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fashiona Caribbean designers get Rome ? Paris ? New York These are among the fashion meccas that attract movie stars, moguls and the mega- rich. Now, there is a new destination that's commanding attention on the world style stage: the Caribbean. In the wake of Jamaica launching its Caribbean Fashion Week in 2001, a host of islands have moved fashion to the forefront of its attractions along with sun, sea and sand. One of the most recent additions is the US Virgin Islands. VI Fashion Week, the brainchild of model, entrepreneur and co- producer Vern St Aimie- Tonge and Chief Executive Henry Marsham Jr, attracted a distinguished cadre of designers last October and previewed the region's fashion forecast for the coming year. " Caribbean fashion," defi nes Tonge, " is a fusion of culture and creativity. Similar to music it tells a story. The tale is of each individual island and its people and that of the Caribbean as a whole. Caribbean fashion is colourful and free, free to be expressive of one's self." TO FIND OUT HOW THAT TRANSLATES TO THE CLOTHES WE'LL SEEK OUT THIS YEAR, LIME MET 6 OF THE CARIBBEAN'S NOTABLE DESIGNERS… MIKE JONES DEAN BARNES A fusion of culture and creativity, Caribbean fashion is starting to make waves on the world stage. Carol Bareuther talks to six of the region's top designers 56 lime January - March 2009