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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Fashion Week T&T gets underway

    So Fashion Week Trinidad and Tobago is underway and so far the few reports we are getting in are mixed.

    Basically in a nutshell - love the clothes, hate the congestion.

    That has been the consensus from both Caribbean Fashion Style Journal and Judette Coward-Puglisi's 5 a.m. at Mango Media blogs.

    The folks at CFStyle were not happy about some of the organisational glitches on the opening night - they had issues with getting accreditation, ticket-holders could not get into the event because it was full and the traffic scene outside of the Hyatt was federation, apparently.

    For her part, Judette noted that the pre-event cocktail ceremony was in a too-small room, leading guests to feel 'claustrophobic' and designers were forced to stand because there was not enough seating.

    However, both were agreed that the show itself - which is of course what it is all about - was sizzling.

    CFStyle described it as a "tight and hitchless showing" while Judette declared that:
    "[The] debut night of FWTT  was  so hot, it practically caused a  fire  with all the  Caribbean style,  fresh faces and  nubile bodies."

    We have gotten a glimpse of some of the pics from CFStyle, including Heather Jones fantastic wedding collection and thus far we would have to agree. But what do you think?

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    In other interesting tidbits from FWTT, soca star Machel Montano and reigning Miss T&T Universe Anya Ayoung-Chee will make their designing debuts tonight and tomorrow night respectively. Machel's line is called Boi Boi and Anya's is called Pilar, in honour of her brother who died in a traffic accident two years ago.

    Designer Claudia Pegus made changes to her ready to wear line CPFS which she was bringing back after a 6 year break. Initially, the line was to be called Illusions, in reference to the idea that Pegus' reputation as a couturier has obscured the fact that she also does ready to wear.
    "It was supposed to be fun and beautiful and light," she told 5 a.m.

    However, after her harrowing robbery last Friday, the tone of the line has become much darker and is titled Trapped instead.
    "After the incident, I felt (and still feel) emotionally drained and as I resumed work the pieces in the collection began to take a different form. On hearing the news of what happened, many people called to commiserate. As we spoke I began to realise how many of my friends and even acquaintances had been direct victims of crime. Many are living in fear. It's like we all feel trapped. The well to do and the middle class are trapped, no matter how high the wall or strong the burglar proof. Perhaps even the bandits are trapped in their ignorance and their environment. But mostly I felt that my sense of safety and my well being had been ripped away."

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Caribbean Fashion Week 2008


    (photo credit: David X Prutting/Patrick McMullan via NY Times The Moment)


    Models backstage at CFW 08 in Heather Jones designs



    Alright, alright I know I'm a liiikkle late but fear not, I was never going to forget the full-on islandista fabulosity that is Caribbean Fashion Week every year.

    As usual Kingsley Cooper and the Pulse crew did it how we only do it. There was an array of gorgeous models in various hues of brown, with bodies that look like them nyam some food rather than the anorexic Eastern Euro-chic of every other catwalk- this is no doubt the only Fashion Week in the world where black models have no problem getting a bligh.

    No less than the NY Times' The Moment blog noted the difference between CFW and the rest:
    C.F.W. is a rarity in that it shows no signs of androgyny. Yanking up their bold Yardmanstyle t-shirts, the Jamaican male models flashed physiques that caused mass hysteria in the audience. And the heavenly bodies of the vari-hued Nubian catwalk beauties appeared to be silicone-free.

    The androgyny-freeness was not just evident in the models but in the collections. The designs and colours were so distinctively Caribbean and yet not in a cliched way. There was rich, lush colour evocative of and appropriate to a true flamboyant tree-blooming, mango-filled Caribbean summer as seen in Heather Jones' designs up above and in the juicy orange skirts of Claudia Pegus dresses seen below.



     There were edgy, sexy rudegal-influenced designs from Born As Ragamuffin as seen below at right.





     There were celebs in the front row from islandista actress Nia Long and fellow actress Vanessa Williams and rapper Eve who also showcased her Fetish clothing line.



    Clearly an event for islandistas! More pics of our picks below.



    I love, love, love this fluffy, beribboned confection from Zadd & Eastman. Ribbons (ribboning?) were a theme in several of their designs as seen in this column dress below worn by fast-rising Barbadian model Tenille Stoute.





    (photo credit: Ryan Lue-Clarke via Popstyle Jamaica)

    Gorgeous splashes of colour came from one of Trinidad's grand dames of fashion, Meiling, as seen above.

    For more photos check out Popstyle Jamaica which has tons of photos and coverage from CFW 08.

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