Archive for May 2008

Street Style – SWJ Style

May 26th, 2008 | By Irie Diva | Category: Street Style

Barbie from Alexxya (the store Tifa and I did our shopping feature ) was spotted at Style Week’s Friday event rocking a hot pair of white wide-legged pants, so on point. You know white pants are all the rage, a trend that really evolves only in style from skinny to wide-legged to boot cut to [...]



StyleWeek Jamaica shows off the men’s collections

May 25th, 2008 | By Irie Diva | Category: Fashionable Events, Jamaican Designers, Jamaican Models, Male Style

Styleweek Jamaica is well under way and will culminate tonight with it’s history making catwalk in the middle of Kingston’s busy busy business district (well on a Sunday night there’s not much business eh) and I can’t wait to be front and centre. The shows have been great thus far, with the normal setbacks such [...]



Mynka – The Free Spirit [Jamaican Fashion Designer]

May 19th, 2008 | By Irie Diva | Category: Jamaican Designers

Mynka is a fashion designer from rural Jamaica who is really a free spirit at heart. She chants nam-myoho-renge-kyo and practices Nichirin Daishonin’s Buddhism to keep her grounded and attract her good fortune and needed support. She’s got many ventures under her belt and the drive to succeed at them all. I spoke [...]



Countdown to Fashion Overload in Jamaica!

May 14th, 2008 | By Irie Diva | Category: Fashionable Events

Are you a fan of SWJ or CFW? If you’re a true fashionista then you’ll be like me and make sure you’re at both! And if you just saw those letters and went "huh???" then get a clue! For this tiny lil island of ours, we are privileged to host not one but two esteemed [...]



A Brass Angel Beauty Makeover

May 11th, 2008 | By Irie Diva | Category: Beauty

Our resident makeup artist Sheroma has delivered a beauty makeover for our viewing pleasure. Check out the fabulous transformation below and pick up a few styling more tips from previous features here as well.

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Subject: Taleya Girvan

Taleya is a 3rd Year, Medical Sciences student at the University of the West Indies Mona. [...]



Newsflash: Vests Are IN!

May 9th, 2008 | By Irie Diva | Category: Style Talk, Trend Watch

Oh you didn’t know? Shame on you cus I told you already !!! Last time we spoke about vests, I suggested you use them to spruce up your office-wear or jazz up some simple tee-over-skinny jeans look. Today, I’m updating that post a bit with more colourful ways to rock a vest and stand out [...]



RepJa – Put on yuh accent!

May 7th, 2008 | By Irie Diva | Category: Jamaican Designers

Myspace is a great tool for networking, can I tell you?! I got a friend request from a site RepJa.com and a message to be featured. Its one of many that I receive from myspace, but you wouldn’t believe how pleasantly surprised I was when I clicked through to the site! RepJa is an exciting [...]