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Blue denim suit with embroidery by Patricia Bonaldi for PatBo

Project Costurando Sonhos, Minas Gerais state

Spring 2024

Handmade embroidery

Cotton, glass beads

 

 

The two-piece denim suit is part of the Spring 2024 Tropicalia show at NYFW. The handmade embroidery and craftsmanship takes over 160 hours by the artisans. In 2015, Bonaldi founded the Costurando Sonhos school in Uberlandia, her hometown in the state of Minas Gerais, where local women learn embroidery, sewing, hand-beading techniques and garment construction for free. More than 400 women have been trained at Costurando Sonhos.