Garota de, by Adrianne Weber

For the Girl of Somewhere, or Nowhere, Garota de.

Who are you, and where are you from, really?

The Girl Who Belongs Everywhere.

I present Garota de, a collection that is both a love letter and a passport. Rooted in the textures of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, yet shaped by the elegance and subversion of cities like London, Paris, Tokyo, and New York, this collection tells the story of a girl who is always becoming.

“Garota de,” Portuguese for “girl from,” becomes a poetic fill-in-the-blank.

She is Garota de London, Garota de Lisboa, Garota de Paris, Garota de Seoul.

She carries memory in her shoulders, home in her pockets.

A Love Letter, A Passport, A Memory in Motion

Each city lives in the stitches:

The structure of Milan.
The quiet melancholy of Oslo.
The rebellion of Berlin.
The intimacy of Lisbon.
The precision of Tokyo, folded into the sensuality of Rio.

It began on a plane back to Brazil. I was returning to see my family, to feel the language again, to sit with the ocean, to remember. Somewhere between the slow mornings in São Paulo and the rhythm of Rio’s sidewalks, a song followed me: Garota de Ipanema. A song about presence, longing, grace. About a girl who passes by and changes the air around her.

And so Garota de was born.

Not a replica of that girl, but a reflection of all of us who have lived in translation. Who carry place in our bodies. Who move through the world and leave pieces behind.

With love, AW.