DOMINCANA MODA

Patwa Apparel is among seven Caribbean designers to showcase on the upcoming Dominicana Moda (DM2013) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 21-26, 2013. This is made possible by Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA), the regional export development and trade and investment promotion organisation of the Forum of Caribbean States (CARIFORUM).

The seven fashion design firms are: ILashan Apparel & Handmade Jewelry from The Bahamas; the Andrew Harris Collection of Barbados; Odanis Valdez Polonia from the Dominican Republic; MARSAE of Guyana; Mag Art from Haiti; Patwa Apparel Ltd from Jamaica and MEILING Inc. from Trinidad and Tobago.

The selection panel included the Artistic Director of Salon de la Fama SRL; Mr. Socrates Mckinney, the Deputy Director of Escuela Chavon (affiliated with Parsons School of Design),   Mr. Adolfo Lucero and Mrs. Ileana Tejada from Caribbean Export.  The team reviewed 27 applications from across the region and scored them based on criteria such as completeness of application, availability of collections that will be showcased, experience and potentiality to export their talent in an international level.

In the past 8 years, Dominicana Moda has grown to be the official Fashion Week of the Dominican Republic thus the most important platform for the Fashion Industry. Throughout its history it has certainly become the fastest growing runway show in the Latin American region.

For more information visit Patwa Apparel at Shop # 12 Devon House, 26 Hope Road, Kingston 10.