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Opinion · Business · Culture · Policy · 24 September 2026

THE EIGHTH ART: WHY BRAZILIAN FASHION DESERVES TO BE STATE POLICY

Brazil grows the world's most exported cotton and spins the silk Hermès depends on, yet its fashion is still treated as commerce alone. The newly founded Brazilian Fashion Council wants to change that.

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