The brand
LEVENITY Collection LLC is an advanced-contemporary women’s ready-to-wear sportswear brand which launched in Dallas, TX. Part of a new generation of young emerging fashion brands, LEVENITY's distinctive propensity is to gracefully bring together seemingly opposed elements through tailored architectural lines and what we like to describe as "texture-blocking".
The brand features jackets, coats, dresses, tops, skirts and trousers made only with the finest of materials. Our mission is to promote a lifestyle brand through our line of apparel that redefines American sportswear, by creating exquisitely made garments which invites our clients to take part in our vision of luxury. We achieve this by injecting a blend of various distinct influences with dynamic ingenuity, sophistication and technique.
The designer
Haitian-American designer and Project Runway season 17 "Top 7" cast member Venny Etienne, knew he had a desire to be immersed in the fashion industry when he started styling for local fashion shows in his hometown of Brooklyn, NY at the age of 20. Etienne attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and Wade College in Dallas, TX. He graduated Salutatorian of his class receiving a B.A. in Merchandising and Design. However, He credits most of his initial creative expertise to Milan-based designer and pattern maker Shingo Sato.
Etienne has dressed some of today's most fashionable celebs such as Beyonce, Cardi B, Michelle Williams, Fantasia, Erica Campbell, just to name a few.
Etienne's recent accolades include: "2017 Designer of the Year "presented by CoSign Magazine, "2016 Designer of the Year" present by DFW Teen FW, "2015 National RAW Artist Designer of the Year", which helped fund his showcase of his Spring 2016 collection at LA Style Fashion Week. Later that year, he was also awarded the "2015 Fashion Group International (FGI) Best of Sewing Award" winning an industrial sewing machine and the ultimate prize from FGI: "Paris American Academy Couture Award (PAACA)". Winning the "PAACA" offered him to study abroad in Paris on an all-expense paid scholarship. Learning advanced couture techniques and design conceptualization from some of haute couture's leading industry experts
Currently residing in Dallas, TX, Etienne travels frequently to garner inspiration. While the LEVENITY brand is still recognizably part of American sportswear, it always has a sophisticated, worldly twist that makes it extremely special.