Not many are aware that the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) actually has a fashion school attached to it. It is poorly marketed to the wider Caribbean and its thesis show doesn’t receive too much regional press coverage either.
While Trinidad isn’t necessarily a fashion capital, it has a lot of potential to become the ‘Paris’ of the Caribbean and the establishment of the Caribbean Academy of Fashion and Design (CAFD) was the first step in this direction.
However, over recent years, its credibility and prestige have been at stake after the founding lecturers left following budget cutbacks. This saw the academy committing the most obnoxious fashion sin in recent time: it allowed past students with no particular experience to
