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Sonia Noel with ‘Mommy Millionaire’ Kim Lavine
Sonia Noel with ‘Mommy Millionaire’ Kim Lavine

Sonia Noel hosts talking style

In an effort to encourage persons to interact more at fashion events and to provoke dialogue about life experiences in a relaxed atmosphere Sonia Noel Designs is hosting a four-day event titled ‘Conversa-tions & Clothing’.

Delesa Archer
Delesa Archer

Delesa Archer: From school concerts to New York Fashion Week

Delesa Archer grew up watching Tyra Banks on America’s Next Top Model and hearing comments on her tall and slender figure, so it came as no surprise when she chose to pursue modelling; a choice that has seen her take the runway in international designer brands including Yeezy Season 2, a Kanye West clothing line and Jreamer, a Jerome Lamar brand that Beyoncé has become affiliated with in many of her song videos.

Five top DJs to clash in Art of War 2

Five of Guyana’s best DJs will go to war in another two weeks as they battle for $500,000 and bragging rights in Empire Media Incorporated second staging of ‘The Art of War’ competition.

Juke Ross

Juke Ross’s ‘feelings’ music

Musical phenomenon Juke Ross has several endearing qualities. Aside from his spectacular voice, the contemporary/pop, singer/songwriter/ guitarist is easy to talk to and humble despite his obvious talent.

Fit closes Spectrum 12

Painting the Spectrum 12, SASOD’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) film festival comes to a close next week with Spectrum Night, screening of Fit and the customary painting the spectrum.

T’shanna Cort

T’shanna Cort has hope in her music

“I Have Hope” is the name of the song with which T’shanna Cort won this year’s Junior Calypso Competition and today, nearly six months later, fans from all across Guyana greet her with those words and praise her performance.

Fashion forecasters (that’s a career too) predicted that 2016’s fashion trends will involve pantone colours, androgyny, romanticism, 70's fashionborn x chictopia

Looking at the bigger picture

Following up on last’s week column, fashion careers, this week I wanted to share with you my general response to the commonly asked question, can the Caribbean actually have a thriving fashion industry?

As a case in point Parsons School of Design, a private art and design college in Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan in New York City, offers 25 different programmes.

Careers in fashion

When most people in the Caribbean think about fashion as a potential career, the only job titles they tend to associate it with are seamstress, fashion designer or model.

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