Cia Maritima, which made its U.S. runway debut last summer at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami Swim shows, is one of Brazil's top high-end swim label exports and a brand to watch when it comes to the latest beach trends.

With a disco-like setting underneath a modernist concrete pavilion in Sao Paulo's Ibirapuera Park near the Oscar Niemeyer-designed Bienial building, the site of the shows this week, Cia Maritima sent out a dizzying array of seventies-inspired swim and beach looks on top models like show opener and closer Karolina Kurkova. There were tie-dyed caftans and swirling psychedelic prints and bikinis, cut in the typically itsy-bitsy Brazilian style, featured wide, flat ties and a host of hardware, from brass beads to square plastic buckles. Sexy one-piece suits, taking cues from the disco era featured plunging v-necks and cut outs. A suit with wide shoulder straps, almost like a bodysuit, could work both for the beach during the day or transition into night with a skirt thrown on over it.

This year marks the centenary of Japanese immigrants in Brazil, the largest Japanese community outside of Japan. To celebrate, Sao Paulo Fashion Week's theme this year focuses on Japan, with exhibitions highlighting Japanese designers like Kenzo, Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake and Comme des Garcons and a historical display of kimonos.