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Fashion Fridays: Get to Know Designer Ayana Rivière

Words by Tami Tsansai::Photos by Storm Saulter::Model: Ayana Rivière— It’s no secret that the Caribbean is home to scores of talented fashion designers, but how many can boast of serendipity and prepar... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Ale et Ange’s Tropical Flower Zilla Hat

Words by Michellee Nelson- There's few bigger staples in hip-hop fashion than snapbacks and fitteds, but when Pusha T started rocking Ale at Ange's Tropical Flower Zilla hat, we were intrigued. The hat is on... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Wackies Hoodies + Tees in the LargeUp Store

Words by Jesse Serwer— When it comes to dub and reggae, Wackie's holds a special place on our turntables. The first reggae specialist label of note in the U.S., the Bronx-based imprint founded by Jamaica... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Meet Simone Neilson of Jamaica’s MiSim

Words by Tami Tsansai— Wearable music? Yes, please! It all started with one crafty idea in high school for ‘Ms Sim,’ Simone Neilson– she made herself a pencil case, a classmate spotted it, and reque... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Designing Dancehall Deejays

Words by Tami Tsansai— Our LargeUp crew couldn’t help noticing a new phenomenon in dancehall. It seems the business bug has bitten, with a growing number of Jamaican deejays taking charge of their career... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Grind London

Grind London has just unveiled its first drop for Autumn/Winter 2013 - Jah Bless - featuring tees, hats, button down shirts and jackets. The collection draws heavily from dub and reggae, in a London traditi... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Rihanna Lets Her Caribbean Colors Fly at Crop Over

Words by Mikaila Brown— This week Rihanna made headlines while attending Crop Over, Barbados's annual carnival festivities. At first the media attributed her silver, glitter leotard and on-all-fours wuk ... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Attitude by Ashley Martin

Words by Mikaila Brown, Photo by Biggy Bigz— The annual Caribbean Fashion Week (CFW) in Jamaica has truly become a first-rate, international fashion showcase for Caribbean, African and Diasporic designer... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Kingston Style at Caribbean Fashion Week 2013

Words by Erin Hansen, Photos by Biggy Bigz— From the hardcore to the high end, Kingston Style is definitely the Caribbean's best street-style blog and, if we're not mistaken, the first. KS photographer... Read More...

Dance Hall Style: Supreme’s Wackies Collection

Words by Jesse Serwer— Normally, we wait until the end of the week to catch you up on fashion runnings. But when a clothing label like Supreme teams with a record label like Wackie's, we have to interrup... Read More...

Wob Dwiyet: Ladies Creole Wear in Dominica

These formal fashions have stood the test of time.

Fashion Fridays: Are Vellies the Original Clarks?

Words by Mikaila Brown, Photos by Jason Eric Hardwick for Brother Vellies— "Everybody haffi ask weh mi get mi Clarks" In his 2010 hit song "Clarks," Vybz Kartel outlines the official outfit for an or... Read More...