British Jamaican designer Grace Wales Bonner showed her very first collection for the Pitti Immagine Uomo at the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, a Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy. Considered the world’s premier platform for men’s clothing and...
Art is the creative expression of one’s self, and viewers got the unique opportunity to see visual artist Simone Raquel Williams live and in painting action at a recently staged Di Lot event. “Di Lot live painting event was nerve-racking, to say...
Last Sunday’s Made in JamRoc concert to mark the 50th birthday of dancehall icon and Digicel ambassador, Bounty Killer, rocked, despite the (unbilled) rain and strong winds which put in an appearance and delayed the party. But it was still ‘bare...
GATFFEST is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and the film festival has grown into one of the most significant and anticipated events on the film calendar, attracting submissions globally and a wide range of attendees. The annual festival...
Secretly, Shanique Bethune had always wanted to settle down with a drummer. A creative artist and dancer, she was always dancing to the beat of her own drum when it came on to love, but little did she know that there was a rhythm in the making that...
“I’m coming to Jamaica, mon,” Debbie Allen told Lifestyle before arriving on our shores. The world-renowned dancer, actress and choreographer led an expert master class at the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica last Friday. The event, which...
WESTERN BUREAU: Creating great rum requires the rare ability to perfectly balance art and science. The world’s first female master blender, Jamaican Dr Joy Spence, has balanced the two, literally stimulating the taste buds of rum drinkers worldwide...
Like a breath of fresh air, this villa appears out of nowhere – ventilating architecture that expresses contemporary and modernist ingredients in an emboldened display. This, my readers, is not the average dream house you have now grown accustomed...
Jetting across the pond in January to return to a red-hot career that had hit the pause button due to the pandemic, SAINT International star Romaine Dixon, signed to Models 1 in London, is ecstatic to be back in the saddle. With multi-page...
Floyd Green and Dr Kerida Brice have tied the knot. The member of parliament groom and his doctor bride said "I do" on Saturday, June 4. Kerida was dressed in a luxe off-the-shoulder gown and a bold red lip (with make-up by Sue Gregg), while her...
The aim of travel is not to escape life per se; it’s for life not to escape us. Sabriena Simpson understood this concept from early, exploring and bonding over island tours with her mother. She went on to journey outside these green shores and...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Britney Spears has married her long-time partner Sam Asghari at a Southern California ceremony that came months after the pop superstar won her freedom from a court conservatorship. Asghari's representative Brandon Cohen...
Shuttling between London and New York for major clients, SAINT International model Romaine Dixon is working overtime. He recently landed south of Italy in the island state of Malta, where he was photographed for the just-released editorial for the...
The Caribbean is so much more than sun, sand, and sea, says Dominic Christopher, co-founder of Deh Abroad Village, a New York-based organisation focused on creating a network for wealth creation and cultural awareness. “Our region is flavourful –...
Language is the unofficial ‘passport’ to one’s culture. So when Davia Hines was seeking a name that would embody what her brand stood for, she saw great value in going with Bag...
It was an evening of great conversations, fabulous food, and live entertainment for the VM Wealth Management ‘Beats on the Boardwalk’ client event held at the Jewel Grande Montego Bay. The event saw VM Wealth team members fêting business leaders...
The fourth staging of Soca Forever returned to Hope Road in Kingston on Saturday night after a more than two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Dubbed the ‘#BestFeteEver’, the pre-sold-only event saw patrons sticking to the fête fashion staples –...
An emergency medical technician and certified nursing assistant, Tamieka Simmonds took a chance when she invested in the distribution of healthcare apparel and supplies, and hasn’t looked back since. “I used to work at a medical company that sold...
There’s no telling when business will collide with pleasure. For Nini Amerlise and Joshua Nwosu, they met at the Congolese restaurant called Lil Africa in California. He was there with his old record label, and the 2017 winner of Supermodel Canada...
The exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of The Harder They Come, the Jamaican cult classic film that helped introduce reggae to a global audience, opened last Saturday at 10A West Kings House Road, the former home of co-writer and director...
Being a brand known to pop style and stir up moods, Campari set out to educate and entertain its guests at the launch of the ‘Respect The Bitter’ campaign, held at The Mystix Club on Hagley Park Road. The guests stepped out stylishly for a night...
Debbie Allen is a living legend and deserves her flowers. The dancer, actress, choreographer, director and producer has played a pivotal role in shaping the creative arts sphere for almost half a century and is showing no signs of slowing down....
Many of us grew up in post-independence Jamaica with assorted popular fragrances such as Khus Khus, Cacique, Brut by Faberge, and Old Spice. And there was also Aqua Velva, a fragrance that ran a clever ad in Spanish on the Jamaican JBC TV, urging...
Time had been kind to her over the years, but one day she came to the painful realisation that the attention and adulation that had once been received from so many had ceased. She knew then that it was time to undergo an architectural, cosmetic...
For Teika Samuda, being Jamaican means experiencing authentic adventures, infused with culture and beauty. And in so doing, she has decided to package this island’s rich history and share it with the world by creating her own tour company. The...
