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for instance. After contributing to major Brazilian print media outlets
such as Folha de S. Paulo, Veja, and Época, Isabela transitioned
to social media, where she now delivers her reviews dynamically
(Martins, 2023). She boasts over 90,000 followers on Instagram and
TikTok, and approximately 766,000 subscribers on YouTube.
In the realm of fashion, many professionals leverage social
media as a tool. Writer and designer André Carvalhal, known for
works like ‘Fashion Imitates Life’ (2020) and ‘Fashion with Purpose’
(2016), discusses fashion, sustainability, consumption, and behavior
on his Instagram, which has around 379,000 followers. Additionally,
notable gures in Brazilian fashion, such as Costanza Pascolato, Dudu
Bertholini, and Maria Prata, are active on these platforms. However,
these professionals seem to view social networks as supplementary
to their careers rather than their sole focus.
To better address the dimensions of inuence, Campbell and
Farrel (2020) propose a classication of inuencers based on the
number of followers, among other factors. Thus, ‘nano inuencers’
have up to 10,000 followers, ‘micro inuencers’ have between 10 and
100,000 followers, ‘macro inuencers’ have between 100,000 and
1 million followers and ‘mega inuencers’ or ‘celebrities’ have more
than 1 million followers. ‘Celebrities’ are distinguished from ‘mega
inuencers’ by their recognition beyond the realm of social networks.
In the professional eld of fashion inuencing, Chiara Ferragni,
Aimee Song and Alexa Chung are names that stand out worldwide.
In Brazil, among the biggest fashion inuencers on Instagram are:
Thássia Naves, Camila Coelho, Helena Bordon, Silvia Braz and Camila
Coutinho. All of them are classied as ‘mega inuencers’ (Campbell
and Farrel, 2020), with more than one million followers. Their proles
show a luxurious lifestyle, ‘outts of the day’ and the promotion of
various products in partnership with major brands.
The presence of advertising within the content of ‘mega
inuencers’ prompts a comparison with the structure of fashion
magazines. It is possible that, despite the admiration for such
content, viewers perceive this reality as distant from their own. In
Brazil, Karhawi (2021) notes that this disconnect between content