T&T Fashion Week

Trinidad & Tobago Fashion Week kicks off this weekend, with the action in this second annual installment centred around the new Hyatt Regency Hotel on the new Port of Spain Waterfront instead of Woodbrook's Adam Smith Square. The event runs May 29 through June 2.

Thirty-nine designers (up three from last year) and 41 lines will be showcased during the 5-day festival. Headliners include Meiling, Heather Jones, Garnett D’andrade (Simply Garnett), Shaun Griffith Perez, Stacy Smith, Dominique La Roche (DLR 'D') Claudia Pegus, Christian Boucaud, Dianne Hunt (Radical Designs), Francis Hendy as well as Mark and Ava Daniels (Avark from Barbados).

The theme of the event is supposed to be "save our earth", but I haven't been able to find exactly how the event and the designers are promoting sustainable fashion or raising environmental awareness. Do any of our readers have the inside scoop?

In any case, here's a look at the calendar of events, where each evening's event has a "green" theme, and includes both established and up-and-coming designers:

Friday May 29
Theme: Breaking Ground

• Heather Jones Designs
  
• DLR ‘D’
• Faraii
• Michael's Vogue Designs
  
• Lisa Laurie Clothing
  
• Brown Sugar
  
• Millhouse Mens' Wear
  
• CPFS

Saturday May 30
Theme: Clean Air

• Meiling
• DAV Originals
• Queen Esther Designs
  
• CIA’s Fashion
• Glen Montes de Oca
  
• Radical Designs Menswear
  
• Sean Griffith Perez Designs
  
• The Cloth
  

Sunday May 31
Theme: Tree of Life

• Peter Elias
  
• AVARK
• PILAR
• Sonia Mack
  
• M SQUARED
• Ivaek Archer
• Christian Boucaud Designs
  
• Zadd & Eastman
  

Monday June 1
Theme: Living Green

• Claudia Pegus
  
• Simply Garnett's
• Stacy Smith Designs
  
• Mariska's
• KAJ Designs
• Earth Member for Life
  
• BOY BOY
• Radical Designs
  

Tuesday June 2
Theme: On the Waterfront

• Francis Hendy
  
• Shurnel
• Contours
• Ecliffe Elie Designs
  
• GQS Genuine Quality Styles
  
• Calvin Southwell
  
• Saleem
• Concept Studios
  

Tickets for the event are $100 and available at DH Gift Shops West Mall and Long Circular Mall.