I’m not sure how Saint actually justifies the name Style “Week” since the events were held on Saturday and Sunday (Friday was only the club launch,) but oh wells. On Saturday they merged two events together, The International Mecca of Style and the Men’s Collections. They were held at Fort Charles, Port Royal. Enter annoyance #1. Port Royal is 30 minutes drive outside of the city of Kingston. Why on earth would you start a fashion show at 9pm waaaaay out yonder? Especially when you have a reputation for beginning late! Enter Annoyance #2. The show started TWO (2) HOURS LATE. 2 Hours!!! Are you kidding me? There was no apology, no explanation, nothing, just a grand welcome as if we were ontime at minutes to 11pm! When the MC said “Welcome to Caribbean Fashion Week” I had a good time laughing at the organisers for the embarrassing mix-up, serves y’all right for the late start. Needless to say I was at Port Royal ’til minutes to 2am when the show wrapped, the announcer had the nerve to tell us where the after-party would be…as if! Enter annoyance #3. The terrain at Fort Charles is very rocky, and the beginning of the runway actually has spaces inbetween the boards.

Model+runway spaces and rocks=disaster!

How could this not have been foreseen? Y’all coulda laid down some ply board and some carpeting for your models, I’m just saying. As for the show itself, The pieces left much to be desired. I was not inspired…I was not moved. Young Jamaican designer Andre Rowe showed much promise, his line showed effort, attention to detail and good construction.

Andre Rowe

Saint’s much advertised star of this year’s show, French designer Eymeric Francois was the only one to truly wow the crowd with his 5 pieces of gorgeous creations of zippers and ruffles.

The fact of the matter is that every year Saint tries to build a huge hype of glitz and glamour surrounding style week and I have yet to be wowed…I have already been issued releases and statements from stylists wanting to sue Saint and international designers who were not pleased with the quality of the show and were so left with a bad taste of Jamaican productions. Deiwght (how do you pronounce that?) you must do better. It is time to actually produce a high quality weekend all throughout or just focus your energies on FashionBlock, which is the highlight of your weekend and the only event that gets good feedback year to year.

Here’s a Socialingua facebook vid of more designers, plus a lil thing of me and others bitching about the show.

This is just my humble opinion however…fashionistas…speak your piece.

Stay tuned for a Fashion Block review.

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