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 Mens Shirts Dress A model sports a Catalin Botezatu design at Pulse's CaribbeanFashionweek finale, held at the National Indoor Sports Centre,Independence Park, last Sunday. - Winston Sill/FreelancePhotographer It was a five-hour-long finale for Pulse's Caribbean Fashionweek(CFW), held at the Indoor Sports Arena last Sunday night. Patrons were in for a star-studded evening as four femalesuperstars - rapper, actress and designer Eve, actress VanessaWilliams, singer Mashonda and actress Nia Long - rocked the runway. Starting after 8 p.m., Canada's Lubica opened the show with hersignature crochet dresses and swimwear. Lubica walked out accompanied by local singer Tami Chynn, whomodelled a skimpy blue Lubica dress. 'Rebel Clothing' by Mujaji Tokunbo, a first-timer to CFW from theUnited States, followed. With an Afrocentric look, Rebel Clothingfeatured a lot of reds, greens and golds with images of MarcusGarvey, among other popular figures, on T-shirts and skirts. Funky styles Another first-timer, Romero Bryan from the United Kingdom, had avery futuristic feel with long sheer short and long dresses.Bryan's clothes had a very shiny appearance in very funky styles.Mutamba was in usual form with bright orange colours, zebra printsand long, free-flowing materials. Barry Moncrieffe's men's and women's collection had a number ofmatching items in red and white. A classic Moncrieffe black andwhite chequered women's skirt suit was a hit with the audience. Claudia Pegus from Trinidad and Tobago was a show-stopper, makingthe first big impression for the night. Pegus had very funkywomen's clothes with leather, sheer material. Pegus' clothes had a moulin rouge-like theme, utilising a lot ofblack with red. The audience got on their feet when Pulse modelNadine Willis came out pushing a baby pram with her new daughter,Zein, in it. This was Willis' first appearance on a runway sincegiving birth recently. In a butterfly-patterned short dress, Willislooked to be in good shape. Mashonda, Vanessa Williams and Nia Long made their firstappearances on the runway in Pegus dresses with Mashonda in pink,Williams in a red-feathered short dress and Long in short orangedress with puffy sleeves. Caribbean flair Heather Jones brought a real Caribbean flair with bright colours,Gavin Douglas from the United Kingdom impressed, as usual, withpleated dresses in royal blue. He combined modern styles withold-fashioned chic. Gary Codner and Bill Edwards followed as the patrons anxiouslywaited to see 'Fetish' from rapper Eve. Fetish had very casual yetsexy clothes with Eve's signature lion paws on the hoody dresses.Eve was awarded the Smirnoff Originator Award for 2008 for her workin fashion. Romanian Catalin Botezatu was also memorable with bright colours,feathers and unusual designs. Vanessa Willams looked angelic in asheer, embroidered white dress from Botezatu. Dancehall superstar designer Biggy had a more elegant feel to hiscollection this year, with jeans with patterns, skimpy skirts andnice tops. Biggy also had a number of long, beautiful dresses. Francis Hendy's men's collection had a fun western feel withponchos, leather pants and cowboy hats. Nkwo from the UK and DeolaSagoe from Nigeria closed the show after 1 a.m.