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Jamaica Fashion Guild Ltd: Designing Paradise

Start Date
23 February 2025
End Date
02 March 2025
Venue
Madsen Sylvester Studio
Location
Ramsgate, Kent
Curator
Elli Michaela Young

Exhibition 5: Jamaica Fashion Guild Ltd: Designing Paradise

Curator: Elli Michaela Young

Date: 23rd February – 2nd March 2025

‘A wise suggestion to the first-time lady visitor is to pack a half filled suitcase, only the barest essentials. She’ll want to take home a variety of sun dresses and original evening gowns styled by the island’s classic designers’ (Brady, 1968)
Jamaica Fashion Guild Ltd: Designing Paradise was curated by academic and creative practitioner Dr Elli Michaela Young. This exhibition showcased the output of designers in the Jamaica Fashion Guild Ltd (JFG) in the context of packing for a Caribbean holiday, and was the first time this rare and unique collection of garments had been publicly exhibited.

Click through for more information on this exhibition and Dr Young’s broader research of Jamaican fashion and textiles from 1950 to 1970. 

Images Courtesy of Madsen Sylvester Studio.