L’Officiel Belgium brought in the September issue an article about the Akra Project.
The magazine features an article with the founder and creative director of Akra, Samuray Martins, who has lived in Belgium for 10 years and tells about the brand’s founding in 2019, discusses the raw material used and also how each model developed by the company is produced. brand. Each piece is unique, made with natural straw and environmentally friendly pigments, made by Brazilian artisans. “90% of artisans are women trained according to their skills and prior knowledge and then improve their learning, thus guaranteeing their independence and the education of their children”, says the magazine.
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“Juntas, ambas labels se propuseram a unir o melhor dos dois mundos: os cuidados e detalhes encontrados nas peças Le Bain Couture à vasta experiência em fibras naturais da Akra Collection.”
As associadas Le Bain Couture e Akra Collection promoveram a bolsa Waves, técnica de crochê na fibra natural da palmeira de ráfia.
A collab artesanal Dreamscape, confeccionada pelas artesãs do Projeto Akra, apresenta inspiração na beleza das praias e a marcante sinuosidade e fluidez das ondas do mar.
“A peça é confeccionada por artesãs do Projeto Akra, em Madagascar, que dedicam aproximadamente 140 horas para a concepção de cada peça. Sua etiqueta é bordada à mão por freiras que dedicam mais oito horas para a realização de cada uma, resultando em um acessório atemporal, versátil, carregada de significados, propósito e muita história.”
Fashion Label Brasil associates sign the Home line
“Home is another category that many might not know exists, however several designers have transcended from the catwalk to the couch with collections of furniture, decor, wallpaper and more”, Forbes.
The associated brands Água de Coco, Akra Collection, Amanda Medrado, Camila Vieira, Catarina Mina, Isolda, Martha Medeiros, Misci, Paola Vilas, Ryzí, and Serpui presente a development in the active fashion market, the Home line.
“Today, decorative design is everywhere, not least on Instagram where everyone from successful entrepreneurs to digital influencers can’t seem to stop posting images of trendy hotels, dinner tables and flower arrangements. The opportunity has certainly not been lost on fashion and luxury brands who are actively tapping the luxury end of a furniture and homeware market”, Business of Fashion.
Água de Coco
Água de Coco is a beachwear brand that represents Brazilianness in the foreground, the art and national culture’s wealth.
“Always have a part of the beach in your home décor.
Are you in love with the freedom that the beach inspires and do you feel that your home can be even more full of light and joy with this feeling that the sands and the sea convey?
Água de Coco is also passionate about this unique and attractive atmosphere, that is why we bring inspirations from the bottom of the sea in items to prepare, serve, and decorate different corners of your home, with multiple possibilities of combinations and arrangements filled with originality.
You will be delighted by our line of home items that transform environments, making them even more charming.”
Akra Collection
Samuray Martins promoted the Akra Project, an initiative to benefit national crafts and the slow fabric sustainability market.
“The results are handbags and homewear items created by Samuray in partnership with craftsmen and produced in the communities that are a part of the Akra Project, aiming to foster a network of socioeconomic improvement, generating income, jobs, and education for the regions that the initiative is serving.”
Amanda Medrado
Amanda Medrado creates handcrafted accessories using natural resources and sustainable raw materials from the Northeast region of Brazil.
“Regionalism and good stories are the essence of our collections. The fun, creative, and conscientious design expresses our “sophisticated” style and our passion for art and innovation.”
Camila Vieira
Camila Vieira translates the connection and beauty of crystals and their energy sources into unique decoration accessories.
“Nature as a source of inspiration with your soul.
They are more than just decorative items, they are unique products, with an essence that respects shape, color, and sensation…
They are small details cut to keep their unique shape intact, making them unique and beautiful.”
Catarina Mina
The brand from the state of Ceará, Catarina Mina, expresses its sustainable and artisanal essence in the manifesto “Casa Corpo Vivo”, a collection of lamps for the home that carry the culture of the northeast region, and in the line “Olê de Casa”:
“’Ô de casa’
‘Ô de fora’
We greet each other like this, with our neighbor, with our friends, with our relatives. “Olê de Casa” is a name that evokes this: the opening of the doors to host.
Coasters and placemats made with all the heritage and richness of the bobbin lace to put beauty on the table, in the living room, at home.
Open the door for “Olê” to enter.”
Isolda
Isolda introduced a new upcycled line in 2021:
“We are reusing, recycling, reinventing from the leftover materials that already exist in our collection. The upcycled fabrics gained new life in the form of pajamas, masks, placemats, aprons, and others to come.”
The brand’s prints and the look and décor experience of the company Bossanova created a collab of mini capsule collections throughout the year, on commemorative dates.
“Starting from mutual admiration, the two brands come together for the first time in order to develop a collection of pieces to decorate the table. Isolda’s unmistakable hand-painted prints gain a new refined look through Bossanova, which brings years of experience decorating the most exclusive parties and events in São Paulo.”
Martha Medeiros
Martha Medeiros created the Pop-Up House Martha Medeiros in the luxury suite at the Tangará Palace, in São Paulo.
“A dream suite in a royal palace. It is not just for sleeping, it’s for dreaming of a world full of love and art.”
The collection features Renaissance knit and lace pillows, bedspreads, domes for lamps, the entire line of pure steel and gold-plated Mandacaru flower, lacy cups, and goblets as well as the top table line.
Misci
“Misci introduced a new concept that includes clothing and furniture in the same creative process, starting from the experience and discoveries of Airon’s own path.”
The Misci brand expresses the miscegenation of aesthetic elements in the design of clothing, accessories, and furniture.
“Misci proposes a different time for the launch of products that transcends the traditional calendar of the fashion industry, respecting the designer’s creation cycle, the production chain, and also the consumers, used to the speed of trends and consumption.”
Paola Vilas
“Paola Vilas represented the unfolding of the conceptual universe and the brand’s visual language in furniture items: “sculptural pieces that celebrate the feminine, promote portals to a world without limits between imagination and matter, and present a contrasting dialogue between materials such as brass, iron, and the Brazilian rocks.”
“Giving life to furniture, subverting the way we perceive our surroundings. Take us out of the monotony of daily experience, subverting the way we perceive our surroundings and transporting us to a universe where everything is possible.”
Ryzí
Ryzí Translated the brand’s identity into the first Ryzí Home collection, a line of 3D candlesticks.
“We started with handbags, but the idea is to be in all the areas of design, from architecture to clothing. As creative director, having this freedom to create is very magical”, Luiza Mallmann.
Serpui
SERPUI signs a collection of accessories for decorating and creates a complete experience, SERPUI HOUSE: placemats and napkin holders.
“Creating a complete experience has always been in SERPUI’s plans. When someone buys one of our handbags, they are buying more than a fun and unique item or a leisurely moment during the summer. They are buying an experience. With that same mindset, designer Serpui Marie launched SERPUI HOUSE, a collection of table accessories that will bring the SERPUI aesthetic to your home.”
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“The unique designs, the plurality and the varied cultures mean the creations are unique. Discover the best of the country’s trends and innovations.”
Apex-Brasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency), ABEST (Brazilian Association of Fashion Designers), Abit (Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association), and Abicalçados (Brazilian footwear Industries Association) promoted Brasil Fashion Now to position Brazilian fashion brands in the international market.
“BFN is a democratic project, an excellent opportunity for brands. For those who have never had any experience with the international market, it offers an enormous learning experience about what it means to take the step towards internationalization, from several important perspectives – such as, for example, seasonality, brand building, collection, price composition, and vocabulary. Even the participation in physical events does not provide this kind of understanding. For brands that already have some type of distribution, the project is an opportunity to be in a channel that serves all the needs for continuity and expansion of your business in a consistent way, cutting steps along the way, reducing costs, and improving processes. With the continuity of the project, now in its third edition, we can see the realization of these relationships that have been cultivated, boosting Brazilian brands around the world”, Manoela Amaro, CEO and Co-Founder of BLANC.
“BLANC is a powerful sales tool used by prominent brands around the world. It supports online businesses by helping them expand their sales to global markets, offering a wholesale management solution. BLANC proposes an innovative way to shape companies for digital wholesale.”
The platforms offers an intuitive interface to support strategic decisions.
The platforms is a way to showcase creativity in a structured and professional manner to retailers around the world. At the same time, it is a space where shoppers can discover emerging brands, having access to all the information they need, to buy products online and receive them wherever they are.
Digital Promotion and Exhibition for the International Market
Brazilian brands promoted results in the total amount of USD 94,669.00 and USD 444,000.00 for future expectations.
“The project focuses on the digital dissemination of Brazilian brands in the international market, in addition to strengthening their performance and sales through a customized commercial reach.”
About ABEST
The Brazilian Association of Fashion Designers, created in 2003, aims to strengthen and promote Brazilian design and fashion. Its main purpose is to help the development of Brazilian brands with international reach and guarantee their authenticity and creativity, in addition to promoting the Brazilian lifestyle, thus contributing to the growth of all segments linked to fashion. Currently, ABEST, which is a non-profit, has 120 brands from all over Brazil that export products to 57 different countries. Also, it constantly carries out strategic actions to expand its penetration in new markets around the world and strengthen relations with those that are already established.
About Fashion Label Brasil
Fashion Label Brasil, a Fashion Internationalization Program of Added Value, was created in 2003 by ABEST in partnership with Apex-Brasil, whose proposal is to position the image of Brazilian fashion abroad, enhancing the image of an innovative and contemporary Brazil. The program has strategic activities – Buyer and Image Project, International Fairs and Fashion Shows, Showroom Project, in addition to special activations – to expand penetration in new markets and strengthen relations with those that are already established.
About Apex-Brasil
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad and attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. To achieve these goals, Apex-Brasil carries out diversified trade promotion actions aimed at promoting exports and valuing Brazilian products and services abroad, such as commercial prospective missions, business roundtables, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in major international fairs, visits by foreign buyers and opinion setters to get to know the Brazilian productive structure, among other business platforms that also aim to strengthen the country’s brand.
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Akra Collection apresenta as belezas brasileiras na coleção Brazilian Riviera
Akra Collection lança a coleção Brazilian Riviera
Akra Collection lança a coleção Brazilian Riviera
A Akra Collection, etiqueta do Projeto Akra, valoriza e apresenta o patrimônio cultural e natural do Brasil, e promove o consumo consciente e a sustentabilidade ambiental no trabalho artesanal de diversas comunidades do Brasil, do Peru e de Madagascar.
A marca representou as belezas e as cores fortes e brilhantes do litoral e da floresta da Riviera Brasileira na coleção verão 22.
A coleção Brazilian Riviera apresenta versatilidade, leveza, simplicidade nas formas, sustentabilidade e propósito nos elementos que retratam as listras marinheiras e nas cores que remetem à vegetação marítima e das florestas tropicais.
Akra Collection lança a coleção Brazilian Riviera
Akra Collection lança a coleção Brazilian Riviera
Akra Collection lança a coleção Brazilian Riviera
Akra Collection lança a coleção Brazilian Riviera
O processo produtivo apresenta matérias-primas 100% naturais, e destaca as fibras brasileiras da palmeira buriti e da palha da piaçava nos acessórios de crochê e macramê.
A paleta de cores representa as profundas águas dos rios e mares e a floresta brasileira: o laranja do mico-leão-dourado e dos corais, o verde das algas e das matas, o natural da areia das praias e das fibras das palmeiras, as cores dos peixes bicolores, o colorido das araras e o brilho e a pureza dos olhos dos povos indígenas.
“Ao adquirir uma peça da Akra Collection, a pessoa está adquirindo um produto com história, significado e propósito. Além disso, colabora na valorização do trabalho artesanal e na subsistência de comunidades artesãs.”
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