Scandal tarnishes carnival

By Sao Paulo (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-06-19 09:28

"We are drinking bitter medicine, but it's necessary so that this experience serves as a transformation for the future," he said.

Borges's hope, and that of the designers, is that the I'M mess will be forgotten as the shows take center stage.

The first show of the week, by the Rio de Janeiro brand Osklen, was packed with jostling photographers and cameramen.

Designer Oskar Metsavaht sent forth models wearing summer-flimsy skirts and dresses that floated as they walked, with loose light gray or white numbers sometimes given a sheen that evoked elegant days spent on the beach.

Later, Fashion Week will deliver more celebrity punch than usual.

Kenzo Takada, the 68-year-old veteran designer and founder of the Kenzo label, is on hand to reinforce the Japanese theme, and to dole out fashion insight in a presentation on Saturday.

Scene-stealers

And the supermodels, of course, will be scene-stealers when they strut down the Sao Paulo catwalk later this week.

Zimmerman is to appear late tomorrow for the brand Animale, and Bundchen will provide something of a climax to the week late on Sunday, when she parades for Colcci.

But Campbell's turn is less-than-certain.

The British supermodel is reportedly meant to spice up a men's swimwear collection by the label Rosa Cha on Saturday.

However, the day before, she is due in court to answer charges of allegedly assaulting a police officer at London's Heathrow airport on April 3.

(China Daily 06/19/2008 page16)

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