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CaribDirect.com is your one stop shop for news, views, politics, entertainment and much more from the Caribbean. Founded and managed by dedicated Caribbean nationals, CaribDirect endeavours to showcase the latest from the multicultural Caribbean Diaspora, with island and country-specific blog updates on a daily basis, as well as coverage of contemporary technology, fashion, sports and business and diplomacy.
“It was an honour being asked to contribute towards the pre-Olympic Fashion Show when I visited London during the Olympics. To have them on board this new magazine is a big plus for us,” Publisher Sonia Noel said.
“We work on the basis of forging strategic alliances with key players in certain relevant industries, such as business, entertainment, media, fashion, and education, to assist us in providing value to our global audience,” David Roberts, CEO of CaribDirect, said.
CaribDirect’s partnership with Sandal Sole in New York; CENUK (Caribbean Enterprise Network) in London; CEDA (Caribbean Export Development Agency) in Barbados; the University of the West Indies (Mona) in Jamaica; Westminster Kingsway College in London; St Kitts Music Festival in St Kitts; FabAfriq Magazine in Birmingham and Ghana; BEFFTA Awards in UK and Canada; Screen Nation Awards London, with links to all Caribbean high commissions and embassies in London, are integral to shaping a quality information product for Caribbean nationals and others around the world.
Chief Executive Officer of CaribDirect, David F. Roberts, is pleased to be associated with the launch and continued development of ‘Makin Style’. He said, “Makin Style gels perfectly with the ethos of CaribDirect.com, with both focusing on providing useful content to the global Caribbean diaspora. We both stress quality, reliability and sustainability to ensure our readers are continuously satisfied.”
Sonia’s collaboration with CaribDirect.com has been an inspiration to our fashion conscious readers, while adding an exciting dimension to our range of articles… We look forward to even more fashion content following the launch of Makin’ Style.”
The premier issue of Makin’ Style is schedule to be out in January, and will be freely distributed. A TV and Radio show will follow soon after.
‘Makin Style’ magazine’s competent team consists of people from Guyana, the region and the diaspora. These include publisher Sonia Noel; Richard Young as Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director; and Sherry-Ann Dixon an International Journalist from Guyana living in London.
Also on the team are Chester Francis, a reporter for the Gleaner newspaper in Jamaica; Laura Dowridge-Phillips, Editor of the Guardian Media Limited in Trinidad; Philippa Morish, President of Etiquette International, a Guyanese living in New York City; Donn Thompson, an international photographer who has done shoots for magazines such as GQ, Interview, The Journal, and Sister 2 Sister.
From the Bahamas, but living in New York City is Kirk Cambridge-Delpeshe, Beauty Editor and former contributor to numerous magazines, including O!, Essence, and Times, among others. From St Vincent, but living in New York City is Steven Cutting, Professor at Fashion Institute of Technology. Steven Seedo, contributor to De Ware Tijd in Suriname; Russel Lake, veteran TV and Radio Personality; and Candy Nicholas from St. Lucia.
Amongst the celebrities contributing to the magazine is David Duncan (aka H. Diggy), popular TV and radio personality in New York. A very experienced and dynamic team from base country Guyana will be lending its expertise to the magazine, and these include Actor/Director/Radio & TV Personality Russel Lancaster; Capitol News’s Gordon Moseley; Entertainment Journalist Mondale Smith; Alex Wayne, author of the Entertainment Bombshell; and Guyana Times’s Bhisham Mohamed.
The PR and Marketing Team includes CEO of the Barbados Music Awards, Lorna Neblett; Chris Collins, Sales and Marketing Administrator of the Clarins Fragrance Group in New York; Delven Adams of Guyana Networking; and designers John Quelch and Sade Richardson of the Sonia Noel Camp.
