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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