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Lenny Niemeyer
Lenny Niemeyer, with Bel Niemeyer
Lenny Niemeyer is a ready-to-wear label based in Rio de Janeiro. Behind the label: Lenny Niemeyer, with Bel Niemeyer. It is known for swimwear and beachwear with long-running Japanese influences. Latest milestone on record (18 April 2026): Closes the first Rio Fashion Week with a 35th-anniversary retrospective at the Museu do Amanhã.
Quick facts
Lenny Niemeyer at a glance
- Behind the label
- Lenny Niemeyer, with Bel Niemeyer
- Based
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Focus
- Ready-to-wear
- Makes
- Swimwear and beachwear
- Official site
- lennyniemeyer.com.br ↗
The person and the label
Who is behind Lenny Niemeyer?
ELLE Brasil counts Lenny Niemeyer among the leading Brazilian swimwear labels and notes its long-running Japanese influences; the designer’s daughter, Bel Niemeyer, now shares creative direction with her. The label marked 30 years by closing SPFW N52 in November 2021 with a show on the Caminho Niemeyer in Niterói. In August 2025 it showed in Rio for the first time in ten years, at the Palácio Gustavo Capanema, and in April 2026 it closed the first Rio Fashion Week with a 35th-anniversary retrospective at the Museu do Amanhã.
Timeline
Lenny Niemeyer, dated
- November 2021Closes SPFW N52 with a 30th-anniversary show on the Caminho Niemeyer in Niterói. Source ↗
- 23 August 2025Shows Summer 2026 at the Palácio Gustavo Capanema, its first Rio show in ten years. Source ↗
- 18 April 2026Closes the first Rio Fashion Week with a 35th-anniversary retrospective at the Museu do Amanhã. Source ↗
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Quick answers
Lenny Niemeyer, answered
Who is behind Lenny Niemeyer?
- Lenny Niemeyer, with Bel Niemeyer. Lenny Niemeyer is a ready-to-wear label based in Rio de Janeiro.
What does Lenny Niemeyer make?
- Swimwear and beachwear. It is known for swimwear and beachwear with long-running Japanese influences.