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Brazilian designers continued to showcase their upcoming Spring-Summer collections in Rio de Janeiro's bi-annual fashion event. Parades on the ocean-side fashion venue confirmed that the trends for 2011 summer are pale colors, geometric shapes and transparencies. Brand Patachou brought to the catwalk a mix of surf and flowers. Designer Erika Frade tried to portray a high-tech surfer woman, seeking inspiration on surf wear and on the British photographer Nick Knight, known for his experimentalism and his works in fashion photography. Brand British Colony, by designer Maxime Perelmuter, returned to the catwalks after four years and brought a minimalist collection named Tropical Geometry. Watermelon coral, vivid and chambray blue, green, khaki and a lot of white were seen on the runway where models displayed fluid and geometric looks. Perelmuter designed fresh dresses for women, wrinkled suits for men, straw hats and Oxford shoes for both genres. Fashion producer Zizi Ribeiro also enjoyed the fashion show. Fashion Rio is Brazil's second largest fashion event, only behind Sao Paulo's Fashion Week which starts on mid-June. Twenty eight designers displayed their latest creations in Rio's catwalks and six others will showcase their collections on Tuesday, when the event closes. Brazil is among the world's top textile producers, manufacturing around 9.8 billion pieces of clothes yearly. Fashion exports soar reaching roughly $1.7 billion dollars in 2009 according to the country's Textile and Confection Association.
