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Jenna and Sheinelle are in Jamaica, as they chat with Sean Paul. Also, Jenna and Sheinelle learn the popular Jamaican dance style, dancehall. Plus, the show’s executive producer, Talia Parkinson-Jones, shares her story and how she reconnected with her roots on this trip. And, a taste of Jamaica with curried ackee wontons and a ginger beer cocktail.
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From the stunning shores of Ocho Rio, Jamaica, it's Jenna and Chanel's Girls Trip,
with today's guest singer and rapper, Sean Paul, the party starts right now.
Hey everybody, it's Friday. It is March the 27th. We are back to you from the beautiful
Ocho Rio, Jamaica. I want to do this show every day. I'm just going to bring my family here.
Let's get a sandwich. Yeah.
And our cat. Yeah. Thanks to our sponsors, we have to thank the incredible Jamaica tourist
board for taking such good care of us. And of course, the beautiful sandals resort.
Absolutely. We are on day two of our girls' ship. I feel like we have squeezed the most we
possibly could out of 48 hours. We've done a lot in this beautiful country. And you know,
one of the things we've done a little of, because you went on a detox. Uh-huh.
For 20 days leading up to Jamaica. 21. 21 day. 21. Yes, I went berserk. I'm like, dang,
21 days should not relax. No, you really didn't. You think I was good? I thought you were good,
but we've done a little drink in as we said. And the sandals, dunes, river mixed up some
sorrel, cock, rom, cocktails. For us, they're great. Yeah, it's for several. I said it wrong.
It's sorrel. And look, I saw Talia shake her head. She's our boss. She's from
Jamaica. She goes, it is not so real. It is sorrow. This is delicious. Cheers. Cheers.
So we've learned a lot about each other. We'll start with the stuff that I don't mind talking about.
So we, Jen and I were out yesterday in nature. And I see butterflies. Long story,
another time I'll tell you, but I go ahead. I see butterflies. I feel like it reminds me of
Uche and the things I love. And I just especially yellow butterflies.
So everywhere we go, there was one and I go, look, there's a butterfly. I've got in particular now.
I only look if they're yellow. But you know what? Jamaica gives me yellow butterflies, guys.
Like, it's the most magical. So yesterday, we were redunds river. And so I'm like, there's
a yellow butterfly. Jen is like, there's a spider. There's a spider. And I'm like, what's
Oh, and the schrider like we're like, I mean, I'm from Texas. I know. I don't know spiders.
They're big. I was about to say no pun intended. Jenna has a spidey sense about spiders.
Because I don't even see them. And she and I'm like, oh, Jenna's just, you know,
and I look at them like, oh, Jenna is right. And they're huge.
Well, and the reason we bring this up is that there's this whole new trend.
This yoga trend, yes, which is a crazy. It's a workout trend. It's called snake yoga snake yoga.
Now, this is something that happens. Okay, it's called his. It's a reptile centered pet store.
Important look at these pictures. They hold snake yoga. I hope you all can see this.
This is what happens. You go, you do a downward dog or, you know, something, whatever this one's
called. And a snake crawls over your body. Okay, you guys are also, if they have pythons,
have a variety of pythons, a baby boa constructor named Mango. They all participate in the class.
No, I don't care if it's a baby. I don't want a snake instructor. They help the clients
they'll like with the snakes and they put around your arms, your legs. No, here's the thing.
Jenna wants me to try something called pearl otis. A yellow butterfly. Where? Where?
Wow. I don't want to cry on television. I told you. I told you. I told you. I love that you guys saw it for me.
I told you. This is a magical place. Come to Jamaica. I'm telling you.
Okay. Anyway, I know you're more emotional than I am. I know because I don't know. So I'm trying
to get Chanel to like cats. Okay, we saw that baby red stripe yesterday. She won into him. She
won adopt him. I'm trying to get her into cats. Too bad cats aren't your symbol. I bring them to
you everywhere. So we want to do a thing called pearl otis. And Chanel is telling me she would
rather. Yes, hear me. Yeah. She would rather do snake yoga than cat polottis. Yeah.
You raise your hand if you'd rather do snake. Let me tell you why. Let me tell you why.
Let me tell you why because I feel like if I'm doing a class with snakes, they're probably
vetted. Like they've got their vetted too. Now, but cats give me the allergies and they
can have that like looking their eyes sometimes. It's a little sneaky.
I don't know. Okay, now I learned a little something about Chanel that I just need to. I was like,
Jennifer, you say this on television, but you allowed me. I'm gonna let her. And I can't believe
it. Only because I love y'all. Am I letting her reveal this? She allowed me. Okay, so day one,
we're going swimming. Their eyes are like, what are you about? And we're about to go to Dunn's
River and we brought a change of clothes for our lovely lunch at Miss T's. Now I say to Chanel,
make sure you pack a bra. And she said, oh, honey, I don't need to pack a bra. I'm wearing one right
now under my suit. Yeah. And I said, wait, what? Chanel, go ahead. Put it on under my suit.
I'm like, we don't need them on the floor. We need them up. She wears your bra with
her bathing suit at all times. Oh, yeah, absolutely. And if I have like a little crop one,
I wear like a little bandeau. I think it's just because I'm so, what's the word? Not
prude, but just, you know, I'm, yeah, prude. I am. She's prude. And I also think because I'm 411,
even if you wear bathing suits that are meant, most people aren't 411. So the suits don't hug me
right. Yeah. So I like a hug when I'm in the ocean. I just, she's the only person I've ever known
that wears a bra and a bathing suit. Because I like them up. Do any of y'all do that? No.
Well, guess what? I'm also doing sick Pilates by myself. So I feel like we've all bonded
between the butterflies wearing the bras. Yeah. Here we are. We're staying forever. We're moving in.
Yeah. Okay. We have had some great food. All we've done is eat and drink and do a lot of things,
dance. But sometimes when you visit another country, you want to try their fast food. So in
Tokyo, for example, tourists had straight to 711, okay? I didn't know that. Yeah, because they've
these great egg sandwiches. Like I'm not eating an egg sandwich at the 711 in Dallas, Texas.
Okay. And Paris, people want to try the McDonald's. I've heard that.
Well, in Jamaica, people rave about their Kentucky fried chicken. Look, they all know that.
So why is it so different? What are they? I don't, they said that, well,
these are our friends that can't see Jamaica. Yeah. I think it's the seasoning, right?
The seasoning. It's amazing seasoning. I want crispy. So, I mean, of course, I wanted a biscuit.
Yeah. So this is what we got here. We've got original. We've got barbecue and we got spicy
flavor chicken. How is it? Okay. So it is different, isn't it? Oh, my God. Oh, wow.
Even the spicy is different. No. Oh, wow. I got to try the biscuit.
Actually worked hard to get me these biscuits. She did. Jenna was like, we need biscuits.
All right, you guys, biscuit. Home. Even the biscuits better. Oh, my God.
You know, there's so much goodness here. And Jamaican, we're going to see it much more from
Ocho Rios after the break. Wepper singer and music icon.
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Proud Partner of Team USA. Welcome back to Coach O'Rio's. And now to a Jamaican icon who has been
lighting up dance floors for decades. He's had incredible collabs with Rihanna,
Sia, and Beyoncé just to name a few. I love that you guys are clapping on the beat there.
We are talking about Sean Paul. And before we bring him out, here's a glimpse of the Grammy
winner's chart topping career. Grammy winning musician Sean Paul gets temperatures rising
around the world. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Sean Paul has dominated global charts since he
burst onto the scene in the late 90s with hits like Gimme the Light, Baby Boy, and over 120 countries
toward Sean Paul is one of the biggest stars. The little island with the big sound has produced.
He's also the founder of the Sean Paul Foundation, which focuses on humanitarian relief,
community building, and youth empowerment. Over the years, Sean Paul has released eight studio
albums, which have amassed more than 16 billion streams on Spotify. And now, after three decades
in music, Sean Paul just dropped another single. It's called Ready for the Ride. And today,
he's back to his roots and ready for this ride, right here with us.
All right, please welcome Sean Paul.
Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome to Jamaica.
Oh my gosh. We're happy to be in your home. We don't want to leave. We're moving.
Yeah, so this is your home, your kids here. What should we know, my friend, about Jamaica?
That is an awesome place, not just the country itself, the island, but the people.
And that everybody living in this modern age, time where you could take a quick trip over,
should do that in their lifetime, because that's a special place.
You grew up here. I know this, this is home, and so much part of your heart. Tell us about
your childhood here. Well, my mother and father represented Jamaica for swimming. Wow.
Water polo. As kids, as kids, me and my brother were just thrown into the pool while teaching
other people to swim. And so I interned represented for water polo and swimming was my whole life.
All my friends swam. We represented for Jamaica from back then. So it's kind of like what it was
as a sports kid, you know, here from uptown, but I just love the culture and my people and so
always stay. And that little boy you're talking about, he's grown up now to do collabs with Rihanna,
Sia, Beyonce. Do you have any standouts, any favorites? Rihanna is really cool, because she was like,
I want to come to Jamaica. She wanted to go Bob Malamy. She wanted to see the sides,
taste the food, and a lot of people at that time was having me do it over the internet and stuff.
There were all big songs and I learned from all of them, but Rihanna was kind of fun to
show her the club, show her the street. How fun is that? It was awesome. You know,
Hurricane Melissa hurt your country. I know it was a hard time for Jamaica. The resilience is
incredible. It is open for business. But what was that time like for you? Yeah.
Oh, well, as you said, Jamaica is brilliant and resilient. I mean, a lot of the time we're faced
with different hardships and we always seem to overcome them. And I've been in a few hurricanes
and I've been traumatized by them. There's something to go through, you know. I remember the
piece of our house blew in. I'm a mother. We're blown back. So when you were in 1998, I think
was Hurricane Gilbert. I record breaking one for that year. And so no, you know, years later,
you know, the trauma comes back and I'm able to help. Well, your foundation has done so much. I
know there was one high school, Louisville high school that particularly touched you and you went
and have done some incredible work. For sure. I mean, my foundation has been to over 40 places
helping out. I've been to about 25 myself. We've handed out thousands of of of bugs of
care goods and food, but also helping people to rebuild. And what shocked me at Louisville was
basically the education program or the music program. Yeah. Because when I was in school,
the school I went to had a nice music program and it kind of helped me to develop. Sure.
It wasn't much then. And so now I'm trying to help them get back to their room.
I was an impressive room. It was bigger than a lot of people's schools over here that I saw.
Well, we should talk about that because the principal, Ms. Collins is here.
Rosic, Mrs. Collins, come on up. I love that we are celebrating our principal, Sue.
And you know what, my friend, we here. Thank you so much for here. We've heard so much about you
and how a lot of people said, oh, this school's not going to be able to reopen very quickly,
but you reopened that school as soon as possible. Talk a little bit about that and why that was so
important to you. All right. So thank you for having me. Absolutely. Welcome to Jamaica.
All right. So what was cool was totally devastated. The music room was totally destroyed. And so
they seek students. The exam students, they were the ones mostly on that man. And so we tried to
reopen as quickly as we possibly can because we wanted to mitigate the learning loss at the moment.
And so we have them. We host them at the already-damaged institution. We had them there for two weeks
after this storm, like in November, up to the Christmas break. And so Sean Paul Foundation came in
and they assisted us with some care packages that were well-needed and we are overly grateful for that.
We want to thank you for all of your hard-to-change care of those kids,
housing them. But and I know Sean, you've already been in there to help, but you have another
little surprise from Mrs. Collins. Yeah, I was really impressed with the music room. And
you know, for me, music has been of changing a very uplifting part of my life. And you know,
there are studies that say that it helps people to study. It helps your brain. And so for that reason,
the way how you guys had your music room before it was damaged, I wanted to try and help you to
get back some equipment. So we got a drum set. We got some Congo drums, some guitars. Oh, look at
all of it. Look at all of it. Oh my gosh, look at that. The children are going to be more
set with the equipment. And I hope it helps you guys to have amazing sports days.
Yes, that is so very much. So I know the children are going to be happy, especially those
boys who gravitate to the music. And we want to use the music for them to escape the trauma they
experience. Yes, and so we thank you wholeheartedly. You're giving back, you're giving back. That's
what we found. It is circular here. Everybody carrying about the people of Jamaica. We love you all.
Thank you so much. This is what we mean by the people who love the resilience. Come visit Jamaica.
Yes, listen. Thank you both. I love you guys. Shownfall is sticking around when we come back.
We'll learn some dance humbues with the locals. Let's try it out for this. Oh, God, which view?
All right, besides being known for his music, Shownfall is also one of the most successful dance hall
artists in the world. And since dance is such a huge part of Jamaican culture, Shown is staying
with us. Well, we learned some of the hottest dance hall moves right now. Choreographer Kimco
Versatile is here to teach us along with the North Coast boy. Hey, hi y'all. Thank you. Okay.
So what do we need to know? She knows the dance. No, but I mean dance hall. What do we need to know
about the vibe, the music? What would you say? I teach dance hall all over the world. Okay,
dance hall is very fierce and energetic. Fear is very energetic. Yeah, it makes me very happy.
Okay, so you want to show us some couple moves. And then we're going to move out of the way
and let y'all do what you do. First form. I'm going to call one up is form active immortals. It's
very easy. You're going to point. We crank up the music. Sure. We're going to point to the sky
four times. So we go one, two, three, four. Yes? Be easy, but you have to move your feet
like this. Oh, I can write. Let's write. Let's write. Let's write. Let's
so we go in one, two, three, four. Yeah, you learn. You learn.
Come on, Shown. I'm like two, like every four. All right. Next part. When you're at four,
you let your arms stay up. Now we step with the right, then the left. Your arms swing in right,
and left. Left arm, right? Collapse and use the whole body, right?
First and left. One more, right? So we put it together. We go one, two, three, four,
right. And let's go one, two, three, four. Come Shown. And left, one more. Go one, two, three,
four. Go right. Okay, let's go one, two, three, four.
Okay, okay. You're going to die. All right. Up next, a home coming here in Jamaica for someone
very dear to us. Our executive producer, she's from here. Talia, right after this.
That was amazing. You were so kind.
And she has been such a beautiful trip to Jamaica, but our next story is especially meaningful for us.
Our executive producer, Talia Parkinson Jones, was born in Kingston, Jamaica. And over the past
couple of days, it has been such a joy to see her in her element. Oh my God. Thank you guys.
I've been really an incredible ride having the show here in Jamaica. This island has shaped
who I am from such a young age. And today I get to share my story on how I reconnected with my
roots. Take a look. This is home. This is all me. It's calm. It's happy. It's restful. It just feels
amazing to be back here. I'm Talia Parkinson Jones, executive producer of Today with Jenna and Chanel.
I am originally from Jamaica, born and raised. I lived here until I was eight years old.
I was raised with my grandmother who left Jamaica very early on, raised with my mom and dad.
Thinking back about life here, just felt really simple. Spending a lot of time barefoot,
going to the beaches, picking fruit from the trees. Just really a peaceful life.
I wanted to share my journey today because I want to shine a light on this little girl who was
born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, who has used the foundation of this country and this
island to forge ahead and to show that with resilience and with belief in yourself, you can
accomplish your wildest dreams. So our first stop is we're going to National Heroes Park in
Kingston. This is where we go to honor our heroes in Jamaica. This allows me to really reflect
on my own personal heroes. So my grandma is the love of my life. Not only did she provide so much
for our family but she was really, really instrumental in raising me as a young girl. My grandma is
in her 90s now. She's probably watching this and I think she will be really proud of the journey.
Next up is Devon House. This is where it's at. Let's go! It is the place that my family and I would go
on Sunday afternoons for ice cream. Hi! How are you Devon House? You guys still have great
nut ice cream. If we do? All right, that's what I want. Thank you so much for having us here.
Just like I remember it. Thank you! Welcome, darling.
We are at Wilma's Prep School, which is my elementary school. This looks just as it was. I remember
my classroom was on the backside at the left. This school is a big deal in shaping who I am. I think
about just being in my classroom, being really excited to learn.
Think about being really excited to wear the school uniform because in Jamaica, the school that
you attend really sort of shapes your identity.
We're at Wilma's!
Track & Field is huge here in Jamaica and we're going to meet a Safel Powell who's a world-renowned
track star. When you look back at what you've been able to accomplish four times at the Olympics,
breaking records, how do you sort of reflect on all of that? We're doing this for the entire country.
You know, when we're running the countries with us. Will you race me? That's one quick race?
I mean, that's easy, you know. Did you make any news? Yes! We're ready! Go!
I can't believe I just raced a Safel Powell. Almost full of muscles. Oh my god.
You can't come to Jamaica without having your chicken and I discovered this mother-daughter duo,
Serena Jackson and her mother-cadia on TikTok. Apparently, her jerk chicken is delicious.
Hi! My beautiful! What are you making over here? I'm making some jerk chicken.
What makes your chicken so special? My chicken is not only seasoned with the
ground pepper, but my chicken is also seasoned all the way up below. Okay!
Delicious! Delicious! That's it for Kingston. It was lovely, but I'm excited to head to the countryside tomorrow.
I'm going to be touring the Green Brother Caves today so I'm going to take an adventure exploring
two massive caves, a lot of Jamaican history.
This was a nightclub. This was a nightclub? Yeah. So it went from tours to everybody's
All right, all right. Welcome to the mysterious Martin Bruevo.
Look at this beauty. We are on the river rafting. It made me! Only in Jamaica can you get a
foot massage, a rum punch on this beautiful river.
The little girl in me that grew up in Kingston, Jamaica and left at nine years old had no idea
what I would be doing today. I think my grandma knew and my mom knew, but I didn't know and I'm really
thrilled that the journey has led me here.
And can we just say that we I worked with Holly up for the last six years, five years, and
can we just say we are so thrilled that the journey led you to us.
You make this show everything it is and we're so happy that we get to be here and to make
it with you because guys, guess what today is? It's Tully as Bertham!
Jamie, we got you a couple. Oh, thank you. So you have four flowers, but we know being back here
was so special for you. So special and I'm so happy that we got a chance to really just look back.
So you said last night to make us all about one thing. What is it? And that's all about love.
Love. All about love and it's all about heart and I'm so proud to
and that love radiates through you every day. You're the best boss. Thank you.
Happy work. That was beautiful. Thank you. And we got to see more of Jamaica.
All right up next to Jamaican board sisters and chefs serve up the flavors of the island right
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We are back at Sandals Dunns River with sisters Susanna Michelle Russo. They are Jamaican
born chefs who have spent decades sharing the flavor, stories and traditions of the Caribbean
through their cookie. Today they are making cured, cured, acchi, guantons along with a ginger
beer. Do I say right? Yep. Okay. So ginger beer cocktail. I know I could say that right.
Let's scan that QR code to follow along. Hi ladies. Hi. I love that y'all are sisters.
Oh, well, you know, we're together a long time. It's amazing. 32 years.
32 years. We are doing something a little different. We're making cured acchi guantons.
Yeah. Is this a classic Jamaican dish? I know acchi. I've had that before.
But can I be honest with you? I've never actually seen it. I thought they were like eggs.
No, they're not eggs. And part of why we wanted to do this is because acchi is our national fruit.
It's actually a fruit, but it's actually a fat much like an avocado.
Like an avocado? Much like avocado. This is how it's on the tree. I've literally never seen it.
And to prepare it, you need to take out the part. So you can really eat it raw.
No. And when it's on the tree, if it's closed and it's not open like this, naturally,
you can't pick it because it can be toxic. So you have to get out all of that inside.
Yeah. Most people don't know what acchi looks like or that you can't eat it another way.
You pick this stem, you clean out the interior, and you boil it, and then it looks like this.
That's why I need to think. All right. Let's make something special.
So I'm going to start since it's super hot. I'm going to put out of this fire is going.
So we use a lot of the traditional preparations for acchi.
You know, scallion, green pepper, thyme, a little bit of ginger,
scotch bonnet. It's a bit tomato, and then we have a lot of scotch bonnet.
Yes. That's one that had acchi and scotch bonnet yesterday.
I'm going to put some now on the fire. Yeah.
And then we've got to put a little bit of corn on this garlic.
So I'm going to bring this down. Y'all can smell that, kid.
Yeah. Yeah.
What'd you put on there? That's a little bit of curry powder.
So our take here is a little bit Asian influence.
So we create...
We call it the acchi. We add coconut milk.
Ooh, our own coconut milk.
Our actually are like seriously a good combo.
Yeah.
And then we put it in a one-tonne wrapper, and it's right as a great appetizer.
So here we go for much of our career.
So, okay.
So this is some filling over here.
So this is a basic one-tonne wrapper.
Okay.
Eventually just put it inside, and then you dip the ends,
a little bit of water, seal it.
This can be frozen and kept in your fridge
for a very long time.
All that's delicious.
And then we serve that with a papaya ginger dipping sauce.
What does it have different sauce?
So that's fresh purple.
It's got a little bit of ginger.
I'm talking about that.
It's got some garlic, scallion.
And then it's kind of like an Asian thing.
Yeah.
And then this is a ginger bear.
We heard this cocktail is really special,
because from your grandmother.
So this is our grandmother's ginger bear.
Yeah.
She had it in her fridge at all times,
whenever we call it fresh ginger bear.
So this is a darkened stormy,
but using fresh ginger bear,
who made grated ginger.
Oh, my God.
It has a great dish.
This is delicious.
You have a little bit of cinnamon stick in there.
Yeah, this keeps the calls away.
When we do this,
and then you just got to chew the sugar cane.
Oh, my God.
What a dream.
Yeah.
Well, you all are so talented.
Thank you so much.
Well, thank you for having me.
Cheers to sisterhood here.
Yeah.
Amen.
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We're going to feel the island vibes with the fun fashion show.
That's right after this.
Come on, that's so fun.
This is really good.
If I were for you.
Cheers.
You know, there is no shortage of standout style
here in Jamaica with so many talented designers.
We're celebrating.
And we are going to do that right now
with Mina Robertson, the founder and creative director
of Haveli.
She's going to share four fabulous trends
from Jamaican designers,
which makes it extra special.
Hi.
Mina, well, first of all, you are a Jamaican designer.
I am.
This is one of your Haveli.
This is beautiful.
What makes Jamaica style so impressive?
Oh, we're going to talk about it today.
First of all, Jamaican women, we are bold,
colorful.
We take up space.
We are in harmony with our environment.
We have what I call easy elegance.
So it's allowing us to express ourselves
while also being in a relaxed setting.
And 35 degree.
Let's start with the first trend,
which can be worn in Jamaica,
but really anywhere.
This look is from your brand.
And it's sculptural linen.
Ooh, I love it.
Yeah, we want this outfit.
Jen and I both want to wear this on the show.
Yeah, as twins.
Yes.
Gorgeous.
So going into the sculptural linen,
first of all, something that's really quintessentially
Jamaican, we love all white.
I don't know why,
but we love a monochromatic moment.
It's so elegant you can't go wrong.
And then also speaking to use of linen
that breathable fabric we spoke about,
you can be comfortable,
but then you can also be elegant at the same time
with the added sculptural element,
as well as symmetry.
It's perfect.
But I love it.
It's two pieces, two.
So you could wear the bottoms with a T-shirt and a mat
with T.
And it's more sustainable that way as well.
You're able to get the most outfit.
Beautiful, my friend.
All right, next we're talking swimwear.
We're taking it everywhere, really.
Yes.
Why do you love this look?
OK, so as we've, as you've seen,
there's so much to do on the island.
You do not want to be held back.
So in the morning,
you might be going to a gallery or one of the sites.
You go for lunch.
And then you're going to want to jump off of a waterfall.
Yes.
So we want to thank Chris Jackson,
our friends at local Jamaica for the styling this look.
It allows us to incorporate the swimwear
and not just hide it.
It's not about covering it up.
It's utilizing it so it can be elegant and part of, again,
who are.
So this is also a local Jamaican designer.
Yes, that's Chris Jackson.
All female Jamaican designers today.
Where you explain it.
Look how great you're about, friend.
You look great.
Thank you.
Next up, and I love this trend.
I was worrying it yesterday.
Crochet or kind of handcraft.
Yes.
So we have Kenya wearing a deotimo piece.
Now, we have to big up Rachel Scott.
She has taken crochet, which is such a part of our culture.
My mom was saying there was a time in Jamaica
when every woman was putting together a doily or a tablecloth.
And she's now elevated it on the world stage.
With this look, we're seeing the knitwear incorporated
with that kind of perfect imperfection with the texture.
But it's still extremely sophisticated.
I love it.
We will wear that too.
This is so good.
All right, this last trend.
Thank you, my friend.
It's all about red, bold color, and volume.
Wow.
Yeah.
So this is her in.
Marianne is in full bloom.
Again, speaking to the ability for Caribbean women
to just be the center of attention.
Yeah.
So how it magically happens.
We're not afraid of it.
So look at how the wind is moving through her.
That volume, the texture, and of course, that color.
So it's allowing for that moment of just wow.
Like take up space.
Yeah, exactly.
Exactly.
Walking through that take up space.
And that's all of these outfits do
that these are gorgeous.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
And this jumpsuit is Janelle J. Jolly.
Oh, great.
Janelle Jolly.
All local?
Yes.
Artist.
And we can support them as well.
Exactly.
So we can start over with Deatima, who
is carried by Jam, sweet like Jam, Chris Jackson,
and Janelle Johnny, and Haveli at local as well.
And the middle piece of the Indian is Haveli.
And you're Haveli, you can also get a Nordstrom.
Yes.
We're at Nordstrom.
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
You're all right.
We'll be right back after this.
So beautiful, ladies.
Go look gorgeous.
We have had such a blast on our girl's trip to Jamaica.
Oh, my goodness.
Can we do this again next time?
I mean, we're coming back next week.
Everybody.
But anything that's our sponsors that
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Yeah, next week, we have Sharon Stone,
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