Port-of-Spain: Thursday, January 22, 2026: This Carnival season, Carnival Is Fashion makes a powerful return to the iconic Queen’s Park Savannah Stage, redefining how audiences experience Carnival and expanding the creative possibilities of one of the Caribbean’s most celebrated performance spaces.
Traditionally reserved for masqueraders, pan players and Soca artistes, the Savannah Stage now opens its arms to fashion in a groundbreaking showcase that invites the public to engage with Carnival in an entirely new way.
Carnival Is Fashion 2 transforms the stage into an immersive fashion experience rooted in the energy, confidence and spectacle that define the Carnival season.
Conceptualised and creatively directed by Richard Young, Carnival Is Fashion 2 positions fashion as a central pillar of Carnival culture, using the festival’s natural exhibitionism to introduce the world to a distinctive Caribbean style born in Trinidad and Tobago.
The showcase features 12 designers alongside Soca artistes, traditional Carnival characters and pulsating music, with iconic Carnival figures reimagined as living mascots of style, proving that mas, music and fashion belong together on this formidable stage.
“Getting fashion onto the Carnival stage gives our creative excellence legitimacy,” said Young.
“It affirms that our designers are world-class, that supporting local fashion is both a cultural and global statement, and that we possess an inimitable talent for manifesting a head-of-the-class version of our shared Caribbean style sensibility.”
For the National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago (NCC), hosting Carnival Is Fashion 2 reflects its commitment to showcasing all dimensions of Carnival creativity.
“Carnival is not one thing but many expressions coming together in one powerful season. By hosting Carnival Is Fashion 2, we reaffirm our commitment to celebrating all aspects of Carnival under our 2026 theme, ‘Yuh Go Love Dis’,” said Keiba Jacob Mottley, Chief Executive Officer of the NCC.
“This showcase reflects the boldness, innovation and creative confidence of Trinidad and Tobago, and we are proud to provide a stage where fashion stands alongside mas, music and movement as a core expression of our cultural identity,” Jacob Mottley added.
Event Details:
Carnival Is Fashion 2 takes place on: Sunday, January 25, at 5:00 p.m.
Designers include: The Cloth, Zadd & Eastman, Dianne Hunt / Tennessee Ramnarinesingh, DAWW Creations, Indigenous Philosophy by Dominique La Roche, SGP Resort, SM Warner…Art with Attitude, Yesa Designs, Mark Eastman, Elizabeth Lucas, Lost Tribe, and special guest designer April Walker.
Performances include Soca’s royalty Nailah Blackman, Patrice Roberts, Nadia Batson, and music by DJ Ana.
Carnival Is Fashion 2 is more than a fashion show—it is Carnival storytelling through style. It is a bold declaration that Trinidad and Tobago is ready to present its fashion identity to the world, from one of the most iconic stages in Caribbean culture.
