Embrace the coastal breeze with our Fisherman Trucker Jacket – an ecru trucker jacket that celebrates the untamed beauty of Guyana's Wild Coast. Crafted from 100% Cotton Denim and featuring a custom cotton netting that adds a touch of Caribbean breeziness, this new wardrobe staple celebrates the coastal charm of the islands. The cowrie shell embroidery captures the essence of Guyana’s vibrant northern coastal strip and fisherman trade, while its relaxed fit offers both comfort and style for all occasions. The yellow piping enhances the jacket's edges, providing a playful contrast. Embrace the coastal allure of the Fisherman Trucker Jacket – where denim tradition meets the carefree spirit of the Caribbean in a new wardrobe staple.

Pictured here with our Fishnet Mini Dress

• This style fits true to size. Size Guide.

• Ecru Trucker Jacket with netting

• Cowrie shell embroidery

• Yellow piping

• Relaxed fit

• 100% Cotton Denim / 100% Cotton Netting

• Imported

Dry-clean only

Please allow approximately 2-4 weeks for custom production.

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Please note that, due to its custom production, this style is not eligible for return or exchange. In the rare event that there is a manufacturer’s defect, please email us at info@marrisawilsonny.com within 7 days of receiving your order. Please see our Shop Policy for more details.

Contemporary womenswear from the soul and paintbrush of Founder and Creative Director, Marrisa Wilson.

The first generation Guyanese-American designer uses her collections as a medium to explore culture and history through the lens of her Caribbean heritage, with artisan hand-painted prints, high-quality custom fabrics, expert surface treatments and unique textile manipulations.

Every MARRISA WILSON New York Collection begins the same way. It always starts with our custom, hand-painted prints. (And a dope soundtrack, of course.)

Unlike other brands, our designs are never sourced from a print catalogue or found in a trend-forecasting book. Instead, every MARRISA WILSON print is created from the mind — and the paintbrush — of MW Founder and Creative Director Marrisa Wilson. And that means that each piece we make is entirely unique, one of a kind, and can’t ever be replicated. Just like you.

Oh yeah, we also think that our artisanal designs, relaxed styling and made-for-movement fabrics stand out among the crowd. And our commitment to quality and functionality, combined with our vibrant, optimistic aesthetic makes for a distinctly bold and pragmatic collection.

But it is the level of craftsmanship, care and true artistry that makes the MARRISA WILSON collection unlike any other.

Because each piece is imbued with our soul, allowing you to wear yours.

Wear Your Soul 💛

Beauty found through unexpected balance. Cattle ranchers on horseback, fishermen in flat-bottom dories, desolate savanna grasslands, vibrant flowers floating on streams. Wild Coast, the Spring/Summer 2024 Collection by MARRISA WILSON, envisions a harmonic blend of disparate Caribbean cultures and presents a globalized view of the classic Americana aesthetic. 

The collection converges Western wear inspired by the primarily unknown southern Rupununi region of Guyana —  a remote desert plain made up of sprawling ranches and inhabited by indigenous cowboys — with the lush tropics, vibrance and fisherman trade of the northern coastal strip where the country's Afro-Caribbean population resides. In MW SS24, these two distinct cultures and aesthetics are merged, creating one beautiful, soulful Calypso sound. 

The season’s signature, hand-painted prints are depicted in muted, earthy tones with textural accents that hark back to Guyana’s vast savanna grasslands. Homage is paid to the country's lush coastal region and “cast net” fishing trade through the development of a garment-dyed cotton netting — a key statement material used throughout the collection — and in its details. 

Seashell accents embroidered onto jacquard trucker jackets and strung along hemlines are redolent of Guyana’s historic Shell Beach. Floral-lace motifs that embellish the netting on maxi dresses and 5-pocket pants are reminiscent of the flora often found accompanying a fisherman’s catch. Self-fabric laser cut fringe that adorns western yokes and skirts replicate the blades of coconut trees that canopy the country.

The influence of the Rupununi cowboys can be seen in the collection’s denim capsule. Expressed in both a natural ecru and in a yellow overdyed wash, it creates a rugged, lived-in feel but with the signature MW spin of color. 

The collection’s tailored assortment of classic suiting references the shape of traditional cowboy holsters and is given a modern update with dimensional, utility-inspired back panel pockets, punchy gold finishes and subtle accents of color. The angles of a classic chap silhouette are completed with a netted hem to enliven a traditional short; paired with a netted-back, cowrie shell-embroidered vest, the set converges both Caribbean cultures and creates a fresh take on conventional western flair.

Because there is a singular beauty in that blend, balance formed through its unlikely unity. 

Historical context

When European explorers discovered the jungles, swamps and savannas on the Northeast Coast of South America in the 15th century, they deemed the land uninhabitable. The area was a geographic and geologic anomaly. Separated into five natural regions — from the low coastal strip along the Atlantic that was constantly flooded by saltwater, to the sparse and unforgiving grassy desert plains found further inland — each contained its own rich biodiversity and presented unique perils that made the area inhospitable. The Dutch were the first to settle in Guyana in 1616. But they came to call the land something else: The Wild Coast. 

Of course, the country was not uninhabitable. Indigenous peoples had been living there for thousands of years before the European settlers arrived. And over the next two centuries —  as control of the country changed hands repeatedly from the Dutch, to the British, to the French, and back again, and 100,000 African slaves and Indian indentured servants were brought to work the sugar plantations along the coast— the country became bifurcated. The indigenous people, forced to retreat into the vast savanna hinterlands, adapted to the terrain by becoming adept cattle ranchers; the Africans, freed after slavery was abolished in the 19th century, stayed along the more populous coast and became expert fishermen. 

Today, most people of Guyanese descent have a diverse genealogy, a unique mix of indigenous, African and Indian ancestry. But because of this stark and unnatural cultural divide centuries ago, aspects of their family history and heritage are often unknown.