Ambassador Extraordinaire and Plenipotentiary Jerry Narace attended, alongside members of the business and energy sectors, the Trinidad and Tobago Magnificent 7 delegates, past Miss T&T winner Danielle Jones, as well as local entertainers Brother Resistance and Kees Dieffenthaller of Imij and Co. and members of the print and electronic media. MC for the evening was Ebony 104fm presenter Adrien Don Mora.
Guests were escorted up a red-carpeted stairway, embossed with the Ocean Style logo, to the restaurant’s upper level where upon entrance.
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A high-tech video presentation gave some insight into the hard work and energy that went into creating the magazine, which promises to bring fashion, entertainment, and all that is good about life to print.
A number of local fashion designers, including Peter Elias, Meiling, Claudia Pegus, and Heather Jones were on hand to pay tribute to internationally renowned Photographer and Creative Director of Ocean Style Magazine, Calvin French, whose work is prominently featured in the premier issue of the magazine. However, the highlight of the evening was undoubtedly the unveiling of the magazine. A human mannequin smeared in silver body paint seductively poised displaying a copy of the magazine was also a highlight of the night. This display spoke to the sensuality and creativity of this new magazine.
Invited guests received their own copy of the magazine as well as a host of other gifts from the beautiful Ocean Style girls, with Events Specialist Limited Managing Director, Michelle Khan at the forefront, coordinating the event.
Ocean Style magazine is a quarterly publication of Blue Wolf Interactive and will hit retail outlets in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday 20 August. It is slated to be in stores in New York and Miami by mid-September. It will also be available from Blue Wolf Interactive, 7 Alcazar Street, St. Clair and on-line at www.oceanstylemagazine.com.
The premier issue is just a peek of things to come comprising 164 full colour pages featuring editorials from a host of local, regional and international writers on fashion, lifestyle, beauty and health, entertainment and energy. The magazine also takes a look at the work of various fashion designers from around the region through the lens of chief photographer, Calvin French and a slew of other professional photographers.
Profiles were done on US actor, Dorien Wilson; of the Parkers fame; Hollywood actress, Gabrielle Union and MTV VJ Ananda Lewis, who joined local and regional cricketing greats, Brian Lara, Ian Bishop and Desmond Haynes, in Tobago in February for the inaugural Charity Golf Classic at the Tobago Plantations. And of course what would a magazine from Trinidad and Tobago be without a feature on the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. Readers will delight in the glamorous, vivid and captivating sights of the two days of revelry captured in a full colour photo editorial.
While lifestyle and entertainment is at the forefront of Ocean Style focus, the first issue takes a broad look at another, more dominant sector of Trinidad and Tobago, which is the energy industry. In a full-length editorial, entitled “The Energy Tiger,” readers will gain a deeper appreciation of the tremendous development and robust future of this vibrant segment of the country’s economy, which provided approximately 75 percent of the natural gas imports to the United States last year.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, the Honourable Patrick Manning and his contribution to energy development in the country is also a highlight of this section.
In full, the premier issue of Ocean Style Magazine has captured all that is life in the Caribbean.
Get your copy available at newsstands island wide today or call Blue Wolf Interactive at 623-0964.
