Garment District
Young JEDI. Attacks
Every season something with me changes, these ego’s get all confused on different days, all hectic–everything. Young JEDI; ahhh the nickname Coltrane Curtis gave me. But don’t think you can call me that just yet— he comes out in Miami x Acne Brand…
Whisper In Your Ear
Sing it with me: Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah! Roma-Roma-ma-ah! Ga-ga-ooh-la-la! This is a Ga-Ga-Ga-Ga-Ga world—and we spotted the Heartbeats head phones designed by the Lady herself…
From Paris With Love
Aye was you given me the eye?: In real life I’m much more distinguish; neighborhood rockstar. Do you know that my dreams place me at home every night–me big in Parrie?–I don’t believe you, stop it. Paris FedEx me your heart…
& I Took The Trophy
Enter the war zone: slap me in my face–punch me in my eye. Is this my queue?—I’m looking for some shades to boost my IQ. I keep making myself so easy to see, even Tuxedo Dames popped into the office for a lil one-on-one…
Informal Elegance
I don’t like to talk too much about myself, or even my style for that matter. As I like to think of it I hope everything would sort of…speak on its own? But I need to clarify a few things. Don’t let the coy smile dissuade you…
Coldest Winter
Flash back to blizzard of 2009: My first winter living in New York…
All Seeing Eye
So I think I’ve become an eye-wear connoisseur. But in order to get knighted I had to go meet the King–Silver Lining Opticians. Silver Lining houses the finest optical brands, iconic vintage sunglasses, and long-forgotten hand-made European eye-wear brands.
Battle of The Letterman
For my next number I’d like to return to the classics. Oh how I heart a nice varsity letterman jacket–it reminds me of my semesters at Morehouse. This jock-in my-ish letterman can make an english major feel like the campus kingpin. And is that Maestro? You already Knows…
Upped The Ante
Patriarch, Hyman Moscot, began selling eyeglasses from a pushcart on the Lower East Side in 1899, and the rest, as they say, is history. Seems to me late Mr. Moscot is what we call a hustler…
At The T-O-P
Owner Racquel Nosworthy opened NOS Boutique on September 1st [sidebar my birthday so mark the calendar for next year] specializing in shoes, accessories, and layered apparel in Dumbo, Brooklyn. The Dumbo native’s goal for the boutique was to, “create a unique shopping experience centered around having fun with life and feeling good about yourself.”…
