Sarah Jessica Parker’s new accessory in ‘ And just like That …’ is a pigeon bag. “The bag, which Parker, seduced Instagram looks exactly like New York’s most popular (and perhaps most annoying) bird. Accessories have always been a place of experimentation for fashion.” comments Paulo Camargo.
Just as the HOPE bag also has an unusual function, designed by the Brazilian Paulo Camargo, the micro bag has the functionality of keeping the voter registration card, an important document for the Brazilian elections. This is it’s his manifesto for political participation, whether men or women, literate or illiterate, who have the right to choose their representative through voting.
“The vote represents our choices, the country we want, just as fashion expresses our ideas and our lifestyle.” – says Paulo.
Paulo Camargo is a designer and founder of his eponymous brand Paulo Camargo Design. The designer is the mind behind the most varied models of bags, suitcases, backpacks, and accessories of the brand that today sells all over Brazil, Portugal and, also, to the international market. Mixing colors, textures and designs, the brand
According to Paulo, the micro bag model’s differential is in the star-shaped design, in red color – which is a reference to the candidate Lula, of the left PT party – and with a chain strap instead of the traditional leather that represents the strength of the Brazilian people.
“If there is a passport holder, then why not create a title holder, right ?!”, he asked. “In addition to being an alternative to keep your vote document, you can make it look really cool, if that’s your wish”, he says.
The second round of elections in Brazil should take place on October 30 and will determine the country’s new president for the next four years. Jair Bolsonaro, current head of state, is seeking re-election.
Paulo launched his own bag and accessories collection in 2012 and in 2021 he also launches a clothing line using artisanal techniques, such as Crochet, and an evening wear line.
Paulo was born in the city of Ribeirão Preto in Brazil in 1972, and at the age of 16 he started working in a weaving atelier as a designer. At the age of 18 he moved to Milan to study at the prestigious Istituto Marangoni fashion school. He has since claimed that the contrasting environments of Brazil and Europe played a big role in shaping his sensibilities as a designer.
He started his career working as a designer for a major Italian brand, in Milan, where he lived in Milan for 22 years until moving to Porto in 2012. With the factory in Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of the state of São Paulo, and the store in Portugal, in Porto, has lived between two countries for 10 years. Paulo Camargo Design has models for all tastes, female, and male, from the most classic to the most daring.
