It feels so good to not wear a coat. I’m back in Guyana for a bit before I leave for my belated honeymoon. Before I came home, I made a quick pit stop in Trinidad to review Meiling’s latest collection which was inspired by The Book of Night Women, by Marlon James.
Unfortunately, I didn’t receive the show photographs so I can’t share them with you this week. Trinidad got me thinking as usual after I left though. It is undoubtedly the place in the Caribbean that has the most creative energy when it comes to fashion. That aside, it is also slightly similar to most other Caribbean countries when it comes to the designers’ work being not creatively sustainable. The only difference with Trinidad is that, the designers are better off at creating niche brands.
When I think of a designer, I think of a person, who has a stable aesthetic, but somehow manages to manipulate it show after show, ultimately giving consumers a chance to develop a style but simultaneously having them not looking the same, season after season. We have this type of designer in the Caribbean,
