16
www.shecaribbean.com
Oscar de la Renta ClaudiaArce
Belkola
Jose Jhan Jenny Polanco
Moises Quesada
ashion show production in the Caribbean has never been as vibrant as it is today. In the last six years the Caribbean calendar has been reconstructed by a sizable crop of Fashion Week events that stimulate activity, facilitate creative exchange and attract tourism dollars. In only its fifth year, Dominicana MODA is among the top tier of fashion week events in the region. The Dominicana MODA production team, Fidel Lopez, Mirka Morales and Socrates McKinney, has attracted illustrious designers to its showcase two years in a row. While star power adds prestige and interest to Fashion Week, the fifty emerging and established designers featured in Dominicana MODA ’10 are abundantly talented in their own right. References to the heritage of the designers who hailed from South and Central America, and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, were emphasized in designer bios but seldom in the foreground of the bodacious, edgy and sensual ready-to-wear collections. Among designers on show: Carlos De Moyo, Juan Cotes, Jose Jhan, Damaris Rubio, Marielena Chotin and Belko, Jacqueline Then, GutierrezMarcano, Jorge Luis Gutierrez, Magaly Tiburcio and Jusef Sanchez, Oscar de la Renta
Carlos de Moya
Text and photos by Sean Drakes
JuanCotes
RUNWAY REPORT
DOMINICANA MODA ’10 F
Jose Jhan
Angie Polanco
LeonelLirio
fashion
www.shecaribbean.com
17
18 www.shecaribbean.com www.shecaribbean.com
19
Jenny Polanco
Belkola
Moises Quesada
Rogelio Velasco
Magaly Tiburcio
Jusef Sanchez
Carlos de Moya
Jeannette Limas
SDGO
Carlos de Moya
Gutierrez Marcano
Oscar de la Renta
OscardelaRenta
Carlos de Moya
Juan Cotes
Tatiana Torres
Jeannette Limas
20 www.shecaribbean.com www.shecaribbean.com
21
Gutierrez Marcano
Oscar de la Renta
Jusef Sanchez
Claudia Arce
TatianaTorres
Larissa Salcedo
Gutierrez Marcano
Moises Quesada
Belkola
Belkola
SDGO
Belkola
Jose Jhan
Leonel Lirio