Activist groups and Black models have lamented the lack of representation of non-White models on the catwalks of Sao Paulo’s recent Fashion Week: “I think the business is smaller for black girls,” says 19-year-old Rafaela Favero. “But I don’t...

For Brazil, a country synonymous with the ultimate bikini wax and renowned the world over for chest-baring Carnival celebrations and cheek-flaunting thongs, the latest swimwear trend at São Paolo Fashion Week is a little counterintuitive. Reports coming out of...