Four J’can ladies who conquered trend in 2025 | Lifestyle

Four fascinating Jamaican ladies. One magnificent yr of achievements.

As Sunday Lifestyle appears again on the yr that was, worldwide designers Rachel Scott and Grace Wales Bonner, avant-garde costume and manufacturing designer Anna-Lisa Guthrie, and SAINT International mannequin Dru Campbell shone brightest in our trend constellation.

Campion College grad Scott was a significant participant within the world trend dialog final yr.

The Diotima founder and inventive director began 2025 because the Womenswear Designer of the Year winner of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards from the earlier November. She was nominated once more final yr, however Ralph Lauren was given the nod.

September introduced newsmaking moments for Scott, who learn for a level in artwork and philosophy at Colgate University and graduated from the Istituto Marangoni Milano trend college in 2007.

She was introduced because the newly put in artistic director of iconic American womenswear label Proenza Schouler, and in addition staged her first runway present for Diotima at New York Fashion Week to a lot acclaim from trend critics.

“My debut collection [for Proenza Schouler] will be in February. Diotima is a very personal brand, rooted in my Jamaican heritage. It is very sensual and rebellious. Proenza Schouler has incredibly strong brand codes that I will evolve but will always be rooted in a polished, elevated point of view and a precision of execution,” Scott remarked throughout an interview final yr.

Also making waves was British-Jamaican designer Grace Wales Bonner, who was named the brand new artistic director of Hermès Menswear, taking on from Véronique Nichanian, the creative director of Hermès Menswear for the final 37 years. The appointment of Wales Bonner, a co-chair of the 2025 Met Gala, noticed the designer manifest the dream job she instructed System Magazine in 2019 that she might see herself in.

“It is a dream realised to embark on this new chapter, following in the lineage of inspired craftspeople and designers,” Bonner, who based her well-regarded eponymous label 11 years in the past after graduating from London’s Central Saint Martins College of Art, mentioned in an official assertion. She will current her first assortment for the home in January 2027, persevering with to Wales Bonner alongside her new function.

Checking in on a FaceTime name from Paris, SAINT’s Campbell — who, together with Guthrie, individually copped The Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence in Arts and Culture — ruminated on her milestone-stacked yr.

“I would describe my 2025 as outstanding experiences since with every accomplishment, I learnt something new,” mirrored the mannequin star who received her company’s Female Fashion Face of the Caribbean title in 2024. “Whether it was co-fronting a major campaign for Dior or making Models.com Top 50, last year was really fun and had so many great opportunities for me.”

She was proud to be Model No. 1 within the Off-White Spring/Summer 2026 present at New York Fashion Week final September. It was her debut within the North American metropolis’ seasonal trend cycle. “[That] show meant a lot to me since it was my first time opening a show. It was also an amazing experience working with the genius team of IB Kamara and stylist Nell Kalonji.”

For 2026, the fast-rising trend star, who was between the pages of the December version of American Vogue and within the Autumn/Winter advert marketing campaign for Alexander McQueen, mentioned her to-do checklist will naturally embody stomping the Fashion Week runways in New York, Milan, and Paris. “On the personal side, I would like to do more studying and learning about the fashion business. Also, I would like to do a few major campaigns this year as well.”

Meanwhile, eyes had been peeled on social media and speak, most beneficial, as Guthrie introduced her wildly creative trend creations to life.

From cleaning soap bars to phonebooks, automotive elements to cardboard, rope to paper towels, the designing artistic who saved her 107,000 followers transfixed yearlong, gave contemporary that means to Madonna’s Material Girl.

Speaking with Sunday Lifestyle, Guthrie described the yr 2025 as “a blessing”. “I’d describe it as a testament to what can happen if you continue to persevere and tackle your goals despite doubt or circumstance,” she shared.

Asked what three profession moments meant essentially the most to her in 2025, she lists three main milestones.

“Winning the Prime Minister’s Youth Award for Excellence in Arts and Culture. It’s something I’ve wanted for quite some time and something I talked myself out of for many years, so receiving it in this time was very special,” mentioned Guthrie, including designing for Trinidad and Tobago Carnival below SPIRIT Mas and her appointment as Yard Mas artistic director to the checklist.

Appointed to the Yard Mas function in October, she oversaw the band’s Galleria unveiling in December. As 2026 will get began, prime of her private {and professional} to-do checklist is a straightforward motion: “More.”

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