Caribbean Fashion Week set for June 8-12
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Observer Reporter
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
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What is being touted by organisers Pulse as its biggest ever Caribbean Fashion Week takes place in Kingston, June 8-12.
Over 50 designers from more than 20 countries will converge on the nation's capital for five days of fashion excitement.
"This is our fifth anniversary and we at Pulse will be pulling out all the stops to ensure a quality week for all concerned.
From the fashion itself, to the after parties and expo, Pulse will do what is necessary in terms of the planning, to make this the most memorable CFW yet," Kingsley Cooper of Pulse said.
The week's activities consist of nine shows culminating with the Smirnoff Pulse 25th Anniversary Fashion Collection on Sunday, June 12, an expo that will run from June 10-12, after parties at Villa Ronai, Boone Hall and the Caribbean Fashion Centre, opening night, tours, cocktail parties, press launches and a cruise. Participants will come from Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Canada, Venezuela, Suriname, the United States and the Caribbean.
Opening night will be held at the Hilton Kingston Hotel with the shows and expo scheduled for the National Indoor Sports Centre.
Over 120 members of the international press and buyers from around the world are coming to CFW. These numbers include Vogue, Harpers & Queen, Full Frontal Fashion, Fashion Television and Glamour.
Designers coming this year include Meiling, the doyenne of Trinidad fashion, and another highly regarded talent from the twin island republic, Claudia Pegus. Pegus will show two lines at CFW along with an international designer group that she has put together. They include Corrine from Switzerland, Doreen Gittings from the UK, La Femme Elegante from France (St Lucia-based) and Eleazar Molina, a top jewellery designer from Venezuela.
Another designer who will be showing two collections this year is Nefertari Caddle from Barbados. Both her new Sea Island cotton line as well as her usual up end collection will be shown. Guyana will be represented by Sonia Noel, and Canada by the Toronto-based Stephanie Scott, and Janise O'Leandros and Bernice Noel from British Colombia. Gavin Douglas and Kelly Jade Nicholls, winner of the British young designer award will come from the UK. Philly-based Kiona Perry of Sas Urban Couture will return to CFW this year, as will Atelier Dore out of Suriname.
Additional star talent coming from the region include Robert Young, Zadd & Eastman, Pauline Bellamy, Heather Jones and Rhaj Paul along with several rising stars from St Kitts, Barbados, Antigua, St Vincent, St Lucia and the Bahamas.
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