An eclectic showcase at UTT Fashion Week 2017

The Art & Design Exhibition celebrated its ninth year of showcasing the joint expression of art and fashion, which is the foundation of sketching and design.

In spite of the rainy weather, a steady stream of students, fellow designers, art, fashion and design enthusiasts along with family members and supporters from the general public visited the exhibition location at the Hotel Lobby of National Academy of the Performing Arts (Chancery Lane entrance) Port-of-Spain to view a selection of fabric pattern designs, surface treatments, upcycled and recycled jewelry design, shoe design, art sketches, paintings, collages as well as one-of-a-kind clothing designs all curated from the work of the students from across the CAFD programme’s 1st to 3rd year groups.

The Designer Spaces event took place on Wednesday at the UTT John S. Donaldson Creativity Campus on Wrightson road, where 17 students were challenged to share their fresh perspectives on the design of a retail space for their final thesis collections. The event offered the many attendees visiting throughout the day an opportunity to browse ad window shop the debut collections of each fashion student in ‘live’ mock-up of a creatively styled retail space of each student’s choosing.

From the floating paper butterflies of Rueben Gonzales’ Ixoras in Dance collection, to the detailed Origami-inspired precision of Keri Bazzey and the Citrus Juice, Mod-influenced collection by Nedra Waldron, the Designer Spaces exhibition gave each of the 4th year fashion students a chance to share intimate anecdotes surrounding the design choice for their thesis collections.

UTT Fashion Week 2017 ends with ‘Eclectic - A Caribbean Fashion’ - the finale runway event, which takes place this evening from 7 pm, Under the Trees and Under the Stars @ John D on Wrightson Road, where all 17 final year students will debut their thesis collections to the world.