Fashion designer, Jean Paul Gaultier, has announced a he will debut at Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival 2019 in partnership with Portela. It is the first time that an international maison of fashion collaborates with a Brazilian samba school. The stylist will sign the costumes of one of the wings with the award-winning carnavalesca Rosa Magalhães and parade in an allegorical car.

Portela will parade at Sambódromo with the storyline “Na Madureira Moderníssima, Hei Sempre de Ouvir Cantar uma Sabiá” as the third school to parade on Monday, March 4th. The theme will recall the trajectory of the singer Clara Nunes (19421983), one of the greatest icons in the history of the samba school, extolling the brazilianness so remarkable in her works.

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