Sto­ry and Pho­tos by

Rishi Ra­goonath

It was a vi­brant cel­e­bra­tion of colour, cre­ativ­i­ty, and Caribbean flair at the Cre­ative Arts Cen­tre in San Fer­nan­do when fash­ion en­thu­si­asts came to­geth­er to mark Re­pub­lic Day in un­for­get­table style.

Sev­en bold and bril­liant de­sign­ers took to the run­way, daz­zling the crowd with col­lec­tions that were as unique as they were spec­tac­u­lar. The pro­duc­tion, ti­tled “Sto­ries from in de OLD House,” was the vi­sion of renowned de­sign­er and brand own­er Deron Attzs, who al­so di­rect­ed the show.

From the mo­ment guests ar­rived, they were trans­port­ed in­to a nos­tal­gic Trin­bag­on­ian set­ting, greet­ed with tra­di­tion­al drinks like mau­by, sor­rel, and lime juice. The venue had been trans­formed in­to a charm­ing old-time Trinida­di­an home, com­plete with rus­tic dé­cor and vin­tage ac­cents—per­fect­ly set­ting the scene for an evening of fash­ion and sto­ry­telling.

The run­way came alive as BholD­e­signs opened the show with her de­but col­lec­tion, earn­ing en­thu­si­as­tic cheers for her fresh per­spec­tive and bold de­signs. She was fol­lowed by the so­phis­ti­cat­ed Ar­ron Mon­eer, the dy­nam­ic Josi­ah Fash­ion House, the earthy el­e­gance of Jo­hari, the eclec­tic cre­ations of Bees Ac­ces­sories Style, the edgy flair of Buf­fa­lo Sol­dier, and fi­nal­ly, the state­ment-mak­ing pieces from DADL Cloth­ing La­bel.

But the fash­ion was on­ly part of the spec­ta­cle. So­ca star Ter­ri Lyons and per­former An­cil Val­ley kept the en­er­gy high with elec­tri­fy­ing per­for­mances, prov­ing this was more than a run­way—it was a full cul­tur­al cel­e­bra­tion.

Fash­ion met sto­ry­telling, and tra­di­tion in­ter­twined with mod­ern flair. “Sto­ries from in de OLD House” was more than a fash­ion show—it was a styl­ish jour­ney through Trin­ba­go’s past, present, and fab­u­lous­ly fash­ion­able fu­ture.