Caribbean Fashion Week: Things Are Moving Along -- Slowly

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Caribbean Fashion Week 2008 I love this plane!

Triple-Yay! First, we did eventually venture out to the Opening Night Gala at the Pulse (the company that put together CFW) headquarters around 10. And today I nabbed a cable for the camera so I got some pictures to show y'alls. Last but not least, they changed my room for me so now I'm overlooking the palm trees and the pool. The party last night was fun with all the trimmings provided by an endless number of corporate sponsors and local foods. I loved the DJ because he played a lot of my fave jams like "Freak Like Me" by Adina Howard, "Facinated" by Company B and "Sensual Seduction" by Snoop. I was in my element and I really enjoyed the people I met and was hanging out with. One of them is this awesome lady Vivien Goldman who turns about to be an old friend of Kim and David's (she says hello!) from the SoHo News days and an expert/writer on the Jamaican music scene. She's also a sometime professor of Punk and Reggae at NYU.

This morning I went to the press conference with a panel of dignataries, organizers and corporate representatives. It was supposed to start at 10 but the first speaker didn't go on till 10:45. I think I'm starting to get the hang of the irie time zone. Another great thing about the lax attitude is that the shows don't start till 7 in the evening. I'm thrilled to be here! Designers from all over the world will be showing their collections, including Barbados, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Nigeria, Antigua, India, Canada, Romania, the U.S., the U.K. and of course Jamaica. Next year, they're shooting for a 4000-cabin fashion cruise around the Caribbean. Sign me up! And get this, for a splash of celebrity glam, Eve will be showing her line "Fetish" on Sunday and will be walking down the catwalk herself. Fun!