One Year, To The Day
From a living room in London to the runway of São Paulo Fashion Week.
It has been a little while since our last letter. These past two weeks belonged entirely to São Paulo, and we wanted to wait until we could tell you everything properly.
On the 18th of October 2025, Bossa Brasil launched with a sketchbook, a few hides of leather, paper prototypes and a ten square metre living room in London. On the 18th of October 2026, one year later to the day, our pieces walked the runway of São Paulo Fashion Week.
Do you believe in coincidences? We are starting to.
01 · The Show
The lights came down on a runway washed in emerald, teal and deep ocean blue, and our bags walked out on the arm of every kind of woman: a leather tote tied with red ribbons, a soft pouch carried close like a bouquet, sequins catching the light at every step.
Behind every look were weeks of work in our ateliers in Brazil, hides chosen one by one and final fittings in the early hours before the show. Our artisans learned their craft as saddlemakers long before they ever shaped a handbag, and it is their hands that gave these pieces their soul. Along the way we found ourselves working beside exceptional designers and creative directors, people who once inspired us and who are now our collaborators.
02 · Three New Pieces
Three bags made their very first appearance on the runway that night. None of them has been released yet, and you are the first to see them up close.
The Eyes
On the runway they appeared on black satin, glinting against a cascade of burnt orange pleats. Here they rest on our signature emerald. Each eye is embroidered by hand, bead by bead, in pearl, copper and gold, so that no two ever look back at you in quite the same way.
The Feather
A cloud of black feathers beneath a band of hand-sewn sequins, made for nights that run late. It swung beside a patchwork coat of lace, sequins and embroidery, and felt like the very spirit of Copacabana after dark.
The Saddle
Smooth cognac leather, a belt fastened with an engraved buckle and a little leather tag to carry your initials. Of the three, this is the one closest to our saddlery roots, and it looked perfectly at home against an ivory coat stitched with rope.
All three will be released very soon, and as always, you will hear about it here first.
03 · Our First Year, In Numbers
Rio, Turin and São Paulo
annual goal of 200 orders
worldwide
in Paris
Our very first launch sold out in 24 hours. Today, we reach that number of orders every single week.
04 · After the Show
When the final look left the runway, the flowers came out. Mariana Barros Campos, our founder and creative director, spent the rest of the evening in a crowd of models, friends and collaborators, receiving thanks from the people who had made the night possible and giving every bit of it back.
To our artisans in Brazil, to every collaborator who gave their talent to this show, and to you, who believed in us from the very first order: this runway belongs to you too.
Next week, we will give you a first look at the new models arriving on the 27th of March.