About Shanika I am an artist at heart and fashion is my favorite medium. I also love to create mini mixed media low relief sculptures which will soon be available on my website. I am an environmental activist through every aspect of my life and aim to live the sustainable lifestyle which is portrayed by my brand. I’ m a passionate lover of nature and it is often the greatest inspiration in my creative process. I am a proud mother of an amazing 5 year old boy who fills me with so much love, I can burst. From my experience, family is the cornerstone of success and I owe much of mine to the support and love my family has given to me on my journey. I’ m a perfectionist. I don’ t believe in taking shortcuts. Diligence and attention to detail are what separates excellence from mediocrity and these have been the guiding factors for me throughout my life.
The Beginning of the Fashion Journey
My fashion journey started from conception. It was always there, through nature or nurture or both. My mother bought me my first sewing machine as a little girl. It was a toy but it worked well enough to sew clothes for my dolls. At secondary school I made outfits for myself and friends to go out and I even made our school uniforms in our last years there. I started designing more seriously and invested everything I had into my first collection which I showcased at Caribbean Fashion Week in Jamaica. I have never looked back and I see growth as a designer and entrepreneur from year to year.
Brand Description
SHAKAD is a Caribbean inspired eco fashion brand. Our aesthetic is effortless exotic elegance and our lines include luxury resort and couture evening wear. The brand showcases the incorporation of modern concepts with ancient textile techniques and unusual materials to exhibit the exotic colours, textures and rhythm of the Caribbean and its people. Shakad uses blends of quality 100 % natural fibres and each garment is individually hand-dyed using the safest dying products available on the market.
Brand Targets
The Shakad client is a woman who sets her own standards of fashion, beauty and success. She is confident and self assured because when she walks into a room all heads will turn. She is fashion forward, knows quality, and appreciates details, but is ethically and environmentally conscious. She is sophisticated, chic and elegant but there is also something exotic and organic.
Where to Purchase
Our pieces are currently available in Barbados exclusively at: Ayissa Textile Designs,
Textile Gallery of the Caribbean # 8 Pelican Village, Bridgetown Barbados
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10:00 am- 4:00pm Saturday: 10:00 am- 2:00 pm
Our lines will soon be available on our website: www. shakadlifestyle. com
Potential clients can contact us via facebook www. facebook. com / ShakadEcoWear
MODEL Shanika Burnett
DESIGNER Shanika Burnett( Shakad Eco Wear)
MUA Tenille Griffith
LIP COLOUR Make Up Doll Cosmetics
PHOTOGRAPHER Rachelle Gray( Grayworks Media)
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