Party Suits

Photographer Sean Drakes's sexy swimwear shoot, featuring hot new designs from Guyana-born US-based designer, Roger Gray, with bodies and beauty by Coco Velvet, and Trinidad and Tobago's wild Carnival as the scene-setter

  • J'Ouvert Jammin': Neon green nylon unikini, fuscia nylon cutaway unikini and neon orange nylon bikini with string bra. Photograph by Sean Drakes/Blue Mango
  • Off The Wall: Flesh tone and black giraffe-print one-piece and black velvet mock turtleneck with iridescent sequins. Photograph by Sean Drakes/Blue Mango
  • Feathered Fantasy: Pink plastic micro-chip two-piece with eyelet laced-up closure and boy shorts. Photograph by Sean Drakes/Blue Mango
  • Rainbow Posse: Multi-coloured, long sleeve tie dye unikini. Photograph by Sean Drakes/Blue Mango
  • Flame Throwers: Gold lame unikini with tummy chain. Photograph by Sean Drakes/Blue Mango
  • Fancy Stepper: Jigsaw-print string bikini, paired with mesh wrap skin by Dominique La Roche. Photograph by Sean Drakes/Blue Mango

Want to set-off a party? Slip into a sexy, shimmering and vivid swimsuit by New York-based Guyanese designer Roger Gary. For this fashion showcase, photographer Sean Drakes shifted the set from the shore to the streets of Trinidad’s wildest party, Carnival in Port of Spain.

Photography:
Sean Drakes/Blue Mango

Make-up/hairstylist:
Dominique La Roche

Photo Assistant:
Robert Gilliam

J’Ouvert Assistant:
Michelle Lee-Inniss

Models:
Dominique, Michelle, Annya

Special thanks:
Courtney Browne, Llewellyn Asson, Noel Taylor, Augustine Telesford, Coco Velvet, Terrence Rojas/TIDCO, Ragoo’s, Cyrus Sylvester/Bohemia, Cherise Fonrose, Dawn Robinson, Carnival 2000 mas’ presentations: Gerard Kelly’s Water Water Everywhere, Rosalind Gabriel’s Panorama, Trinity Carnival Foundation’s Cascadu Children

Funding provided by the 11th EDF Regional Private Sector Development Programme Direct Support Grants Programme.
The views expressed on this website are those of the the authors and do not reflect those of the Direct Support Grants Programme.

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