Marajoara Swimwear - Swimwear Designer

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Cheers to Life!  Marajoara Swimwear comes to refresh the beaches with beautiful swimsuits inspired by the beachs of Australia. Free, happy, creative and connected to the current trends Marajoara swimwear aims to invade the beaches and promote its optomistic lifestyle.

The Marajoara Swimwear label was created by chance, when Andre Bendavit, one of the partners was studying Business Marketing in Sydney. He and his friends idealized a way to make money there, without having to do manual labor which is usually done by foreign students, such as delivering pizzas, mowing lawns, washing cars and dishes… it was when Andre’s father suggested that he sold there in Australia, the bikinis his friend Fernando Stambowsky produced that everything changes. With incredible know-how of the sector, Fernando is one of the names behind the former Star light, which has hugely successful in the 80’s and 90’s, with its funky bikinis and male swimwear, with exclusive prints and impeccable sewing patterns.

In a short time, Andre sold all the items that were sent from Brazil. The young Carioca (person who was born in Rio de Janeiro) decided to put into practice the knowledge acquired in the course and together with an Australian friend, they researched the market and prepared a sales plan. Meanwhile, Fernando adapted his creations to the profile and taste of Australian women. Fate’s irony, the only difficulty met by them was choosing a name for the beachwear label. They wanted it to have some relation or identity with Brazil. Amidst lots of research, they discovered that women from Marajo’s tribe, located in the north of the country, used to wear thongs made in pottery dating back to 400 B.C. That was what they needed for the name and the label was finally named: Marajoara.

The project worked out so well, that the threesome closed its first business sales deal with Sportsgirl, an Australian clothing shop chain with more than 105 sales points. Soon, the label started to gain projection in the main local advertising media and was invited to participate in Mercedez Fashion Week, in the new talents platform. In the following season, a new challenge: To show the beachwear collection at Australian Fashion Week, in Melbourne, with the great fashion labels and soon afterwards at Sarajevo Fashion Week.

After almost two years of international success, partners André and Fernando decided to invest in the Brazilian market and bring Marajoara to Rio de Janeiro. In the end of 2006, they opened a charming show room in Ipanema, which is filled with beachwear items notable for their quality, comfort and details. Not to mention their unique prints, which allow tops and bottoms to be worn together or separately. With these creative ingredients, Marajoara Swimwear creates beachwear that charms Cariocas, Australians and natives of other regions worldwide. And cheering to life, is the way the label aims to invade the beaches and promote its optimistic lifestyle throughout the national territory.

Marajoara Swimwear is available within Australia and worldwide at www.zakoda.com.

View the Marajoara Swimwear collection.