Losing You

Three days ago I lost something that means so much to me. It was a gift from someone I care about very much and it just fell off my stupid skinny wrist and its now languishing somewhere in one of the largest countries in the world. I was devastated and the loss took me a […]

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Michelene Auguste for Duro Olowu

Now that the Project Runway bandwagonism…um hype…has died down I think it’s nice ever so often to remind ourselves that not besides Anya (who just showed at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week South Africa) other Trinis are also doing it big in the international fashion scene. Michelene Auguste was selected to model designer Duro Olowu’s Spring […]

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Beauty Experiment: Black Cherry Lips

So as I mentioned in a previous post, not only were dark lips all over the Fall 2012 runways, a very SPECIFIC shade of black cherry is the most appropriate to go along with all the leather and oxblood we’re supposed to be wearing this season. Don’t believe me? Gucci did it two Falls in […]

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Inspired…Cool Jackets

I am from the islands. My jacket game is not on point. I haven’t had to pay attetion to Fall fashion for two years. And all the blogs I generally follow seem to be stuck in some strange state of perma-summer (either they’re all from Southern California OR some brand is always jetting them off […]

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My Wildest Dreams Realized

On Thursday October 25th I got to be a fashion designer. You should have seen me! Consulting my mood boards. Matching my colours to a Pantone Chart. Consulting magazines for inspiration. Pinning and draping muslins to my dress form. Of course it was all completely fake. The school requested that the Master’s students pose as […]

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