Brazilian influencer and model Juliana Nalú, takes the limelight in the new Pucci Eyewear social media campaign, lensed by Ryan Schostak. [IG].

The entrepreneurial and charismatic Nalú [did we say sexy and gorgeous, too?] is rising from the Chapadão favela in the heart of Rio de Janeiro. She describes herself on IG as a “Brazilian masterpiece” and is represented by Elite Models in NYC and LA.

All systems are “go” for Juliana Nalú.

Still, AOC feels a need to say that this dynamic young woman is rising from one of the most dangerous favelas in Brazil. It wasn’t always this way for Chapadão, which is another socio-political story.

Juliana Nalú has already founded ‘Favela Seeds', described as:

Favela Seeds is an educational and cultural incentive project aimed at training children and young people from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, also working to assist with basic needs such as food, psychological support and clothing.
Favela Seeds is a platform for those who are talented. The founder, Juliana, was born and raised in the favela of Rio de Janeiro and her main goal is to give the young girls opportunity, visibility and a chance to be seen by brands, producers, agencies and more. Favela Seeds is a place for pure talents. Good things flourish in the favela, and here you can find them.

Obviously a young organization, Juliana shows images of staff and directors at ‘Favela Seeds’.

Making Fine Brazilian Wine from Sour, Dour MAGA Vinegar

The relentless, droning sound of a former US president is hammering my brain right now — as he refuses to leave the international stage and instead promises to wreck “revenge” — his word — on the majority of Americans who rejected him.

I hear him yelling “Give me a break . . .!” the dreadful voice hammering my consciousness day after day, as it has for eight years now. The man credited with telling 30,573 lies or misleading comments from the White House remains determined to become America’s first dictator.

Like his “great friend”, former Brazilian president and autocrat Jair Bolsonaro, the former president is a human wrecking ball.

This American woman says “No!” but I will right the wrong of his despicable hatred of so many Americans like me, an educated white businesswoman woman who detests Trump, and the world’s nonwhite people at large, in a small gesture.

I will take all his negative energy and spin it around, paying it forward in a positive way to Juliana Nalú.

The world needs her confident moxie and entrepreneurial spirit, as a beacon for young people under great duress.

Give Juliana Nalú a break!

About the Pucci Eyeglasses

I really can’t do a style by style description — not after that energy burst.

The collection blurs gender lines with puffy oval frames fused with inflated rims and metal detailing at the temples. Modernity was always deeply embedded in Pucci's DNA, and the new interlocking fish logo is noticeable enough while quietly glam.

When you are Pucci, mega voltage is already in your DNA and doesn’t require broadcasting 24/7. Pucci women were deeply grounded in the second wave of feminism around the world.

I daresay that women wore Pucci in Iran and Sudan, and liberation is core to Pucci’s DNA. Somewhere in AOC are old Vogue fashion images.