Fashion and Jewellery, Business, Trinidad and Tobago
By Harold Prieto ● Issue 4 (Winter 1992)
Cool Cool Cotton
Airy cottons, sunbright colours- these are the hallmarks of many young Caribbean designers. The three design houses featured here are based...
Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Jamaica
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 5 (Spring 1993)
Gems of Jamaica
Jamaica these days is sizzling with creative energy and potential, and its leading fashion designers are long past the point of copying...
Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Arts, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 6 (Summer 1993)
Meiling: Shirts For All Seasons
The Caribbean is rich in talented designers, but few have combined creativity with business flair as successfully as Meiling. Her clothes...
Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Barbados
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 11 (Autumn 1994)
Barbados Fashion: A New Generation
Fashion design is one of the liveliest industries in today’s Caribbean: in most of the islands you can find young designers and...
Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Arts, Antigua and Barbuda
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 9 (Spring 1994)
Stylish: One From the Heart
Utter simplicity and an awareness of comfort in style: that is the driving idea behind one of the Caribbean’s most successful design...
Fashion and Jewellery, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 13 (Spring 1995)
Accessories After The Fact
Caribbean designers are drawing on one of the earth’s most exotic palettes to twist tradition and create accessories from indigenous...
Fashion and Jewellery, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 10 (Summer 1994)
The Great Escape
A quiet Caribbean weekend- open sky, white sand, fresh sea air; swimming, exploring, dancing. This calls for “feel-good”...
Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Jamaica
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 12 (Winter 1994)
Are You Ready for Dancehall?
In Jamaica, anybody who’s seriously into fashion and style has been into dance hall, the style that has spread far beyond the...