Melange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2020 | Page 122

Born and raised
in London,
England,
Princess Booker’s
parents set the
foundation for her
life by gifting her the
“Princess” moniker. A
strong title for a girl
who grew up into a
remarkable renaissance
woman.
Princess indeed
wears many crowns:
Entrepreneur, Fashion
Designer, CEO of Nine
Mile Clothing and
of Princess Booker
Tours travel agency,
co-manager of multi-
GRAMMY nominated
Julian Marley, and unyielding
philanthropist. Her passion runs
a vast spectrum but at the core
of it all are fashion and music.
“I guess I was influenced by my
father and brother, watching
them made me want to work
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Understated
Conscious Lifestyle
Taste
&
Style
within events or music. When
I finished university, I worked
with my dad on the 9 Mile
Music Festival and Nine Mile
Reggae Land for a few years. I
then started working with my
brother Julian in 2011,” explained
Princess.
Princess Booker
Nine Mile Clothing
Amid all her endeavors,
it is her rapidly growing
successful Nine Mile
Clothing line that was
birthed and influenced
by a mystical legendary
small town in Jamaica,
where Bob Marley and
his mother, Cedella
Marley-Booker both
took their first breaths
and were also laid to
rest. Reflecting on her
Nine Mile journey,
Princess related “I
spent a couple months
in Jamaica at Nine
Mile and found that
a lot of the tourist
wanted clothing that
had Nine Mile on it.
Originally I was only
going to make magnets as I love
collecting them but I ended up
making Nine Mile canvas bags
instead; after that everything else
gradually followed, men, women
and children wear, as well as
accessories. The whole reason