December 12, 2023
BVI Fashion Designer, Kristin Frazer recently pulled off one of her biggest Fashion Shows to date on Sunday December 3 at an iconic location – the round-a-bout in Road Town.
Frazer, along with two of her mentees Akeem Stanley and J’Quelah Callwood featured pieces from their individual collections. Stanley and Callwood presented a 5-piece collection to introduce their design aesthetic to the community while Frazer showcased a 50-piece collection that spoke to swimwear, resortwear, costume and avant garde designs.
The event was presented to an audience that sat around the round-a-bout with models of diverse backgrounds in ethnicity, career and age. “It was important for me to represent my pieces in the most diverse way, and what better way than to have a 50-piece collection with 50 models of all ages, genders and backgrounds. My oldest model was Mr. Bob Christopher(husband to the late Delores Christopher), and I had varying people from within the community of various career backgrounds like Lawyers, Doctors, Principals, Private sector workers, entrepreneurs and more. This truly was an inclusive show and I’m happy with the end result”, says Kristin.
The backdrop of the event stemmed from the brand celebrating 15 years in business, and creatively, Kristin chose to make a bold move by challenging herself to express her creativity through BVI Culture, recycled items, out of the box concepts and costumes that reflect and depict various scenes and things around the BVI. “ My designs ranged from the froth that the sea creates once washed up on shore to our old school brick oven to the use of our Scrap or Shag rug concept. It was also important to recycle and one of my favorite pieces includes the Fringe Dress also known as the “hang-tag” dress because it was all hang-tags that I kept from customers that have purchased from me over the years and I turned these tags into a dress that has the familiarity of a fringe dress….simple but pretty cool”, says Kristin.
Celebrities Michelle Williams and Yvette Noel-Schure wore custom looks from Trèfle for the runway and both guests have expressed love for the British Virgin Islands and its creatives whom they will continue to support in the near future. “I did my job in giving a voice and space to some of our creatives in the BVI through the show and our private panel discussion prior to the event so Michelle and Yvette truly made an impact here and this is just the beginning for what the future of the creatives look like within the territory. This not for profit event was for the future creatives of the BVI”, says Kristin
Wrapping up the show was the final event and afterparty held at Little Thatch where guests enjoyed food by two local Chefs(Chef Brentfield Lettsome and Ruth Gabriel of Mill Round Farms). The #roadtothe15th successfully completed a year of storytelling, product launches, culture and heritage fusion and a grand event to commemorate the future of Fashion and Creatives in the BVI.
