Vogue Lauds Caribbean Fashionweek, Again!

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

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ogue, the “bible” of modern fashion worldwide, has once again lauded Caribbean Fashionweek, the region’s major fashion event, for its uniqueness as well as its outstanding contribution to global fashion. CFW was described some years ago by British Vogue as an important new trend in world fashion and once again, the 2014 staging, drew accolades, this time from the Italian edition of the Conde Nast flagship publication.

 

CFW was covered by Vogue’s Declan Eytan, an Italian of Surinamese roots. While hailing the landmark event, Eytan noted that “the recently concluded Caribbean Fashionweek, marks the fourteenth edition of the highly anticipated Kingston-based fashion event, produced by Jamaican modeling agency and entertainment company, Pulse”.

Eytan added “A remarkable feature of this year's Caribbean Fashionweek, was the infusion of a shopping area inside the show venue, which made it possible for attendees to shop the collections presented on the runway.

A digital version of this shopping area – shopcaribbeanfashion.com – allows those who live overseas, to purchase the Caribbean designer garments as well. The online shopping platform is in line with Caribbean FashionWeek 2014's focus on monetizing fashion design with a global audience in mind, which was further – emphasized through a Business Forum, held on the first day of the four-day fashion extravaganza.”

Cedella Marley collection

As can be expected, Vogue was keen on the designers’ collections showcased at CFW and the new trends reflected. Eytan highlighted the Cedella Marley collection, as well as the presence of Pulse’s and the region’s top male model Oraine Barrett. For him, the musical performances were what differentiated CFW from the other major fashion weeks in the world, stating:

Oraine Barrett

Amongst the designers which showcased their work, were Bob Marley's eldest daughter - Cedella Marley - in addition to a slew of models and designers that hailed from other parts of the Caribbean and the Diaspora. Besides the fashion, it was the musical performances by various Jamaican artists including Maxi Priest, which differentiated the Caribbean Fashionweek from its Western counterparts. The presence of Jamaica's most sought-after male model slash Ralph Lauren favourite, Oraine Barrett, made for an additional crowd-pleaser.

As far as trends were concerned, many designers took inspiration from nature via floral details and leaf prints. Among the stand-out pieces were the knitted multicolour cut-out dress by Tosha Groves & Tandra Birkett, in addition to the seductive designs of Jehan Jackson. As one may expect from a Caribbean-centered fashion week, there wasn't a shortage of state of the art swimwear either”

The full story is available at: VOGUE

 

Photos by Luca Khouri

 

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Rihanna Covers VOGUE for the Second Time

Monday, October 15, 2012

Rihanna is gracing the November cover of Vogue yet again, having posed as a Little Mermaid for the 2011 April issue.

In the issue entitled Rihanna: The Unstoppable Artist, the Bajan beauty who was photographed by Annie Leibovitz, wearing her new pixie haircut and sporting a strapless red sheer Adam Selman dress in the midst of a wheat field.

Rihanna tweeted

 “Mama I made it! Here’s #2… #VOGUE,” along with the image (at right) shot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz.
 

In the issue RED HOT Rihanna -"I love to have fun", the singer addresses rumorus of her relationship with Robert Paterson and ex-boyfriend Chris Brown.

 

On her been single

“I have not been on a date in forever,” she says. “Like two years. Haven’t gone to the movies, to dinner. Zero.”

Come on. If someone wanted to go on a date with you—

“I would love to go on a date,” she says. “You don’t think that? I’m a woman. A young woman, vibrant, and I love to have fun. And I have too many vaginas around me at this point.”

She takes a sip of wine. “Seriously, all I want is a guy to take me out and make me laugh for a good hour and take my ass back home. He doesn’t even have to come up. All I want is a conversation for an hour.”

So what gives?

“No one asks. Trust me on that. I’m waiting for the manwho’s ballsy enough to deal with me. I’m going to wait, though. You always find the wrong shit when you go looking.”

 

About her ex

To the world, I feel like there’s no closure,” she said of the ongoing Chris Brown chapter of her life. “There’s some obsession that’s continued even throughout when we weren’t friends or couldn’t be friends at all. Hated each other. The world hasn’t let go. They haven’t seen any progress in our friendship, because they don’t see anything, really, besides the song.”

She went on to say that her “Birthday Cake” remix with Brown was her idea. “I was on a tour bus ride between two cities, listening to my album, thinking, Oooh, maybe I should make this into a duet. And I started coming up with a bunch of people, and his name crossed my mind. I thought, We haven’t made a song in so long together . . . it could be a little shocking.”

“I feel like as soon as they have closure to it, they will,” she continued saying of the public outrage over her friendliness with Brown, her former boyfriend who assaulted her. “But they’re not on the inside. They can’t see what I see, unless they’re sitting in my point of view. I guess I’ll learn to accept that.”

Rihanna is also currently working on her seventh studio album, Unapologetic, which will be in stores November 19!

Read full article at Vogue  and watch the photoshoot below

 

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