Fashion Fridays Archives - Page 10 of 13

Seen: Naomi Campbell on the Cover of LURVE

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Life + Times Hello, wicked. UK Jamaican gal and patron goddess of style Naomi Campbell covers the fifth issue of swanky upstart fashion mag LURVE. As LURVE founder/edit... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Haiti x Donna Karan x Urban Zen

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Cutlass & Cane David Belle's Naturally Haiti is a sort of impressionistic documentary short following Donna Karan as she works with Haitian artisans on a line of ho... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Wave & Wine Tees From Mixpak

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Mixpak records just unveiled two new Caribbean-inspired tees, providing an everyday form of wearable soca for the hipsters of the world--and anybody else who can't pull flag... Read More...

Fashion Friday Part Few: The Styles of Brooklyn Carnival, Cont’d

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, photos by Yofray Ray The LargeUp crew was out on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn in full force on Monday, with several photographers documenting the explosion of color that is ... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: The Styles of NYC’s West Indian Day Parade

Words and Photos by Alex Solmssen The LargeUp crew was out on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn in full force on Monday, with several photographers documenting the explosion of color that is the annual West Ind... Read More...

Married to the Gully: Mavado x Downtown Fashion Label Married to the M.O.B.

Words by Jesse Serwer If Jamaican dancehall and the New York fashion world are colliding in some unexpected way, you can bet Matt Goias has something to do with it. Perhaps the only person in the world e... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Exclusive Q+A with Trini Project Runway Designer Anya Ayoung-Chee, Pt. 2

Words by Jesse Serwer, Interview by Simone Serwer Chuck D. once said, "Public Enemy interviews are better than most rappers' shows"--or something like that. Well, we're pretty sure Project Runway contest... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Exclusive Q+A with Trini Project Runway Designer Anya Ayoung-Chee

Words by Jesse Serwer, Interview by Simone Serwer When you walk into a bar half drunk at 11 on a Friday night to interview a former beauty queen turned sex tape star turned reality show contestant, you d... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Trinidad’s Anya Ayoung-Chee on ‘Project Runway’

Words by Jesse Serwer Hard to admit to this, as a man, but last night I watched the Lifetime Channel. Alone. But I had good, manly, journalistic reasons. The object of my curiosity was Anya Ayoung Chee (... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Clientele’s All-Jamaican Summer Line

Words by Jesse Serwer Its brick-and-mortar sneaker store on Lafayette Street in Soho is long gone, but New York City streetwear institution Clientele still lives on. The brand has done reggae/dancehall-inspi... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Butch Diva x Patra

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton We have been moving in the same circles as Brooklyn-based, Trini-connected designer Tiffany Rhodes for a second now, watching her develop her boutique line of Butch Diva spa... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Fania Starts A Clothing Line

Words by Jesse Serwer Since 2006, foundational salsa label Fania Records has undergone a remarkable resurrection, transforming itself from a long-dead concern whose assets were said to be molding in an u... Read More...