Jazz & Arts Festival Stirs Fabulous Fashion!
Saint Lucia – Back with a stylish bang this year,
Saint Lucia’s third edition of HOT Couture will once again prove why the
event has already built a reputation around the region as the runway
show with a difference. Again, Mae Wayne and Adrian Augier have come
together and presented a vision and theme for this popular fashion
spectacle at the Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival.
Once
again, the Johnsons Centre in Rodney Bay will be the venue for an avant
guarde production the details of which are a well-kept secret. Already,
activity behind the scenes has amped up with model castings held in the
north and south of the island for the last week. So far, many of the
cast members from 2014 have returned, citing HOT Couture as a pivotal
moment in their budding careers on the catwalk.
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Caribbean publisher Mae Wayne, former runway model Denise Lay and
make-up artist Mike Celestin made up the panel of judges and were happy
to see returning models as well as new talent taking part in the
auditions.
Although the designer line-up for the show is
under strict wraps for now, HOT Couture producer Mae Wayne is excited
that the third event will continue to exceed expectations, “The show is
going to be a fabulous evening of the best local and regional fashions
on the runway, and we have an amazing twist which will be revealed in
due course,” says Wayne.
“HOT Couture has already gained
a strong following in the region, and there are also international
designers knocking on our door to get involved, so this year we plan to
have a really eclectic mix of talent on stage. It’s also been great to
see so many models at auditions
who were trained by Richard Young
last year. It means that the skills and experience we are giving them
are being carried forward and not wasted.”
With initial
rehearsals to be conducted by Denise Lay, Richard Young will return to
Saint Lucia to oversee the final rehearsals in May, and speaking to some
of the models who have come back for a second or third time on the HOT
Couture runway, it’s obvious that the Trinidadian “Style Evangelist”
made a deep impression during the many hours of training in 2014.
Not
only will the show include secrets and surprises, but this year will
feature a glamorous after-party on Rodney Bay’s floating entertainment
venue, The Pearl, with VIP packages available for the whole evening. The
HOT Couture Trunk Show will take place at Bay Walk Mall on Thursday,
May 9th, where one-of-a-kind fashions will be on sale by many of the
participating designers.
The final casting call for
models takes place on Friday, April 10th at the Star in Gros Islet. Look
out for more news and details on Saint Lucia HOT Couture 2015 at
www.stluciajazz.org– it’s going to rock!