Caribbean Fashion week now June 15-21!

Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW) which celebrates 10 years next month, will now be held June 15-21, a week later than the originally scheduled June 8-14 dates.

Pulse Chairman Kingsley Cooper, indicated that the push back, though triggered by the recent upheavals in Kingston, is really due to the need to give the mass of international CFW participants and guests a chance to regain their calm, as well as their willingness to come to Kingston where the event is being held. News reports from Kingston regarding violence have spooked many overseas participants, a release from Pulse said.

With the new date, CFW retains R&B superstar Johnny Gill and a number of other celebrities and entertainers confirmed for the event. These names will be announced shortly.

This year, the Haiti Art & Fashion Project is one of the key initiatives and $1,000 from every ticket sold on Friday June 18 at CFW will go to the foundation responsible for the implementation of the Caricom endorsed project. Over the next five years a united Caribbean effort under this umbrella will help to reconstruct Haiti's creative industries and further integrate same with the wider regional industry development.

COURTESY OF THE JAMAICA OBSERVER