Fashion Design From Around The World

Photo by Adrianne Bonafede

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The featured Wednesday-night designers, each a winner of UNESCO’s Islands of the World Fashion Week 2009, came from exotic locales — including Bali and Madagascar — to show their worldly wares. And they didn’t disappoint.
 
Eric Raisina of Madagascar created fashions from hand-woven and hand-dyed natural silks and cottons. Nadya of Indonesia showed fashions by Bali artisans. Designer K-Bobby of Jamaica featured his evening fashions. Harl Taylor Handbags of the Bahamas exhibited men’s and women’s hand-woven handbags with embellishments of Swarovski crystal, bone, and wood.
 
The evening also premiered V&G accessories and belts — all hand-painted, embellished with semiprecious stones and mixed media, and made with natural fibers. Messages of empowerment are painted inside the belts.

Participating Designer Photo Galleries:

• V&G Accessories
• Nadya (Bali, Indonesia)
• K-Bobby (Jamaica)
• Eric Raisina (Madagascar)
• Harl Taylor (The Bahamas)

Fashion Design From Around The World Video

• Fashion Design From Around The World Backstage Photo Gallery

• Fashion Design From Around The World Social Scene Photo Gallery

• Fashion Design From Around The World After Party Photo Gallery