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Feb 25, 2022

Brazilian Carnival For Beginners

Carnival is the biggest tourist attraction in Brazil and attracts millions of international visitors each year. But Carnival in 2021 was wisely cancelled to reduce the spread of the pandemic, and this year, all official festivities have been tentatively postponed...

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Jan 18, 2022

What Does 'Escama' Mean?

After 20 years, we've come to accept the fact that very few people in the known universe can understand or pronounce the name of our company. “Escama?" “What's that?" For English speakers, no one knows what this word means, it...

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Jan 05, 2022

Craft Production - An Artisan's Perspective

Escama Studio is a U.S. Brazilian venture that has been making and selling accessories for almost two decades. From our perspective in the U.S., this venture has been a great success; our purses have been sold all over the world...

Oct 22, 2021

Upcycled Fashion And The Circular Economy

Aluminum scrap is the DNA of Escama Studio's purses and accessories; in Brazil it’s the raw material that we use for all of our products. But instead of recycling, we up-cycle the aluminum scrap in its original form to make...

Sep 14, 2021

Slow Fashion French Style

“We more or less all operate on a micro basis” - Beverly Smart The slow pace of life in the medieval French village of Lagrasse is a perfect setting for slow fashion. Meet Beverly Smart – a multi-talented designer with...