Usastylishtees - Sundays Are For The Lions Shirt

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Almost a year has passed since RussiaInvaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, giving rise to a conflict that has destabilized the lives of millions and led to excruciating hardship as Ukrainian civilians work whether at home or abroad to keep their families safe and livelihoodsIntact. For the fashion worldIn Ukraine a diverse and highly skilledIndustry with specialismsIn luxury, bridal and outerwearIt has been a time of recalibration, rehabilitation and resistance, as brands have been forced to adapt and pivot amidstIncredible hardship. Blackouts scupper clothing production, power cuts prevent communication and creatives reel at the decimation of their country’s cultural touchstones and landmarks.

But even amidst the pain and uncertainty, strength shines through. “Inside we are all stronger than before,” says Yana Olenich, founder of the eponymous womenswear label Olenich. “Unity and resistanceIsIn our blood.”Ayear on, five designers reveal what their personal and professional realities look like now. Masqueraders wearing carnival costumes with wings and crowns jumped up behind sound trucks large mobile stages outfitted with speakers, DJ equipment, and steel pans that crawled through Port of Spain on Tuesday morning.At Victoria Square, members of the Lost Tribe carnival band fastened on backpacks made of drapery, gigantic clusters of butterflies, and capes. Sweet soca and calypso boomed throughout the capital city. “If you hear any noiseIn the background, they’re music trucks on theAvenue. Welcome to carnival,” says ValmikI'maharaj, the

creative director and bandleader of the Lost Tribe. Maharaj says he’s everything from “head cook” to “bottle washer” he’s a designer, editor, strategist, and visionary.

Revelers who join the band put their own spin on the theme and construct their own costumes.Mawasi Charles/Scene Productions Ltd Trinidad and Tobago’s carnivalIs the largestIn the Caribbean.Ahumble tradition blossomedInto a magnetic ritual that draws the diaspora home, and costumingIs at the root of the spectacle. “We’re a strange mix of costuming, performance, entertainment, party, allIn the same thing,” says Maharaj, whoIs 37 and from Barataria, a borough 20 minutes east of Port of Spain.The Lost TribeIs a young carnival troupe that put onIts first road march seven years ago. Since the beginning, the costumes departed from the feather and headdress bikinI'mas (costume) most bacchanalists have seen or worn.On carnival Tuesday, the Lost Tribe pushed the boundaries of tradition yet again. The overarching theme was “202We,” represented by blue, the color of “renewal, of washing, of rebirth,” according to Maharaj. Asection called Wish, designed by Naas Mohammed, led the band. The revelers wore painter’s tape blueIridescent “road gowns” paired with beaded, baby blue bikini bottoms and tropical print head wraps. The Wish frontline wore four foot tall green bamboo like poles that juttedInto the air and were draped with coordinating printed fabric; they looked like sarongs blowingIn the wind. The men wore a black netted jacket with blue sequin fringe with mesh joggers.

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