Nizhoni Way Apparel was founded in 2002 by Dwayne Clauschee of Canyon De Chelly, AZ. A member of the Diné tribe, Dwayne has provided his community with exceptional fashions at the fraction of the price. Dwayne has also served as a contributor (The Miami Herald and The Washington Times) to press as a local fashion correspondent (The Navajo-Hopi Observer) for Native American fashion shows.
Why pay more for inferior workmanship at inflated prices? Nizhoni Way's Designer received education and training in the field of Fashion design in Los Angeles and worked 6 years in the industry culminating vast experience in garment construction. Because Nizhoni Way Apparel can provide designs in varying sizes at a reasonable amount of time, customers are won over by Nizhoni Way Apparel's dexterity.
In 1996, Dwayne Clauschee started attending The American Intercontinental University to study fashion design. Studying under the tutelage of highly-skilled instructors, Dwayne studied such subjects as women's, men's, & children's wear in the areas of ready-to-wear, evening wear, sports wear, tailoring, and costume design. While attending The American Intercontinental University in Los Angeles, Dwayne worked as a freelance designer in Hollywood while working behind the scenes as a fashion dresser for such design houses as Halston and Escada.
Nizhoni Way Apparel specializes in unique southwestern wear. Original designs with a “couture” edge that give each design the perfect fit that is unmatched by Nizhoni Way Competitors. With everything from “velvet treasures” to formal evening wear, customers have been won over with the high skill level that designer, Dwayne Clauschee, has perfected while working throughout the southwest and mainstream fashion.
With sizes varying from a size 0 to 44, Nizhoni Way Apparel has been able to provide fashions to clients with special needs. With excellence as a pattern maker, Dwayne Clauschee has been able to provide every woman of every shape and size the fashion that others tend to overlook.
With Nizhoni Way Apparel's designer, constantly adding new skills to his repertoire, Dwayne has become one of the most sought after talent for fashion shows, print features and calendar work. With Nizhoni Way Apparel's introduction of Nizhoni Way Models, Nizhoni Way has branded the market with a new level of beauty standards that not only marry physical beauty with intellectual beauty, Native Models are constantly applying for a place in the fashion market. Nizhoni Way Apparel is constantly looking to improve products to keep up to date with an ever evolving people.