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CARIBBEAN EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AGENCY - CREATE 02FASHION - FASHIONFORWARD

FASHION FORWARD Fashion is not just about pretty dresses, slick suits and outrageous creations. In fact, this often misunderstood industry encompasses communication, drives employment, boosts tourism and utilizes many of the surrounding services required to effectively run a business. More importantly there is money in fashion and lots of it.

KINGSLEY COOPER PULSE CONTRIBUTOR INDUSTRY INSIGHT - FASHION Kingsley Cooper has been at the forefront of the Caribbean’s creative industry development for 32 years and is Chairman of Pulse Investments Ltd., Chairman of Jamaica’s Entertainment Advisory Board and Chairman of the Caribbean Fashion Industry Association. An attorney at law, Cooper founded Pulse in 1980, the first fashion production, modelling, music and general entertainment company of its kind. He effected a number of innovations and firsts for Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, including Caribbean Fashion Week, the lifestyle TV programme Caribbean Fashion Weekly and the CMS Reality TV show featuring Jamaican, regional and international legs of The Caribbean Model Search.

Images from Caribbean Essence. A Fashion Showcase at The Gallery Berlin.

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