PANAMA Metropolis — It’s the start off of a new journey for sneakerhead Trevor Byron, who expanded his apparel model to sell designer shoes and vintage outfits out of his new keep in Panama City.
Byron, a Panama Town native, launched his most up-to-date brand name very last yr, and now he’s dwelling his dream as the proprietor of Awoken Kicks — a sneaker and vintage garments shop in Panama City. The storefront held its grand opening ceremony on June 4 at its 1st spot, 1106A Harrison Ave., and operates from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday by means of Friday, noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.
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Awoken Kicks will operate underneath these several hours via the stop of August and will create non permanent several hours right after the summer season.
“If you wake up just about every day and want to go after your desires, then you will have effective suggestions of what you want to do in lifestyle, and which is what I did,” Byron reported. “I understood without the need of a doubt I desired to open up a shop in my hometown due to the fact it all started here for me.”
The Mosley Substantial School graduate started off his journey at a young age, growing up with an ambition to open his have sneaker retail store, and routinely visited national sneaker conferences with his brother, Ethan. He started with his garments brand, Awoken Desires, which has had a lot success given that its start in Oct of 2019. Moving ahead, he used several of his pandemic times discovering the logistics of managing his possess keep, leading to the strategy of opening Awoken Kicks.
His inspiration is derived from a thing he reminds himself every single day — which is to chase his dreams.
“When all the things happened during the pandemic, I was at household from faculty a whole lot. But I took it as an possibility to master and do a great deal of investigate and dive into the state of mind of a small business proprietor and bring a thing new to Panama City.”
Awoken Kicks’ stock attributes a vast wide range of exceptional sneakers, designer bags and vintage outfits. Preferred labels together with Louis Vuitton, Air Jordan, Yeezy and Nike Dunk fill the store’s shelves, and the retail outlet also includes a pre-owned selection of similar objects. The keep sells a broad wide range of hats, purses, luggage, hoodies, jerseys and more.
Byron operates the store with the help of two buddies and his brother, and the crew usually announces specific reductions and impromptu giveaways on its social media web pages. The pal group has grown alongside one another in excess of the many years with just about every other’s assistance.
“It’s been awesome to check out his journey,” said friend Jake Piorkowski. “We ended up at a sneaker celebration when he initial pointed out opening a retail outlet in the region, and I assumed it was good due to the fact I understood it would be huge for the metropolis. A good deal of people love the culture of sneakers and streetwear.”
Seeking into the long term of Awoken Kicks, Byron designs to steadily expand his brand in several features. Inevitably, he wishes to generate an on line website for the keep, introduce new stock, and open more spots within the area. But his primary focus is on perfecting his to start with retail store spot, hoping it will turn into a staple in the community.
“My main goal is to create out my very first retail store in Panama Metropolis just before expanding, so it is significant for me to be a component of the growing metropolis,” Byron explained. “I certainly hope to broaden to spots that have a need to have for merchants like mine mainly because I want the help the sneakerhead and streetwear neighborhood as a entire.”
