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Around the turn of this century, the artist and musician Phil Elverum released a string of disarmingly raw noise-folk albums through Calvin Johnson's homegrown label, K Records.

For modern streetwear, check out Loreak Mendian (Calle Hernani 27; 34-943-43-41-76; www.loreakmendian.com), a homegrown label that is making waves.

Over at the Thump stage, homegrown label Ghostly International showcases the likes of wax wizard Derek Plaslaiko (who plays acid-fused techno), Mike Servito, Ryan Elliott and Matthew Dear, among others.

"This is the first time something like this is being done," said Tina Tan Leo, founder of the homegrown label and international success story Alldressedup.

Here are four homegrown labels to check out.

It has become Black Deep, a contemporary fashion boutique with emerging homegrown labels like Crowther/Plant, which ritually plunges its handcrafted organic-cotton clothing into the sea.

Not only is J.Crew affordable, it is also American, and Vogue cover girl Obama is known for her support of homegrown labels – on Tuesday she boarded Air Force One in a pearl tweed coat by Thakoon and stepped off it in a belted chartreuse silk dress by Jason Wu, the label of the asymmetric white gown she wore for the inaugural balls.

Homegrown labels like Bobby Robinson's Enjoy Records, run out of his Harlem Record shop, and Tom Silverman's $5,000 start-up Tommy Boy Records, the label behind Bambaataa's famous 1982 hit "Planet Rock," helped build a paying market.

And yet today's rappers seem more interested in promoting luxury brands than their own homegrown labels.

But this once resolutely working-class city is nevertheless making a name for itself as a new hive of the creative arts, with its homegrown fashion labels and upstart indie bands, its rollicking craft beer bars and alternative arts scene.

Still, the adoption of the lifestyle in São Paulo, which already encompasses hundreds of people involved in car clubs, bicycle shops and homegrown fashion labels, reflects immigration patterns and issues of ethnic identity that stand in sharp contrast to those in the United States.