Studio Alexia Hentsch is a design consultancy and atelier based in Sao Paulo, specialising in creative direction, costume, set and fashion design. You can find Alexia’s fantastical vision behind countless collaborations with leading fashion brands, as well as her bespoke creations for stage and television productions like Eurovision, the 2016 Olympics and children’s ballet. Every year, she hand-makes a collection of costumes for Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Carnaval, a highly elaborate riot of colour and fantasy that stands out among thousands of revellers. Diverse as her work may be, it’s always unified by its unmistakable joy, the kind of over-the-top exuberance that when you see it, you just can’t help but smile.