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"Ndi lingaliro la chilimwe chosatha," adatero Felipe Oliveira Baptista m'gulu lake la amuna ndi akazi la Spring Lacoste lero, "ndi zinthu zonse zomwe ndimakonda pa nyengoyi - kumasuka, kutonthoza, chilengedwe." Atangotuluka kumene kutchuthi kugombe la Bahia ku Brazil, Baptista adakhomerera zolinga zake zofewa ndi mzere womwe unali wamphepo komanso wowoneka bwino, komanso wocheperako kuposa momwe munthu angayembekezere mtundu wodziwika bwino wa ng'ona (ngakhale ziwonetsero za Lacoste ndizolunjika kuposa preppy). M'menemo, adapereka zovala zomwe mosadziwa zidatenga mzinda waukulu, komabe masewera othamanga, ovala zovala, mathalauza oponyera, ndi slouch wapamsewu zonse zinali zotsatira za bonasi za dongosolo la Baptista.
"Ndikuganiza kuti munganene kuti ndi yofewa pang'ono komanso yocheperako," anawonjezera Baptista, akulozera malaya ofiira a mtsinje (chinthu chodziwika kwambiri cha Lacoste, mosakayikira). Shati iyi, komabe, inkawoneka ngati yonyowa kwambiri, ngati kuti idasungunuka pansi pa thambo la Bahian. "Tinatsuka piqué kuti zikhale ngati mwakhala nayo kwa zaka 10," adatero. Chotsatira chomwecho chinali chowonadi cha diresi lalitali la piqué, lovala chitsanzo Mica Arganaraz.
Chimodzi mwazowoneka bwino komanso zowoneka bwino zagululi zimachokera ku Capri's Villa Malaparte - Baptista idalimbikitsidwa ndi mitundu yake yowotchedwa ndi dzuwa. Anatenganso zokongoletsa ndikuziyika pamalingaliro; kunabwera kusankha kwa bathrobes ndi zokutira ku la Brigitte Bardot mu Kunyoza kwa Godard. “Masamba osambira ndi mikanjo, chiwerewere, ndi kupsompsona kwadzuwa,” anatero mlengiyo.