During a concert by singer Anitta, in February, a crochet crop top produced by artisan Silvia Oliveira, 57, was delivered to the singer’s team in order to get it into the artist’s hands. From that day on, the saleswoman, born in Marília, but who has lived for 25 years in Bauru, in the interior of São Paulo, has a routine to follow her Stories to see if the piece is used.
And on March 30th, exactly on the day of Anitta’s 29th birthday, she finally wore the crop top, to the delight of the artisan who said she was surprised and fulfilled to see a piece created by her on the singer’s body.
“We sent it to her at the show she did in SP, my daughter went and we already knew she liked crochet, we hoped she would use it at some point. But having used it on her birthday and after being top 1 in the world is such a joy great that until now we are in ecstasy”, says Silvia to the F5.
According to her, from the moment of the videos of Anitta dressed with the cropped in Thailand, the search for the piece exploded on the Instagram virtual store. The official Crochê das Flores account also gained more than 500 followers, many of them looking for “Anitta’s cropped”.
“We are creating a task force to answer all people and pay attention. We have received a lot of requests and contacts, everything changed overnight. We don’t want to let this timing go by. started crocheting in the pandemic.
From now on, she says she plans to send pieces to more celebrities to continue boosting her sales. “We knew that Anitta loved crochet since she was a child. And we know that names like Ana Maria Braga, Ivete Sangalo, Vanessa Da Mata also like it. I don’t rule out producing for them”, she defines.
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