The Tribune

Up-and-coming teen designer Navado Dawkins recently took fashionistas on a tour around the world with his first solo showcase.

It was red carpet style event that took place at Club Land’or, Paradise Island, and featured various designs by his label, Navado’s Navashion Styling & Designing Agency.

The collection, which models showed off a runway that had been set up, displayed a modern twist on the traditional fashion of different countries.

At just 18, Navado is a self-taught designer who over the last two years honed his skills with hands-on experience in the fashion industry.

“I learned almost 50 per cent of what I know via Youtube tutorials, articles and TV shows. My most recent accomplishment was obtaining the first place in the Joe Stubbs Style Agency in July,” he said. “For about two years I’ve shadowed my mentor, Joe Stubbs, taking notes and tips. He would share information with me and allow me to get (hands-on) on photo shoots he would put together. After getting into it I found an endless love for fashion and everything about it, and I told myself I have to get my business together, brand and market, and be the best fashion designer and stylist the world has ever known.”

With his Navashion Styling and Designing Agency, he offers personal shopping and styling services, fashion designing, closet auditing, and apparel reconstruction for both men and women. He is certain during each client’s Navashion journey they will encounter a creative outlook on fashion itself.