the runway in wings. The girls on board though, Adriana, Alessandra, Izabel, Flavia, and Isabeli, looked hotter than ever. Adriana opened.

It always surprises me that Flavia has such a hot body. More pictures of the show available at men.style.com.

Working It

Flavia de Oliveira and Marcelle Bittar, directly from Paris to Made In Brazil.

Love it, love it, love it.

From Paris With Love

This must be my lucky week: first Alessandra in New York, and now Flavia, Bruna and Marcelle directly from the shows in Paris last week.

Thanks to my lovely friend who made it happen. More coming tomorrow.

Love, Love Her

It is a Ford Models day here: model Flavia de Oliveira in the fall ad campaign for Brazilian label Cori.

Stunning. There is one more ad after the jump.

Flávia Oliveira For Cesare Paciotti

This girl has booked every major show so far in Milan, so I am sure we will be seeing a lot more from her. There is something very Audrey Hepburn-esque about the way she looks in the spring campaign for Cesare Paciotti (even with the crazy pin up pose).

Flawless Flávia

YSL also loves Brazilians

Guess who was look #1 for YSL Rive Gauche spring 2006? Brazilian newcomer Flávia Oliveira not only opened the show, but she was also booked with exclusivity for YSL in Paris. Now do you think Stefano Pilati might pick her for the ad campaign as well? There is a good chance.