FOS fave Keneea Linton brought the sophistication once more to the runways of CFW with intricately designed structured dresses and floor length gowns.
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Y’all will know how much I love Keneea from past features . Her craftsmanship is superb and her detailing is exquisite.
You know…the Cooyah guy…yeah that’s him. Cooyah was…maybe still is the biggest, most recognizable t-shirt brand in Jamaica. At one point supply could not meet demand and people were getting tired of seeing the same designs everywhere and so its rep has somewhat dwindled. Therefore, when I heard about Gary Codner, who’s in part responsible for Cooyah’s success, showing a line at CFW that was all his, i was sure this would be a good line. A capitalization on everything he’s done at Cooyah. Alas, I was to be disappointed.
He calls it African Connection and I’m still trying to figure out why. Because of the traditional print scarf?
The animal print top?
Maybe this is hemp?
Maybe they wear alot of white tees over in the motherland.
Maybe I’m really not seeing it…here’s the line guys . Please help me to figure out exactly what’s going on.
Maybe I should have asked Nia if she sniffed some of the hemp dress. K, I’m gonna behave and sit my behind down now. 
We’re gonna need some fabric on that skirt there…i can see your panties hun.
Born as a Raggamuffin [USA] is a funky, edgy line consisting of minis and tees, some of which look like Edward Scissor-hands ran wild with. They describe themselves as "2 young designers trying to make something out of nothing. Raised wild in the hills of Jamaica and el barrio de Santo Domingo. Self-taught…All pieces are hand sewn, and made from recycled materials or whatever else catches our eyes. The influence for this season was "poetry in motion". Originally poets - We scavenged our notebooks, CD racks and Bookshelves for some of our favorite quotes and sewed them in to the fabric of our clothes."
Hhhhhhhmmmmmmm
I think I’d be afraid to put this piece on for fear of ripping it. (OMG the shoes are SO hot i need them)
Cute dress
The designers…are these Raggamuffin dresses too? Very different from the actual line… I love me some young designers…but I’m honestly not feeling the cut up tees.
She must…since she lost her zipper backstage (either that or homegirl just couldn’t fit in the dress!) and came down the catwalk seemingly arm in arm with the designer…but he was actually helping to hold together the back of her dress! LOL poppyshow ting!
She’s gorgeous though. Miss Nia Long also came down the catwalk for Mr Gavin
And uhm….i’m gonna need this dress in my life…with the shoes to match. Thanks Mr. Douglas.
Ix-nay on the hat though…muchas gracias.
Gavin reps for the UK, collection can be viewed here .
Barbados has a thriving fashion industry and brings across a large contingent of models, designers, buyers and personalities each year to CFW. I’ve already shown you the casual designs of 3rd Revolt, now Ashakai brings us swimsuits, Bouik brings swimsuits as well as some funk and some sophistication and Luna brings us some the most beautiful non-metal jewelery I’ve seen.
Ashakai
Kerri you missed Chris! The Bajan models were hot…
Bouik started with dancers blazing the catwalk
Then came with the funk
And ooooohhhh I love me some Luna
Entire collections can be viewed here .
Last year we missed Biggy dearly from the CFW lineup and he made up for it twofold with his sizzling collection this year. The line was blazing everything from jeans to sheer dresses to long flowy dresses to sexy summer tops! Biggy is a favorite amongst Jamaican designers and many persons stayed back at the very long and late Sunday showing awaiting his line. It was worth the wait. See it here .
Don’t ask me to pronounce the name but the collection was pretty…pretty colourful! I must admit I really love all the colour that is coming from the runways this season and Ndjamena capitalized on this trend with bright, cheery pieces. Very flowy, very Caribbean, very cool…or maybe I should say very HOT. See the collection here.
The Fetish line was short and spicy bringing us cute mini dresses and sweaters and jeans.
Mashonda opened the line in this cute mini
And I fell in love with this ensemble…bag and all
I actually like Eve’s dress…billboard and all…Go Eve! More from the line here.
Local songbird Tami Chyn took the runway for Lubica who showed off a gorgeous swim-suit and resort wear collection.
The pieces were comfortable and flowing, very cute and relaxed. See more from the collection here .
Time for some of the fashion from the audience…
Homegirl on the right…I am loving your shirtdress and your shoes
Too cute for words…
Spragga di Benz pon di enzzzz
Again…loving those shoes…
Holding it down for the fellas in the crisp Bill Edwards
Eve and Mashonda front row style
FOS Fave Cherine Anderson
Nia Long sitting pretty in the front row next to first lady Lorna Golding.
Much more pics in the gallery and you can see these full-sized there…were you caught by my cam? Go check them out …
