‘Theatre Spectacular’ to honour fashion icon Lady Sara Lou Carter

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The Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) will be honouring 19th century fashion icon Lady Sara Lou Carter, nee Harris, when it hosts its first “Theatre Spectacular” on April 8 and 9, 2011 at the National Cultural Centre.

According to GFW Chief Executive Officer Sonia Noel, the fashion icon will be featured on the show in the form of a seven-minute presentation about her life and contributions to the fashion industry in Guyana.

About Lady Sara

Lady Sara Lou Carter, nee Harris, was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. After graduating from Bennett College in North Carolina, she taught for a year before moving to New York, where she became the first African-American model in the New York Buyers fashion show.

She was one of the original 12 “Branford Lovelies” of the Branford Modelling Agency, the first licensed African-American modelling agency in the U.S. She has been a cover girl for 26 magazines, as well as a radio personality and a night club entertainer.

She tied nuptials with Guyanese Sir John Carter in 1960, after meeting him in 1958 when she visited Guyana to participate in a fashion show. Lady Carter was the architect of Sara’s Salon, a popular interview programme in Guyana in the sixties. She also established The Sara Lou Charm School for Girls in Guyana.

In 1966, Sir John was appointed Guyana’s first ambassador to the U.S., UN and Canada. Sir John and Lady Sara Lou Carter parented three children: Robyn, John and Brian.

Andre Subryan, Fatboy’s Fashions, and Monica Trotz will also be mentioned in the production, recognizing their contribution to the fashion industry in Guyana.

Tickets for “Theatre Spectacular” will cost Gy$2000, Gy$1500 and Gy$1000, and would be available at the National Cultural Centre, Silhouette, Kings Jewellery, and Nigel’s Supermarket.

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