… from the class­room to the board­room

With more than 30 years of ex­pe­ri­ence un­der his belt, Ecliff Elie has earned his rep­u­ta­tion as a true con­nois­seur of men’s sar­to­r­i­al fash­ion.

In the span of his ca­reer, Ecliff Elie rose to the top steadi­ly af­ter first try­ing his hand at tai­lor­ing at the age of 14. Be­fore long, he knew that he pos­sessed a dis­tinc­tive skill set that would un­doubt­ed­ly set him apart in the menswear in­dus­try - the skill of per­fect­ly fit­ting the male form, de­spite the body type. His hard work and as­tute vi­sion bore fruit, re­sult­ing in sev­er­al sig­na­ture col­lec­tions, awards, fea­tures and re­gion­al ac­claim.

Hail­ing from cen­tral Trinidad, Elie launched his com­pa­ny 30 years ago and has be­come the re­gion’s lead­ing menswear de­sign­er sought af­ter by celebri­ties and busi­ness­men alike.

His cloth­ing has adorned the likes of Bun­ji Gar­lin, Machel Mon­tano, Lyrikal, Olatun­ji Year­wood, and many more, in­clud­ing me­dia per­son­al­i­ties such as Do­minic Kaliper­sad, Ja­son Williams, Sun­ny Bling and sports celebri­ties such as Olympian Keshorn Wal­cott.

How­ev­er, his be­spoke suits are not on­ly for celebri­ties and busi­ness­men, even the young as­pir­ing grad­u­ate can be cus­tom fit­ted. Jerome Munroe, who was the 2023 Vale­dic­to­ri­an of St. Mary’s Col­lege, chose a cus­tom Ecliff Elie bur­gundy tuxe­do to cross the grad­u­at­ing stage and de­liv­er his speech to his peers.

“I felt bold and em­pow­ered while wear­ing the suit, and with my as­pi­ra­tions of be­com­ing a lawyer, I’d be wear­ing more suits in the fu­ture,” Munroe said.

The re­cent­ly opened Ecliff Elie store in West­mall not on­ly of­fers re­tail ser­vices for items such as shirts, jack­ets, pants, ties, cuf­flinks, belts and shoes but al­so in­cludes be­spoke tai­lor­ing ser­vices for those who pre­fer a cus­tomised suit.

“Our fash­ion ex­perts will be there as you walk in, to en­gage in fash­ion con­sul­ta­tions, you can se­lect your fab­ric and we can help you with your de­sign and have it turned over in a record time. There is a gap there for be­spoke suits and we are there to fill that gap and to give cus­tomers a new ex­pe­ri­ence in sar­to­r­i­al ex­cel­lence,” Elie said.

The brand has been rep­re­sent­ed in Guyana, Grena­da, St Lu­cia, An­tigua, St Kitts, Cu­ra­cao, St Vin­cent and Ja­maica, and al­so with­in the Caribbean com­mu­ni­ty in the Unit­ed States.

His ad­vice to men on de­vel­op­ing their fash­ion sense:

• Cre­ate a ver­sa­tile, proac­tive wardrobe, not re­ac­tive

• Read your in­vi­ta­tion and be fa­mil­iar with the dress code

• If you are not sure, then just vis­it us at Ecliff Elie, and we will fill those gaps!

Shop their re­tail col­lec­tion at the store lo­ca­tions: Ros­ali­no Street Wood­brook, The Falls at West Mall, C3 San Fer­nan­do and Crown Point To­ba­go.

Web­site:

https://www.eclif­fe­lie.com/

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