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...
Travel, Shopping, Sint Maarten, St. Martin
By Judy Diptee ● Issue 51 (September/October 2001)
Not just a shoppers’ paradise
Discover Sint Maarten and Saint Martin Where else in the world can you get two countries and cultures for the price of one? Where you can...
Embark, Fashion and Jewellery, Trinidad and Tobago
By Alia Michele Orane ● Issue 139 (May/June 2016)
Bene Caribe — good to wear
Since its 2015 launch, Bene Caribe has become one of the most talked-about style brands within the Caribbean. The Trinidadian fashion house...
Embark, Fashion and Jewellery, Barbados
By Alia Michele Orane ● Issue 133 (May/June 2015)
Bajan beauties: designers Shayla Cox and Kimberley Angoy
With “summer” right around the corner, now is the perfect time to hone your style for vacation days ahead. And designers Shayla Cox and...
Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Arts
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 49 (May/June 2001)
Jewels of the Caribbean
Meet some of the Caribbean’s finest “private jewellers”, who take pride in producing one-of-a-kind hand-crafted pieces. Using...
Embark, Fashion and Jewellery, Dominican Republic
By Alia Michele Orane ● Issue 129 (September/October 2014)
Stand apart: Kristy Collado
As a child in the Dominican Republic, designer Kristy Collado found the process of bringing her ideas to life simply magical. Today her...
By Alia Michele Orane ● Issue 128 (July/August 2014)
Clean lines: Trinidadian jewellery designer Janice Derrick
With expert craftsmanship inspired by clean lines, natural forms, and a sense of movement, it’s really no surprise that the work of...
Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Arts
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 94 (November/December 2008)
Coral, crystal, coconut shell and copper
Rêve Teasea and Duane Bennett Funky, colourful, natural products It all began with bubblegum for Rêve. It was a bubblegum sculpture that...