SAINT International head honcho Deiwght Peters is promising high-octane glamour and celebrity guest models at this Saturday’s staging of Touch of France’s (TOF) designer collections. “We are raring to go with five absolutely fantastic designers representing France and Jamaica,” Peters told Living during a break from directing runway rehearsals at the AC Kingston Hotel, the repeat venue for the biennial Touch of France, last held in November 2022 at the Lady Musgrave Road-located property. “The French collection will be presented by Elliete LeSuperbe from Martinique, and we have a powerful contingent of Jamaican designers, including SAINT model-turned-in-demand designer Kadian Nicely.
There are also newcomers to the SAINT roster of designers, Orlando Sylvister Samuels, and Mantel, a British-Jamaican who recently returned home to expand her fashion business,” he divulged. Womenswear designer Tamia Carey fills the remaining slot of local clothiers on the show’s line-up. Her fashion segment is set to send renowned names sashaying the catwalk.
For Peters, his modelling agency’s now 24-year run with Touch of France is an inflection point of a beautiful shared journey. “SAINT has been a committed, active partner from the inception of TOF when SAINT was just starting out. I remember the phone call from Pierre Lemaire, the TOF conceptualiser.
He had heard about the start-up model agency with cool models and big ambitions. It was a no-brainer to jump on board as I fel.