Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 March 2008

Brands I now love # 3 Bum Bum



More of a case of my girlfriend loving Bum Bum bikinis but for obvious reason I´m all for this brand living long and prospering, although I´m not sure if it would go down well on Brighton beach this time of year. Apparently they do various shapes and sizes depending on how brave you are rather than your size. You can also mix and match tops and bottom which I´m told is a great thing.

I kid you not even the most buxom women (and that is being polite) strut their stuff. You can even see generations of grandmother, mother and daughter walking the beaches of Rio and men do not even bat an eyelid. Despite all the flesh on show to go topless would be almost blasphemous.

Tuesday, 11 March 2008

Who cares about advertising # 5


When you don´t see much of it...

The Communications Room is a bit light on plannery type stuff since I´ve been away because a) I´m not really looking out for it and b) I´m consuming less of it. In some cities such as Sao Paulo I am quite literally being refrained from consuming it. In this instance I actually think that advertising might add to the City. It´s not the most attractive places I have been to.

Hopefully by the time I get to Sydney there will be loads of brands doing cool things I haven´t seen or heard about for ages that will get me excited all over again. But at the moment I´m quite frankly enjoying life without a lot advertising.

Sunday, 9 March 2008

Things I like # 2 Brazillian graffiti

The graffiti in Rio is some of the best I have ever seen. Unfortunately the best ones were in places where I certainly wasn´t getting my camera out. Hopefully this will give you a taster.



Sunday, 10 February 2008

Things I like # 4 Rio´s street cleaners



I don´t think you can get much more of an iconic uniform than these guys who work all hours keeping the streets of Rio clean and tidy.

On my travels I was lucky enough to go to the Carnival to watch the parade at the Sambadrome and it was one of the best experiences of my life. However I was surprised to find that the street cleaners do actually open it like they do in the Orange ad. Rumour has it Renato was leading them out, but I´m not 100% sure.