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Kay Davitian,
a no-nonsense quality control expert, will whip the designers into shape as she
takes on the task of mentoring the full group of designers this season. Kay Davitian has worked around the world for top
design houses and has spent many of her years in the fashion industry working
in factories for world-renowned designer Ralph Lauren and Jones New York in
charge of their quality control division. Kay’s knowledge and skill set will
change the dynamic of the garment construction process in the sewing room,
increasing anxieties and stress level of the designers for a volcanic surge of
skilled creativity, as we take the designs straight from the runway to retail
stores.
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RUNWAY TO RETAIL
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Viewers will finally have a chance to
get their favourite designs fresh off the catwalk. The winning designs for each
episode will be reproduced and made available the next day at all Lee’s Fifth
Avenue locations. One lucky designer will also receive a one-year contract with
Global Purchasing Company, a full service buying office in New York. Global
Purchasing Company represents over eighty boutiques across the United States
and will represent our Caribbean designers in this market.
Season three kicks off on SATURDAY, APRIL 13 AT 8:30PM ON TVJ and will
repeat on Tuesdays at 5:30PM.
ABOUT
MISSION CATWALK
Mission Catwalk is an exciting reality
TV series aimed at discovering and developing talented fashion designers. The
show features designers in fierce competition for top prizes that will help to
launch their fashion career. Mission Catwalk tests and nurtures the
talents of the contestants through numerous challenges and exercises geared at
identifying and honing a range of creative skills and abilities. The series is
set in Kingston, Jamaica and each hour-long episode comprises of four segments:
the challenge, the design production, the runway show, and the elimination of a
designer. The series lasts eleven weeks and culminates with three designers at
a live showdown in Kingston. One designer will win the ultimate prize– to show
their collection at London Fashion Week among other prizes.
The
winner will receive the following prizes:
· An
opportunity to show a collection at the London Fashion Week.
· JMD$500K
funding to start their clothing line.
· Industrial
sewing equipment valued at JMD$200K.
· A
contract to sell their designs at Lee’s Fifth Avenue.
· A
fashion editorial in 6 Carlos Magazine.
· A
scholarship to pursue fashion program at London College of Fashion.
Mission Catwalk
will air on local TV networks in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados,
Guyana, Grenada, Haiti, Antigua, St Lucia, St Vincent, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda
and other Caribbean islands via CaribVision.
CAST
Host / Exec Producer: Keneea
Linton-George - Fashion Designer/TV Producer
Judges: Novia
McDonald-Whyte – Senior Associate Editor, Jamaica Observer
Carlton Brown – Menswear Designer
Mentor:
Kay Davitian – Quality Control
Expert
Guest
Judges:
Shaggy
(Entertainer)
Anthony
Miller (TV Personality)
Yendi
Phillipps (TV personality)
Marlon
Samuels (Cricketer)
Courtney
Washington (Designer)
Babatu
Sparrow (Magazine Editor)
Manuela
Goren (Journalist)
Colin
Hylton (Chef)
Mercedes
Gonzales (International Fashion Buyer).
Contestants:
Alexis
Campbell-Barbados,
Anicia
Brooks-Trinidad
Argent
Roberts-Antigua
David
Rolle-Bahamas
Elizabeth
Jerimie-Trinidad
Katherine
McDermott-Jamaica
Makisa
Lewis-Trinidad
Marque
Miller-Jamaica
Mwanza
Glen-Guyana
Renardo
Lloyd-Jamaica
Sharleen
J Lagon-St Lucia
Sharon
Shaw-Jamaica
Shernicia
Mayer-St Vincent
Theodore
Elyett-Bahamas
Watson
St Louis-Haiti
Core Team:
Michael
Cushnie Director/Editor
Gareth
M Daley Director of Photography
Keneea
Linton-George Executive Producer
Carolyn
Bolt Senior Producer
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