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Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

A simple equation: enough fabric and freedom to do whatever you want to. Results? Gramma's house curtains, Dior's New Look, Hélio Oiticica's "parangoles" experiments. On daily basis, in fashion or art, the sum of these ideas suggests new possibilities. Creativity and originality turns the established into something special and updated. We find benedito's V.dress Base&Cool in this context: it can be used by all kinds of people, bodies and shapes, in every social event. Made of two pieces of fabric (plain, printed or embroidered) could be used in three shapes: as a dress, a skirt or a blouse.
Being "unique" is the main talent of Benedito Correia Neto, textile designer born in Paraná, Brazil. His skills, based on handmade fabrics "collages" and texturized material, improves when he researches the "leftovers", "losses" and "trash" of his own studio. Using his texturized fabrics in the best Pop-Barroc heritage style, benedito created also (...) www.janelasvirtuais.tumblr.com