January - March 2009 lime 61 Last year, Sonia Noel's collection featured black and white. It's timeless. This year, it's animal prints. Tiger and leopard, in dresses, shoes and bags DONN THOMPSON OF DRACINC

FASHION 6 Natasha Chasseau SMART SWIMWEAR " In the Caribbean we all want to be the best dressed individual at whatever function we grace with our presence," says Natasha Chasseau, a swimwear designer born in Dominica who now calls Anguilla home. " Not necessarily in the straight- off- the- runway kind of way, but quietly so. We want to look stylish, sexy and classy yet understated, feminine and a little fl irty but polished." Chasseau puts this perspective into practice with her one-piece swimsuits for women with off- centre or no- centre designs and matching wraps. She launched her line in 2007. " The trick to looking good and standing out is not simply wearing the best outfi t, although it's a start," she says. " Real style is how you wear those pieces, the way you make that look your own. It's the little twists on the trends that makes the difference, that create individuality and separate you from the fashion pack." ALL IMAGES: DEAN BARNES 62 lime January - March 2009 We all want to be the best dressed at whatever function we go to... we want to look stylish, sexy and classy yet understated, feminine and a little fl irty but polished