The vi­brant pulse of Caribbean cre­ativ­i­ty re­turned to New York Fash­ion Week (NYFW) on Sep­tem­ber 14, as Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs staged a breath­tak­ing Spring/Sum­mer 2026 pre­sen­ta­tion, “Long Time,” on the 7th-floor ter­race at 335 Madi­son Av­enue.

The T&T-based la­bel—renowned for its bold, cus­tom-print­ed fash­ion and lifestyle pieces—opened Fly­ing So­lo’s first run­way show of the day at 10.30 am, un­veil­ing eight looks that paid homage to Caribbean her­itage, nos­tal­gia and the beau­ty of home.

For the sec­ond time, Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs cap­ti­vat­ed NYFW au­di­ences, build­ing on its grow­ing rep­u­ta­tion as a stand­out voice in con­tem­po­rary Caribbean fash­ion. Hav­ing made an im­pres­sive de­but at NYFW in 2022, the brand’s re­turn sig­nalled not on­ly the ris­ing glob­al res­o­nance of Caribbean de­sign­ers but al­so a deep­en­ing ap­pre­ci­a­tion for nar­ra­tives that cel­e­brate iden­ti­ty, mem­o­ry and place.

Found­ed by de­sign­er Martre­cia Al­leyne, Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs stands as a tes­ta­ment to the pow­er of rep­re­sen­ta­tion and cul­tur­al sto­ry­telling. The brand is syn­ony­mous with vivid prints fea­tur­ing icon­ic im­agery from across the Caribbean—each piece a can­vas that in­vites di­a­logue be­tween lo­ca­tion and long­ing, tra­di­tion and in­no­va­tion.

The Spring/Sum­mer 2026 col­lec­tion, apt­ly ti­tled “Long Time,” is a re­flec­tive ex­plo­ration of Al­leyne’s per­son­al jour­neys through­out the Caribbean. Each gar­ment evokes nos­tal­gia and yearn­ing, cap­tur­ing that in­stant long­ing to re­turn as soon as one de­parts a beloved place.

In­spired by Al­leyne’s re­cent trav­els, the col­lec­tion high­lights some of the re­gion’s most sto­ried des­ti­na­tions: the panoram­ic vis­tas of Shirley Heights in An­tigua; the lush peaks of Ja­maica’s Blue Moun­tains and the tran­quil ex­panse of Bob Mar­ley Beach; and the sa­cred seren­i­ty of the Tem­ple in the Sea in T&T. Im­mor­talised in cus­tom prints, these lo­ca­tions serve as both sub­ject and muse, ground­ing the col­lec­tion in the lived ex­pe­ri­ences and dreams that shape Caribbean iden­ti­ty.

Kick­ing off Fly­ing So­lo’s run­way sched­ule, Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs pre­sent­ed eight looks that seam­less­ly wove to­geth­er artistry, cul­tur­al com­men­tary and in­no­v­a­tive de­sign. The 7th-floor ter­race near Grand Cen­tral Sta­tion, with its sweep­ing views of New York’s sky­line, pro­vid­ed a dra­mat­ic back­drop.

Each look in “Long Time” bal­anced con­trasts and har­mo­ny. Breezy caf­tans em­bla­zoned with panoram­ic land­scapes met sharply tai­lored sep­a­rates, while re­sort pieces shim­mered with hues rem­i­nis­cent of Caribbean flo­ra and fau­na. Fab­ric se­lec­tion and print­ing tech­nique re­ceived par­tic­u­lar at­ten­tion, ren­der­ing every de­tail—from glints of sun­light on wa­ter to the sil­hou­ette of dis­tant moun­tains—with pho­to­graph­ic pre­ci­sion and emo­tion­al depth.

Mod­els wore Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs pieces paired with jew­ellery cu­rat­ed through a Fly­ing So­lo col­lab­o­ra­tion with New York–based brand Roz, cre­at­ing a holis­tic vi­sion of Caribbean life and lux­u­ry.

Caribbean iden­ti­ty and cul­ture

At the heart of Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs is a com­mit­ment to cel­e­brat­ing the di­ver­si­ty and rich­ness of Caribbean iden­ti­ty. Through its sig­na­ture cus­tom prints, the brand beau­ti­fies and ed­u­cates, draw­ing glob­al at­ten­tion to both fa­mous and over­looked sites. “Long Time” serves as a wear­able archive of col­lec­tive mem­o­ry—a gallery that chan­nels mi­gra­tion, be­long­ing and the ever-present de­sire to re­turn to one’s roots. It res­onates with any­one who has ever left some­where mean­ing­ful and felt the pull to re­turn, whether to a place or a mo­ment in time.

Grac­ing the run­way were eight mod­els—six from Fly­ing So­lo: Bo Mont­gomery, Han­nah Grace, Karo­line Ged­da, Saqen­da Dal­las, Saru­da Le and Lavinia Ruth; and two rep­re­sent­ing Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs: Jesi­ca Marie Hop­per, reign­ing Mrs Unit­ed USA and a re­turn­ing mod­el from the brand’s pre­vi­ous NYFW show, and An­drea Ram­nath, an 18-year-old Trinida­di­an mak­ing her NYFW de­but and al­ready marked as “one to watch” for fu­ture suc­cess.

About Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs

Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs is a Trinidad-based brand spe­cial­is­ing in cus­tom-print­ed fash­ion and lifestyle prod­ucts that show­case the beau­ty and soul of the Caribbean. From flow­ing caf­tans and tai­lored pants to high-fash­ion gowns, the la­bel’s of­fer­ings are unit­ed by vivid im­agery and an un­wa­ver­ing com­mit­ment to crafts­man­ship. Each col­lec­tion springs from Martre­cia Al­leyne’s vi­sion: to ho­n­our the is­lands’ sto­ries, land­scapes and peo­ple, and to of­fer a fresh per­spec­tive on Caribbean fash­ion for a glob­al au­di­ence.

This sec­ond NYFW ap­pear­ance af­firmed the brand’s grow­ing in­flu­ence and the in­ter­na­tion­al ap­petite for au­then­tic Caribbean sto­ry­telling. En­er­gy on the ter­race was pal­pa­ble as ed­i­tors, buy­ers, in­flu­encers and fel­low de­sign­ers wit­nessed the un­veil­ing of “Long Time”—a col­lec­tion praised for its orig­i­nal­i­ty, emo­tion­al res­o­nance and tech­ni­cal prowess.

In­dus­try ob­servers high­light­ed the col­lec­tion’s stand­out use of site-spe­cif­ic prints, which trans­formed each look in­to both a state­ment piece and a map of mem­o­ry. In a fash­ion land­scape of­ten dom­i­nat­ed by Eu­ro­cen­tric or North Amer­i­can nar­ra­tives, Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs of­fered a re­fresh­ing al­ter­na­tive root­ed in the rhythms of ca­lyp­so, the hues of trop­i­cal sun­sets and the lived re­al­i­ties of Caribbean com­mu­ni­ties.

With the suc­cess­ful pre­sen­ta­tion at NYFW Spring/Sum­mer 2026, Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs con­tin­ues to chart a path for Caribbean de­sign­ers on the world stage. Its com­mit­ment to ho­n­our­ing the past while em­brac­ing the fu­ture po­si­tions the brand as a leader in the move­ment to­wards more in­clu­sive and rep­re­sen­ta­tive fash­ion.

As Al­leyne pre­pares to bring “Long Time” to in­ter­na­tion­al stock­ists and fu­ture show­cas­es, the mes­sage is clear: Caribbean cre­ativ­i­ty is thriv­ing and forg­ing new con­nec­tions and con­ver­sa­tions across bor­ders.

Fash­ion en­thu­si­asts can vis­it Fly­ing So­lo at 419 Broome Street, New York, to shop se­lect pieces from this and pre­vi­ous col­lec­tions. Styl­ists can ac­cess Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs pieces for fash­ion pulls via Fly­ing So­lo’s PR show­room, the Cop­per­Room.

For more in­for­ma­tion on Pho­to-Syn­the­sis De­signs, up­com­ing col­lec­tions or to view and shop the full “Long Time” col­lec­tion, vis­it www.pho­to­syn­the­sis­de­sign­stt.com

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