Fashion and Jewellery

Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Arts

High (flying) style

Christopher Nathan is both a cabin crew officer with BWIA and a veteran of Trinidad and Tobago’s fashion industry, with years of...

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Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Arts, People, Jamaica

Sole sister: Bridget Brown

I was prepared to give up a lot of things on moving back to Jamaica. Stilettos were not negotiable. You can take the girl out of New York,...

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Fashion and Jewellery, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Meiling: “Dressing is about feeling special”

People think, because I’m a Caribbean designer, everything that comes out of me must be bright and tie-dyed. I say, no, I’m just a...

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Culture, Fashion and Jewellery

Common thread: Caribbean fashion

Fashion designers in the Caribbean form a fraternity of enterprising artists. Many are reluctant moonlighters, working as caterers,...

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Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, People

The Jewels of Jasmine Thomas-Girvan

She is a collector of things. Her studio is littered with sundry buttons and beads, bits of rotting wood, mushrooms, feathers, flowers,...

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Embark, Fashion and Jewellery, Antigua and Barbuda

Stylish on the sand: Toya Turner

Think of being on a glorious beach with a sweet breeze. What else would you want to wear but TEA Tunics? The beautifully crafted and...

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Embark, Fashion and Jewellery, Barbados

Retro chic: Theodore Elyett

Theodore Elyett was only thirteen years old when he was “discovered,” after he designed an outfit for a friend to wear in a modelling...

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Arrive, Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

Robert Young: Carnival in the belly

Robert Young’s name is synonymous with his clothing label The Cloth, which started twenty-seven years ago in Trinidad as a design...

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