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op-ed: new photo essay ‘mundo negro’ highlights the importance and cultural individualism of the brazilian thrift scene

August 1, 2016

Thrift stores, known in Brazil as brechós, has become a refuge where black young people living in big Brazilian cities has found a way to reframe their aesthetics the way they want, they way they feel better and redefine what it means to be black.The photo essay you see below, Mundo Negro (Black World), where the models wears thrift store’s clothing, says only the necessary in its editorial: “we’re black today, black tomorrow, black until we die”.

By Robin Batista*, AFROPUNK contributor

concept: @eduardocostapapi
ph: @brenoturnes
video editing: @t0s_k4
beauty: @figartur @brazilrenata @showerofvibes
style: @brecho_replay
accessories: @gustavofogaroli
assistant: @jiromba1

*Robin Batista is a Brazilian designer and AFROPUNK’s contributor. Follow him on Facebook and Instagram.

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