As a carnival costume designer, Bonnie Lee prides herself on putting her best looks forward. She is also an entrepreneur who recently launched the Mile High Club, an exclusive party experience that will have you floating above the clouds. Today, Living takes a journey into her closet to find out just how she stays ahead of the curve in the fashion department.
“Fashion is a way of expressing yourself. It’s a way of being different; of talking out loud without uttering a single word. I am a huge creative so fashion is an expression of who I am.
And I am big on being different, especially as a woman with my body type. Most of my outfits are customised and tailored to my taste.” At a young age, Lee entered the Mini Miss Jamaica competition at eight years old.
There, she won the prize for the most groomed. “I’ve always had a unique sense of style,” she said, recounting that she wore this big beautiful sequined ball gown, which swept the floor, complemented by a bow in her hair. She credits her mother for her diverse influence.
“My mom would always put me in different types of outfits; not usually things you would see others wearing. She always had a seamstress on deck,” Lee said, a practice she has carried into her adult years. In the public’s eye, she officially became a fashionista back in 2014, when she became a carnival costume designer.
Known for bringing a distinctly unique twist to costume couture, she appreciated the compliments received from those in the.