On the Radar: Kenzo’s Spring 2014 Fashion Film References Jamaican Style

A sill frame from "Dawn on Luxor"

The effortlessly cool Kenzo label released a short film last week for their Spring/Summer 2014 collection of interchangeable separates and dresses in sea patterns, fish motifs and environmental slogans saying “No Fish.” While most likely ignorant to that term widely used in Jamaican culture, the reference is suggestive of the designer’s concerns for over fishing… Read more »

Kingstonstyle TV: Denyque Talks WETswim

Denyque in her bandeau top two-piece.

Kingstonstyle has been a long time fashion follower of the always stylish Denyque (she’s been snapped on the site nuff times). In addition to having a budding music career, Denyque has also recently ventured into the fashion world with her debut swimwear line, WETswim. Kingstonstyle Contributor Monique Robb sat down with the songstress at her home– next… Read more »

Champion Bubbla: Shabba Ranks’ Mr. Loverman in a Suave Suit and Sunnies

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Vintage style weighs heavy on our minds when we look at contemporary trends. Especially throwbacks from dancehall and reggae greats, like Shabba’s gold rings, Patra’s long braids, Super Cat’s hat game and Carlene the Dancehall Queen’s… everything. These are some of the markers in Jamaica’s style history that will never fade. In our column, Champion Bubbla,… Read more »

Champion Bubbla: Super Cat’s “Ghetto Red Hot” Hat Style and Jacket Game

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Vintage style weighs heavy on our minds when we look at contemporary trends. Especially throwbacks from dancehall and reggae greats, like Shabba’s gold rings, Patra’s long braids, Super Cat’s hat game and Carlene the Dancehall Queen’s…everything. These are the elements of Jamaican style that never die. In our newest column Champion Bubbla we celebrate the… Read more »

Style from Music in Major Lazer Video

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Over the weekend we saw the release of Major Lazer’s newest video directed by Jamaican director Jay Will. The music video gave us a stylish snapshot of Kingston in 1993 from the well renowned Jamaican designer Earl “Biggy” Turner, the same designer who gave us Shabba Ranks’ beloved Mr Loverman outfit. Biggy created the outfits… Read more »

Kingstonstyle Video, “Daydream in Style”

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Recently we launched our new site design with the intention of bringing you something fresher and easier to navigate. A site that looks like a style site should. Now that we’e got the ball rolling we’re looking forward to bringing you newer, more interactive content. Once of the funnest new projects we developed to fit… Read more »