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Cut Couture

Cut Couture, a carnival based clothing and accessories brand that focuses on t-shirt cuts, purses and neck chokers, is the brainchild of Melissa Baird. Melissa grew up around fashion and designing, with her mother and several aunts being involved in the clothing and fashion industry. Trying her hand at fashion design at an early age, she quickly began designing her own outfits, which she would wear to various events. In 2016, after offering to cut creative styles for friends who had bought packages for jouvert and t-shirt mas, she realised how difficult it was to get matching accessories, and came up with an idea to address this gap in the market. In 2017 she launched Cut Couture, a carnival fashion and accessories brand designed to make the annual t-shirt and jouvert celebrations as fashionable as mas, and to allow fete patrons an opportunity to add some extra style to their outfits.

Melissa is an innovative young businesswoman who hopes to bring true creativity to the carnival outfit scene. She hopes that after a successful 2017 season, she will be able to expand her line, especially in producing purses, handbags, and other accessories for events outside of the Carnival season. Cut Couture, whose slogan is “Where Art and Class Collide” is hoping to make a huge impact on not only the carnival scene, but on the overall fashion culture in Antigua and Barbuda.