Reflecting our history: incorporating traditional motifs and local materials for hand-dyeing and jewellery

For The Commonwealth Fashion Exchange 2018, designer Fashion is Payne exchanged with artisan Designs by Nadia to create a look that was inspired by the nature and culture of both countries. The look was unveiled at Buckingham Palace on February 19, 2018, and later moved to the Australian High Commission, London, where it was open to the public in the run up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit, April 2018.

Guyana-born, Saint Lucia-living, Nadia Jabour combines silver and gold with pieces of nature for her Designs by Nadia jewellery collections. Seeds, wood, sea glass, stones and in fact any natural material placed in Nadia’s skilled hands will be elevated into a precious, miniature work of art. Ensuring that the raw materials she works with come from Guyana and across the Caribbean region, her designs spread a little Caribbean magic throughout the world.