From the hardcore to the high end - fashion from the streets of Kingston, Jamaica.
Every Friday in our column “Style Selec’tings” Kingstonstyle’s Fashion Editor, E. Hansen-McKnight, scours the web to give you the week’s best in clothing and accessories from web-savvy Jamaican stores and designers. There is tons of colour and charm on this week’s Style Selec’tings thanks to the continuous influx of new styles from your local retailers. I compiled… Read more »
“Africa is just a special place and there is so much need and want and poverty and through all that, through everything that is just desolate about it, is this incredible magic.” Trinidadian songstress, Sezi (pronounced Sez-i) speaks with a contagious ramble and when she describes her recent four month teaching stint in the West… Read more »
This week’s edition of “Dancin’ Digs” is a mish-mash of dancehall, hip-hop, electronic music and R&B. We had a heavy influx of visually intriguing music videos this week and a catchy new track from Jillionaire’s new label Feel Up Records. So sit back and enjoy the sounds and sights from the songs we sourced straight… Read more »
‘Tis the season to jump and we jumped on making a Bacchanal inspired mood board this week. We had a lot of fun creating a stylish look in shades of red, gold and blue using a gorgeous bandage-style Hervé Léger one-piece as the focal point. We also provided some more affordable options from Ebay, because as hot as this… Read more »
Get in the know! Every week we bring you the Weekly Style, giving you the latest in fashion and style news from around the globe and from style savvy Jamaicans at home and abroad. This week on Weekly Style: – Scottish Fashion Designer Jonathan Saunders has had his design fingers entrenched in local culture as… Read more »
Let’s be honest here, Fall and Winter fashion doesn’t particularly appeal to us Caribbean fashion peeps. While we love to look at the sweater trends and creative layering, the diverse variety of stockings and the clever beenie embroidery, there’s not a lot of opportunity for us to exercise our own chilly weather style enthusiasm. Not… Read more »
It’s no mystery why Instagram has become a huge part of our social media lifestyle (follow us at @kingstonstyle and we’ll hit you back). Afterall, we are a website that takes pride in showing the best in Jamaica’s street fashion through photography. As you could imagine we also have our own fascination with following Jamaica’s… Read more »
This week’s edition of “Dancin’ Digs” is a mish-mash of reggae, hip -hop, electronic music and R&B. Each track contains a smoothness, a unique voice and sound that pushes the limits of their genre or may solidify their importance within a genre. So sit back and enjoy the sounds and sights from the songs we… Read more »
Today on On the Mood Board, resident Kingstonstyle stylist Island Eclectic shares her summer wish list of sandals and slip ons with us. As spring and summer draw nearer, our beach days are getting more frequent. Island Eclectic’s picks will keep you comfortable all day long as well as stylish both on the beach and off… Read more »
Get in the know! Every week we bring you the Weekly Style, giving you the latest in fashion and style news from around the globe and from style savvy Jamaicans at home and abroad. This week on Weekly Style: – The talented R&B songstress Jhene Aiko graces the cover of Complex Magazine this month in… Read more »
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