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Monday, September 11, 2006

I have seen the new Frontlines!

Yes!!!! Let me tell you, it will be a hard decision come Saturday when it comes to registering for a section, I think my deciding factor will be price because I am itching to play a frontline!

So, thanks to a tip from amprincess I made my way to TRIBE's mas camp this morning to "macco" the new frontlines (I heard the headpieces were there). When I arrived I was greeted by Solange, who I swear knows every single masquerader who plays with TRIBE so she now knows who I am and there goes my anonyminity, anyways, she was quite helpful and even modeled the headpieces for me so I could take a few pics . So, I will be posting a few photos but none with Solange since I am positive she does not want her face plastered all over the net. If you really want to see the rest of the pics you will have to email me and ask nicely, but I digress. Solange told me they will be doing a photoshoot and the photos of the new costumes, and Jab Molassie frontline, will be posted to the website this week, but from what I saw I was very impressed!

Dragon's base costume will be the same, same bra and same belt but the headpiece is fantastic. It reminds me of the chinese dragon costumes with a large gold dragon head edged with rhinestones, rhinestones for eyes and a huge mane of orange and purple coque feathers, pheasant feathers in a sunburst pattern reaching towards the sky and orange and purple fabric trailing down your back. There is also a backpiece which attaches to the waist/belt made out of purple and orange fabric, for those who are worried about Dragon's skmpiness that should cover your ass.

Jab Jab was the costume both my friends who went with me prefered over dragon, from what I saw both the bra and belt is different from the backline though I did not get to inspect them closely. The headpiece is a much, much larger version to the backline's headpiece and it is shaped differently, more fan shaped and is decorated with big rhinestones. The predominant colour for the costume looks like pink, though there is some orange and yellow in the headpiece as well. What Solange likes and was excited to show me, were the feathered coiled wrist pieces, again with rhinestones decorating it, that wraps around your wrist and comes up your forearm. To complete the costume is a much larger version of the collar on the backline.

Now that I have gotten a sneak peak I am even more confused and excited, I want to see the whole package together, not just pieces like what I saw, so I guess I will be clicking on the website for any new pics all week. Did I mention that I am now even more confused? And to tease me even more, the backpack for Fireman was at the macamp and it is looking good a well!

Ok, so here are FEW pics click on them to make them bigger.

Front of Dragon (courtesy one of my blog readers who made her way to the mas camp after reading what I wrote above and got a better pic than me, thanks babes!)


Back of Dragon


Jab Jab Headpiece:




If you want to see the rest you know what to do and NO I did not get any other pics but of the headpieces.Wait for the rest to be released on the website like nice people.

13 comments:

Trinidad Carnival Diary said...

I am liking BOTH Dragon and Jab Jab, leaning towards Jab Jab...but I am in love with Dragon's headpiece it satisfies my love of a big headpiece.

Anonymous said...

oh gawwwwwwwwwwwwdddddddddddddd saucy...yuh killing me....oh how i wish i had wings that i could fly to Trinidad and Tobag whenever i wanted to....
i cyah wait....to see the pics on the website....
Thanks for the update.....

Anonymous said...

HOT DAWG! Those look beautiful!!! Fantastic!!!! Tribe is going to look mighty nice on the road. :-D

Anonymous said...

saucy...did Solange say how much dese big headpieces would be?

Trinidad Carnival Diary said...

anon, those big headpieces are for the frontline costumes,prices still to be released. :D

Anonymous said...

boi well i am a lover of both the jab jab and dragon custumes... but I wasn't feeling the dragon face on the head piece of the back line of dragon..is that still a part of the frontline head piece saucy?

Trinidad Carnival Diary said...

there is a dragon face but it is different to the molded plastic of the backline. email me and I will send you a front shot of the dragon costume.

Anonymous said...

wow! fabulous headpieces, love them BOTH! Tribe did a great job, can't wait to see the whole thing together :) I'm sure Solange appreciates u not plastering her pics all over yuh blog LOL

Anonymous said...

The front of the Dragon looks similar to pioson's 2k5 ricco soldato's head piece minus the drgaon face off course, I not feeling that head piece though the size and shape of it reminds me of that of berries section for IP last year.

Hottie Hottie said...

Saucy, yuh feel that Dragon headpiece will be easy to wear on teh road? To jump and wine and sketterize in? Plus, It looking kinda big in the pics - you think it go fit people head?

Trinidad Carnival Diary said...

hottie hottie I am loving that headpiece and it looks like it will be comfortable on the road, but then again I am used to big headpieces. If it could fit Solange, who is tiny, then it can fit your big head :P

Hottie Hottie said...

AYE! AYE! Just so?! :) I MEANT if it eh go be TOO BIG!

Trinidad Carnival Diary said...

I don't think it will be too big, but I can see taller girls pulling it off better than petite girls.

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