A male model in a Kenneth Edgar design.

Pulse business associate in the French Caribbean, Strategies Caraibes, headed by the Teddy Isimat-Mirin, will lead a 12 member delegation, consisting of press, government officials and fashion industry interests, to the seventh annual renewal of Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW).

CFW started yesterday and will run to June 10 at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston.

Mirin has been very active in cultural and business development between the English and French-speaking Caribbean and his company's partnership with Pulse, has led to collaborations which are increasingly bearing fruit.

This latest initiative with CFW, will enhance awareness of the Caribbean fashion industry in Guadeloupe and Martinique as well as greater participation and collaboration by designers and business interests on both the English and French sides.

Delegation from Guadeloupe

Members of the group include a delegation from the general legal council of Guadeloupe, who are aiming to gain political support for Caribbean Fashionweek 2008.

In sustaining its collaboration with Pulse, television products, model development through the Caribbean Model Search and the Pulse Model Agency, consultancies and fashion-related events, are on in earnest in those islands.

Despite their natural affiliation with France, widely considered by many as the home of style, the French Caribbean is looking to the English speaking Caribbean as natural partners for development. This is their latest foray and Pulse welcomes them warmly to Jamaica.

Left: With attitude a model shows off a Jay Wilson design at Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW).   Right: A model shows off one of Biggy's Collection. - File photos