Hundreds of dancers will join Brazilian national treasure Gisele Bundchen onstage for the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympics.ĭancers (called passistas) wear elaborate costumes based on a theme chosen by their Samba school looks are made up of jewel-encrusted bikinis, colorful sky-high headdresses, feathered wings and heeled boots for looks that make the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show look like amateur hour. Charismatico offers the largest selection of samba dance costumes that feature amazing beading, sequins & material design. is worn by professional samba dancers known as ‘passistas’. At the intersection of casual and formal, lies the compelling domain of business casual. Perhaps the most important costume in the Samba dance culture, the carnival samba costume. But Friday evening, you won’t have to make the trip south of the equator to catch a glimpse of the glitzy gals. Business Casual: Samba Sneakers and Chinos. Every February, half a million people flock to Rio de Janeiro for Carnival, Brazil’s annual new year celebration, to see Samba dancers in all their over-the-top-stylish, feathered, bedazzled, shoulder-padded glory.

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