By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

THE BAHAMAS-BASED Islands of the World Fashion Week is working with two other local operations that will act as "stepping stones" for Bahamian designers to progress to the main event, its head telling Tribune Business that many are "truly not ready" yet for international exposure.

Owen Bethel, head of the Nassau-based Montaque Group and president of Modes Iles, the Islands of the World Fashion Week organiser, said he was looking to make the latter - now a biennial event taking place in May and November, starting in 2012 - a "more exclusive event".

Of the 10 designers who would exhibit at each Islands of the World event, Mr Be ...

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