-turns heads at every turn

Models of GFW video shoot: From left ar: Melessa Payne,Vivian Dash, Yolanda Kerr, Samantha Cox, and Analeah Jones

GUYANA Fashion Weekend (GFW) took a somewhat different slant this year as the GFW committee, with models and camera crew in tow, took to the streets of Georgetown, causing quite a stir in the process.

The centre of distraction was Melessa Payne going through her paces, running up and down the steps at the historical St. George’s Cathedral Church, which caused a group of tourists to stop and enquire what in blue blazes was going on.

This only served to galvanize Melessa further, as she promptly hopped onto a donkey cart, that very traditional and ingenious mode of transport, and was carried through the streets of the city, much to the amazement and amusement of passers-by, who gathered in groups to watch the spectacle as it unfolded before their very eyes.

With the historic Stabroek Market as backdrop at one point, Melessa, otherwise known as ‘The Face of GFW’, sashayed her way through the vegetables section of the market to loud applause, approval and cooperation from vendors and shoppers alike.

The shoot began at around sunrise at the Georgetown Seawall, using the popular Celina’s Atlantic Resort as backdrop for two of the group’s stable of male models, namely Orlando Henry and Antonio Beckles.

Shooting was also done at the home of GFW 2009, the PRINCESS Hotel Guyana International, the lobby of which was set ablaze by Guyana Model Search models Yolanda Kerr, Samantha Cox and Analeah Jones in Olympia Small-Sonoram’s creations, as Michael Younge, last year GMS winner, who was bedecked in a Mariska’s Design creation, became the conversation piece of guests of the hotel.

The jewellery of De Abreu’s Creations were best carried off by the vivacious Vivian Dash.