The Real Issue With Me Recreating That Dress For You Is…
…it’s killing my creativity. The truth is, I didn’t become a fashion designer for lack of career options, or because I needed to learn a skill or even because I wanted to live a life of pomp and circumstance. I became a fashion designer because from the moment I realised that being a designer was ‘a […]
A Few Years Ago…
…a tutor sat me down and told me that she didn’t think that I was strong enough or talented enough to be in the fashion industry. She was right. I’m neither strong enough or talented enough to do this but I am graced to. There is no way that I could, in my own strength, build my […]
The Leftovers
This pile of fabric (which I should add is almost two feet high) represents some of my fabric waste for the months of Mar – May (Jan and Feb not included because I was on vacation). I folded the pieces that were willing to fold and the rest I stuffed in to two large garbage […]
How Much A Dollar Cost: ‘Fast Fashion’ And Its Impact On The Fashion Industry In BarbadosBeautiful Italian Outdoor Wedding
Fast fashion is killing small fashion brands the world over – and Barbados is no exception. It is stunting business growth and creativity and forcing what was once a growing industry into extinction. So what is fast fashion? Okay, so remember how back in the day designers would make collections and these collections would always […]