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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.