Jun 05, 2015
Zuzu Angel’s 94th Birthday
This Doodle’s Key Themes
Say "Brazilian fashion" and you'll be sure to hear Zuzu Angel's name. The designer's collections brought the bold spirit and vibrant colors of her native country to American runways in the early Seventies. Assertive in both her work and her personal life, this "seamstress" (as she described herself) is remembered for her courage through the political turmoil of the period.
Doodler Sophie Diao developed today's doodle with both Angel's signature prints and... her signature.
"The Zuzu Angel foundation described Zuzu as someone who left her mark wherever she went," Diao said. "I wanted to reflect Zuzu's strength by sketching as if through her own hand." Diao started with the "g" and continued from there, swooping the "L" above the head of the second figure in a halo shape to remind us of Angel's favored icon: of course, an angel.
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