CEO of GFW Sonia Noel will again represent Guyana at Fashion Week of Trinidad and Tobago which promises to be even bigger and better than before. FWTT provides a strategic and essential platform for merchandising and branding for Caribbean designers living in the Caribbean and the diaspora.
Rosemary Stone, Public Relations director of Fashion Week Trinidad and Tobago (FWTT) is excited about Mariska’s Designs participation in this year’s spectacular nine day fashion festival and said “This year we are increasing our scope – six days in Trinidad and three in Tobago.” FWTT3 kicks-off in Tobago on May 29 with a gala networking party hosted by the Tobago House of Assembly and the Tourism Development Company Limited at Coco Reef Tobago.
All told there are more than fifty designers chocked full of fashion forward options to be presented through seven identifiable Caribbean brands such as Tobago style, Resort Caribbean, cutting edge Caribbean, cosquelle couture – trini swimwear, nouveau Caribbean, new world style and haute Caribbean.
Sonia Noel, in FWTT three year history will be presenting on Resort Caribbean and New World style themes and she expressed her elation at being one of the select designers to showcase in both Tobago and Trinidad.
Last year Noel’s collection was dubbed HYBRID that paid homage to vegetation and the undergrowth of the forest. The colours lilac mauve and purple represent the beautiful colours that are sometimes lost in the undergrowth.Melissa Payne who was very impressive in the show stopper for that collection.
She goes under the label Mariska’s designs but she will be launching a Sonia Noel resort and leather sandals line in Tobago on the 31 st May.Different types of cotton is utilise for this line and it is free fitting and flowing resort dresses that you can also dress up depending on the occasion.Her versatile rap dresses which can be worn more than six ways will also be featured in this collection.The leather footwear line will feature slippers and sandals embellish with various types of stones.
Noel will showcase in Trinidad her new black and white collection of which she is well known for and because for her concern for breast cancer she will also be showing a collection of mainly pink ensemble.
The collection will showcase various shades of pink and designed with zips and button to give it that creative edge.
In addition to Sonia’s participation Guyana’s top cat walk diva Meleesa Payne as well as Guyana Model Search winners, Jumain Victor and Yolanda Kerr will strutt their stuff on the catwalks. They wing out to the twin islands for shows slated for June 2 – 6.