Na ta'ua o se tasi o le au faufau e to'afitu e matamata i le New York Fashion Week i lenei tausaga e le mekasini a Elle, na fa'ailoa mai e le fa'ailoga Fe Noel lana fa'aputuga fou i le New York's Spring Studios Gallery i le Aso Lulu na te'a nei. O le Amapasa Grenadian ma le Sui Tumau i Malo Aufaatasi, Keisha McGuire, tagata faasalalau lauiloa, Yvette Noel- Shure, Ofisa Sili o Pulega o le Grenada Tourism Authority, Patricia Maher, US Director of Sales, Christine Noel-Horsford, Sales Executive, Zachary Samuel, ma Pule Sili i Silversands Grenada, Narelle McDougall, sa nofo i luma ma luga o lima e tuuina atu le lagolago i lenei afafine o le eleele.

Na faamamafa e le Amapasa McGuire, "le taua o le lagolagoina o tagata Grenadians i le tulai mai o tulaga faavaomalo a o latou fesoasoani e faasusulu atu se malamalama i le atunuu e faalauiloa ai le tolu-motu malo o grenada, Carriacou ma Petite Martinique ma faʻamalosia le manuia o le atunuʻu. O se taleni maoaʻe e pei o le Fe, o lana galuega e faʻaalia ai le lotonuu ma faʻaaloalo i le Motu o Spice, o se mea moni lava na musuia ai tatou uma. ”

"Matou te matua mitamita lava ia Fe, e le gata i lana malaga maoaʻe ina ia amanaʻia o ia o se tasi o alamanuia taʻutaʻua atamamai ae mo lana faʻaaliga maoaʻe o le aganuu a Grenada, ituaiga olaga ma le sogasoga e ala i ana mamanu," na taʻua e Maher. "O lo matou faamoemoe o talavou tisaini i Grenada o le a musuia e Fe ma sili atu ona faʻaosofia e sili i luga o se tulaga faavaomalo."

I se fale tumu o tagata faʻafiafia, tagata faʻafiafiaina ma faʻatosina mai alamanuia, na amata le aoina i se ata vitio e lua ma le afa-minute e faʻaalia ai ni ata mataina o le aganuʻu a Grenada, o Jab Jab, o tagata e savavali ma sisiva i auala o loʻo ofuina. o se ulu ulu ua ufiufi i le suauʻu uliuli ma le faʻataʻitaʻiga e lona tinamatua Grenadian o faʻamatalaina le faigamalaga o le "Afafine o le Eleele." Mai iila ma laupepa nutmeg lolomitusi, ode ia Grenada ua avea o se tasi o le lalolagi sili gaosia o le mea manogi, i le matagofie tafe silhouettes i ituaiga mamanu ma paolo o mumu, samasama ma lanumeamata – o lanu o le fuʻa a le malo o Grenada, o le eletise eletise aoina mauaina o se faʻatasiga tumau mai ia i latou na auai. Fe Noel (fanau Felisha Noel) o se Brooklyn-faʻavae fafine tamaʻitaʻi tisaini faʻanaunauga mo femalagaaʻiga, o se fiafia i olaila lanu, ma se tagata naunau mo lolomitusi lolomi. Na ia ulufale i le alamanuia i le 19, tatalaina se piliki ma sima faleoloa mo vateatea tagata fiafia ma trendetters i Brooklyn. Talu mai lena taimi o ana tisaini sa ofuina e le fiafia o Michelle Obama ma Beyoncé ma o lenei aoina lagolagoina e Estée Lauder. Fe e tele lona aafiaga i lona tupuaga Grenadian ma le toʻatele, aiga vavalalata vavalalata. I se faʻaopopoga i le mamanuina, e fiafia tele o ia e fesoasoani i isi tamaʻitaʻi talavou amata a latou lava pisinisi, lea na mafai ona ia faʻataunuuina e ala i le Fe Noel Foundation, o se polokalama mo teineiti talavou o loʻo naunau i pisinisi.

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To a packed house of fans, well-wishers and industry influencers, the collection began with a two-and-a-half-minute video presentation featuring striking images of Grenada's cultural character, Jab Jab, people who walk and dance through the streets wearing a horned headpiece covered in black oil and a prologue by her Grenadian grandmother outlining the journey of the “Daughter of the Soil.
” From sleek and draped nutmeg prints, an ode to Grenada being considered one of the world's top producers of the spice, to elegantly flowing silhouettes in various patterns and shades of red, yellow and green–the colors of Grenada's national flag, the eclectic collection received a standing ovation from those in attendance.
Ambassador McGuire emphasized,“the importance of supporting Grenadians on the rise in the international arena as they help shine a light on the country to promote the tri-island nation of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique and fuel the nation's continued success.