Project title: Garota de Ipanema
Selected scholarships 2009-2010, Course of Shoes and Accessories Design, School of Fashion, IED Rome

Girl from Ipanema

The chosen drawing was a dress inspired by the lyrics of the song ‘Garota de Ipanema’ (Girl from Ipanema) written by the composer Tom Jobim – one of the greatest composers of Brazilian popular music and one of the creators of Bossa Nova (Brazilian musical movement that has emerged between the 50s and 60s).

To represent the ‘Girl from Ipanema’ refered by Tom Jobim in his song, was also used as inspiration: the city of Rio de Janeiro and the Corcovado that composed the scenario for the Girl  from Ipanema, the Brazilian woman itself, the Copacabana sidewalk that served as print with its waves of black and white and the Brazil´s tropical landscape.

The elaborated piece was a tropical printed dress, short and loose with tracks on the bust representing the Corcovado. Among the prints there are a typical palm of coastal cities of Brazil and the waves of black and white from the sidewalk of Copacabana.

Here is a snippet of music for inspiration:

Olha que coisa mais lindaMais cheia de graçaÉ ela meninaQue vem e que passaNum doce balançoA caminho do mar Moça do corpo douradoDo sol de IpanemaO seu balançado é mais que um poemaÉ a coisa mais linda que eu já vi passar  (Garota de Ipanema – Tom Jobim)

Look, what a beautiful thingSo gracefulSe is the girlThat comes and goes byIn her sweet swing Heading to the sea Girl of the golden brown tan From sun of IpanemaHer swing is more than a poemShe is the most beautiful thing that I´ve ever seen going by  (Girl from Ipanema – Tom Jobim, translation from the original song)