28 October 2012
Caribbean Fashion Plus Week – caribbeanplussizefashionweek.com
All eyes will be on the Caribbean and host country Trinidad and Tobago for the largest Plus Size Fashion week event in the region. Caribbean Fashion Plus Week is hosted by Carivog International with support from Cascadia Hotel and the Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism. From the 1st to 4th November 2012, signature events will lead the way toward two (2) major runway shows which will be held next weekend. The first fashion runway will be "Pan In Style" - a Fashion Show and After Party to be held on Saturday 3rd of November 2012, 6:30pm at Sforzata panyard, Corner Harris and Evans Street, St. Augustine. Tickets cost $125 for both the fashion runway and the after party. To attend the after party only you pay $60.00 at the door. The "Pan In Style" event is being hosted in partnership with the management of the Sforzata Steel Orchestra and promises to be a colourful explosion of steel pan music and fashion on one fantastic night.
The second major event will be "Runway Caribbean" which will be held on Sunday 4th November 2012, 6:00 p.m. at The Ballroom, Cascadia Hotel, St. Anns. Tickets cost $200.00. Both fashion runways will showcase International models and designers from Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Canada, Guyana, South Korea and USA will be taking part along with fashion designers from the Caribbean who will all come together to exhibit the latest trends in plus size fashion. In preparation for the "Pan In Style" event, noted photographer Antony Scully and fashion designer Wayne Sankar came together with Carivog international to create a "Pan In style" photo shoot in conjunction with the Sforzata Junior Pan Ensemble. This creative and colourful photo shoot was a successful first experiment of the exciting fusion that can be expected at the “Pan In Style” fashion show at Sforzata pan yard next week Saturday.
Caribbean Fashion Plus+ Week is an exciting, innovative, fun filled fashion week, which will include sixteen (16) emerging and established fashion designers some of whom are debuting their first ever plus size collections and bringing plus size audiences the latest trends in apparel, hair, beauty, accessories and lifestyle. To book tickets for both runway events please call: (South) Carivog - 764-5473, Wazir Pharmacy | (East) 295-3940 | (Port of Spain) Closet Red- 293-4341, Photo Sunny, opp. Express House | (St. Joseph) Plan Plus 3 consulting - 662-9805, or email caripsfw@gmail.com.
For more information on other events including seminars happening during the Caribbean Fashion Plus Week, please visit www.facebook.com/TheCFPW or www.caribbeanplussizefashionweek.com. This fashion week embraces and incubates colour and creativity, and each event has a distinct flare for the theatrical. This vibrant energy is one that you will have to experience for yourself!
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