Levon Saunders
New York, New York
United States
General information
Charlotte native Levon Saunders is a stylist in one of the most elite fashion capitals of the world. The social butterfly is notable for blossoming in venues in every major city across the country involving fashion and entertainment. Her proven social skills as well as outgoing yet casual demeanor award her with style inspirations and concepts for her clients and various projects in the world of fashion. Former events model turn fashion stylist has worked with numerous magazines, fashion houses and ad campaigns such as Christian Lacroix US, SAKS Fifth Avenue, and Dex Body Glow. She has been featured in Essence.com and Fromthefloor.Nordstrom.com and has clothed stars such as Wendy Raquel Robinson, Carl Payne, Danity Kane’s Dawn Richard and one of Tyra Bank’s apprentices Naima Mora to name a few. She has assisted industry veteran and close friend Van Silk with the grooming of countless A-List video vixens as well as administrative and shoot prep assistance. Her assisting has also gone as far as working with the fashion geniuses at Giant Magazine as well as style icon June Ambrose via The Mode Squad and backstage at the runway shows at BET. Levon has also worked rigorously with Celebrity Make-Up Artist Alshonda Michaux on the re-launching of www.beautebuzz.com an online collaboration between the two friends where she serves as fashion editor and Alshonda serves as make-up and beauty guru. Accompanied by a bachelor’s degree in Fashion Merchandising, Marketing and Design, this stylist has been immersed in retail and fashion since the age of 10 when she used to sell sketches for 25 cents. Her passion escalated at the age of thirteen where she was able to officially begin her career at a children’s clothing store in Charlotte, NC as a sales associate thanks to her very popular father who was able to pull some strings with the Department of Labor. She has been a player in the fashion industry as well as world of entertainment for many years, pulling clothes while providing services along the lines of personal shopping and image consulting to upcoming artists. Due to her petite categorized height of 5’5 1/2, her focus with modeling has been primarily promotions and events. Having worked with NFL stars like Ray Lewis, Lavar Arrington, Julian Peterson, Deion Sanders, Jamal Lewis and national recording artists like Fat Joe and Mario, hip-hop and industry moguls such as Russell Simmons, the list is endless. Levon has not only made a name for herself in the industry as a model and a stylist but has also appeared on as well as hosted television shows such as Turner Music Television's “Urban Music Show” and “Behind the Scenes of a Fashion Stylist”. There is even more to come in the future from this fashionista beauty so stay tuned!!
Experience
Level of Experience: Very Experienced
~ EDITORIAL STYLING ~
Elan Extreme Magazine 2006
Streetz Magazine 2006
Flywire Magazine 2006
KAS Collection for SAKS Fifth Avenue 2006
~ RUNWAY ~
BET Rip the Runway 2009
NY Couture Fashion Week 2007
NY Pet Fashion Week 2007
Saks Fifth Avenue f. KAS Collection 2007
~ COMMERCIAL STYLING ~
Hype Hair Magazine 2008
Dex Body Glow 2008
Stonefish Grill 2006
Red Star Tavern 2006
~ CELEBRITY STYLING ~
Keltie Colleen 2008
Wendy Raquel Robinson 2006
Carl Payne 2006
Dawn Richard of Danity Kane 2006
Wale 2006
Kenny Burns 2006
~ ASSISTING ~
Mode Squad / June Ambrose 2009
Christian Lacroix US Market Week 2008
Giant Magazine 2008
~ CREDENTIALS ~
Bachelor's Degree, Fashion Merchandising & Design
~ REFERENCES ~
Available upon request