Jean-Ralph Thurin: high fashion from Haiti
There never seemed any doubt about what path Jean-Ralph Thurin’s career would take. This past November, Thurin formally launched his...
Meiling: the realm of style
Meiling’s archive consists of a large cardboard box labelled “Meiling’s photos.” The contents date back as far as the 1960s, when...
It’s in the bag
Ken Williams: Retrodelic Born in St Vincent but resident in Canada since he was 10 years old, Ken Williams was working in the world of...
Kaishah Peters: knitty knitty hits the catwalk
In the Dutch Caribbean territory of St Maarten, young designer Kaishah Peters is set on taking over the reins of the fashion industry—or...
Cut and craft: Caribbean Fashion Week
Kevin Ayoung-Julien’s first job was at the craft store around the corner from his secondary school in his native Tobago, where the...
Fashionation
Yes, the Caribbean wears Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera and Vera Wang. But it has its own celebrity designers too:...
Lesley Ann Noel: keeping it chic
If design is vision, then Lesley Ann Noel is emerging as one of Trinidad’s top young visionaries. After seven years in Brazil, Noel...
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...
