Because right now he is backstage at the shows in Rio hanging out with all the boys (including Mr. Lachowski and Mr. Figueiredo above), while I am humbly uploading backstage pictures that were not even taken by me. 

View more pictures at the R. Groove show in Rio yesterday after the jump.

Made In Brazil has an exclusive sneak peek at the new issue of Junior magazine featuring model Felipe Tejeda and hitting newsstands today. View more pictures after the jump.

The spring 2011 shows in Rio kicked off yesterday, and even though I am not invited to cover the event, I will be posting backstage pictures of the shows thanks to my loyal collaborators. View more after the jump.

Photographer Cristiano Madureira, who put up with me for over four months while shooting the first issue of Made In Brazil Magazine, has just launched his new website, featuring some of his latest editorial work for publications such as ffw Mag! as well as several outtakes from all the shoots for Made In Brazil Magazine #1 (like the picture above of Max Motta).

Visit Cristiano Madureira for more.

Hope he books a lot of shows in Brazil this season.

I saw pieces by Brazilian architect and designer Maurício Arruda this week at Blog LP, and really loved his street fair approach to furniture design. His new line of cabinets called José is made exclusively of solid wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, with boxes made of recycled plastic. To view more pieces and read more about the line, visit Maurício Arruda's blog.