Designer Donna Ramsammy-James showcased her 20th local collection last Sunday at her Century Palms Gardens home at a gathering of 140 persons. The Shape 2000 collection, dubbed Unidad, involved 132 eye-catching pieces.
Unidad is derived from Spanish and means unity. The pieces, in an array of colours for both men and women, are simple and comfortable, suited for casual occasions yet elegant enough to be dressed up to make appearances at formal settings.
Since her return in 2000, after living abroad for 25 years, Donna has been designing locally. Each of the pieces were hand painted by the designer and her assistant Sharmilla; the hand painting took an average of three days per piece. Altogether, the collection took nine months to complete. Though this is Donna’s 20th local collection, she has displayed 45 in total with the other 25 being shown in places like London, New York, Miami, Jamaica, Barbados, Suriname and Kenya, among others.
