Intricate crochet bodices, cheeky skirts and denim finishes featured in a fashion show at the Adriano Marrey prison outside Sao PauloSAO PAULO - The catwalk came to a Brazilian prison Wednesday when models from the Sao Paulo Fashion Week paraded a collection at a maximum security facility in front of the inmates who created them. Intricate crochet bodices, cheeky skirts and denim finishes featured in the fashion show at the Adriano Marrey prison outside Sao Paulo, where inmates looked on, lavender-colored yarn in hand. A rehabilitation project at the facility teaches convicts crochet -- a technique similar to knitting -- to build self-esteem and life skills. Silvestre has taken the project twice to Sao Paulo Fashion Week, with some former inmates even modeling the crochet creations in front of the who's who of Latin American fashion. For this year's Sao Paulo Fashion Week, held in April, Silvestre shepherded prisoners and former inmates, who now work with him, to complete the 35 pieces in three months.

Source: Bangkok Post May 23, 2019 00:00 UTC