Suit Yourself | Fashion Beat (Jan/Feb 1996)

It's time to head for the beach! Photographer Sean Drakes shows what one leading Caribbean swimwear house has produced for the 1996 season

By Sean Drakes | Issue 17 (January/February 1996)

Colour me copper: metallic fabric suit from the North Coast collection. Photograph by Sean Drakes
Cocoa 'n' Cream: cotton lycra suit with wooden bead detail from the Ethnic Collection. Photograph by Sean Drakes
Halter cut bikini with parakeet motif from the Brown Sugar collection (linen skirt by Zoltan). Photograph by Sean Drakes
Michelle Khan- who was Miss Trinidad and Tobago was second runner-up in the 1995 Miss World contest last November- models a copper metallic string bikini from the North Coast collection at the Pitch Lake in southern Trinidad. Photograph by Sean Drakes
Clean soft whites and understated yet elegant lines in this wholepiece from the Body & Soul Collection. In the background, the "temple in the sea" off Trinidad's west coast is a reminder of the source of all life and beauty. Photograph by Sean Drakes
Tartan print two-piece from the Street Culture Story. Photograph by Sean Drakes
A halter cut suit (above, with voile wrap skirt by Zoltan). Photograph by Sean Drakes

Colour me copper: metallic fabric suit from the North Coast collection. Photograph by Sean Drakes

Cocoa 'n' Cream: cotton lycra suit with wooden bead detail from the Ethnic Collection. Photograph by Sean Drakes

Halter cut bikini with parakeet motif from the Brown Sugar collection (linen skirt by Zoltan). Photograph by Sean Drakes

Michelle Khan- who was Miss Trinidad and Tobago was second runner-up in the 1995 Miss World contest last November- models a copper metallic string bikini from the North Coast collection at the Pitch Lake in southern Trinidad. Photograph by Sean Drakes

Clean soft whites and understated yet elegant lines in this wholepiece from the Body & Soul Collection. In the background, the "temple in the sea" off Trinidad's west coast is a reminder of the source of all life and beauty. Photograph by Sean Drakes

Tartan print two-piece from the Street Culture Story. Photograph by Sean Drakes

A halter cut suit (above, with voile wrap skirt by Zoltan). Photograph by Sean Drakes

This is the best time of the year in the Caribbean: clear bright days, cool nights, Carnival in the air – it’s time to head for the beach. So get into the swim of things with one of the Caribbean’s top swimwear houses, Island Casuals; many of the new 1996 lines shown here are on sale in the Caribbean islands now – in Barbados, Jamaica, St Lucia, St Vincent, Antigua, Grenada and Tobago, as well as in Island Casuals’ own base, Trinidad.

Photography Sean Drakes

Models: Mandesa Anthony, Michelle Khan, Jeneile McCarthy, Celisse Pierre

Assistant: Nigel Celestine

Swimwear: Carolyn Senior for Island Casuals Ltd