From:TheBahamasWeekly.com
Hot Couture to Heat up St. Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival
By St. Lucia Tourism Board
Mar 28, 2014 - 10:55:02 AM
Local and regional designers to showcase their creativity!
ST LUCIA – An already fiery
23rd edition Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival is set to get even
hotter when one of the most anticipated art segments, the acclaimed fashion
show ‘
Hot Couture’, hits the
runway.
Scheduled for May
7th, HOT Couture will feature an ‘A’ list of local and regional
designers working alongside both seasoned and newly discovered modeling talent
from across Saint Lucia. Taking place in the newly constructed Johnson’s Centre
in Rodney Bay, Hot Couture is being produced by three of the Saint Lucia’s
leading fashion/event/production gurus namely Mae Wayne, Adrian Augier and
Dahlia Francois. Local and regional designers are currently being
selected and model castings will be held from March 28-30 across the island.
“This is a show
on the cutting edge that caters to fashion aficionados and features fashion on
the move,” says SLTB’s Special Events Manager Dahlia Guard. In an attempt to
produce the best show possible Guard says, “We have also invited all interested
modeling agencies and fashion houses to dialogue with us.”
The theme for the HOT
Couture sophomore outing will be ‘Island Vibe,’ celebrating the awards and
accolades Saint Lucia has received as a world class destination for the past
several years, and the signature events for which the island has become famous.
According to Tourism
Director Louis Lewis, “We are very excited to host Saint Lucia HOT Couture for
a second year running as part of the main programme of the Saint Lucia Jazz
& Arts Festival. Fashion is a key component of the local creative arts
industry and we see the importance of giving it an international platform. This
year’s Island Vibe theme also enables the Saint Lucia Tourist Board to showcase
the destination’s inclusion in the Sports Illustrated 50th
anniversary Swimsuit issue and also the imagery and exposure received from the
Bachelor TV series.”
Lewis further spoke about
the new location for the event which he claims to be ideal. “The Johnsons
Centre will allow us to accommodate more people and enhance the overall set up
so we look forward to taking the event to another level”
According to producer May
Wayne, “We are delighted to present a fresh concept for the 2nd HOT
Couture event and we anticipate creating a lot of excitement with this
beautiful venue. From the moment you walk in it will feel like a party. This
will be a fashion show with a difference, and the start of an exciting weekend
of Jazz & Arts”.
Quickly become ‘a must see’ on the
Caribbean’s fashion calendar of events, Hot Couture provides the perfect
springboard opportunity for scores of emerging local male and female models to
be featured on an international stage. Tickets for Hot Couture cost EC
$150.00/US$60.00 and are VAT inclusive.
The Saint Lucia Jazz
& Arts Festival will feature some of the best live performances from
renowned local, regional and international superstars.
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