Fashion Month allows us to once again spotlight the outstanding work of Robert Young, creative director of The Cloth, who has been relentless in his pursuit of celebrating Caribbean heritage and crafting decolonial narratives. Indeed, since its inception in 1986, the label has blossomed into a fashion brand as well as a beacon of Caribbean representation within the global design ethos.

With a legacy now spanning almost four decades, Young’s anti-fit, anti-tailoring aesthetic with Africanist roots resonates with the Caribbean Diaspora.

In 2017, anthropologist Sophie Bufton paved the way for a new chapter. Today, The Cloth, in partnership with Exclusive Cottons of the Caribbean, offers a rare flower nurtured in the soils of Barbados. Be prepared to discover something of a world wonder: The finest cotton blossom in the world, certified West Indian Sea Island Cotton. A luxury resource, grown exclusively in the unique biome of the Caribbean’s sea island archipelago.

A Mapless Escape Women’s AW 24/25 Certified West Indian Sea Island Cotton grown in Barbados Designed in Trinidad & Tobago Made in the Caribbean The Cloth Caribbean Limited 24 Erthig Road, Belmont Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago Email: sanctuary@thecloth.com Photographer: The Fake Artist Stylist: Mark EastmanCollection Creative Director: Robert Young Editor: Sophie Bufton(Photo: The Fake Artist)

With a legacy now spanning almost four decades, Young’s anti-fit, anti-tailoring aesthetic with Africanist roots resonates with the Caribbean diaspora. (Photo: The Fake Artist)

Certified West Indian Sea Island Cotton… a luxury resource, grown exclusively in the unique biome of the Caribbean’s sea island archipelago.(Photo: The Fake Artist)

(Photo: The Fake Artist)