2020 teaches Tamia Carey to ‘pivot, pivot, pivot’

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2020 teaches Tamia Carey to ‘pivot, pivot, pivot’

Fashion was hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but designer Tamia Carey weathered the storm, following the age-old Jamaican adage ‘tun yuh hand and mek fashion’. Carey still made fashion, but she also made use of her resources and made masks — lots...

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