aspire TV’s Fashion Kings are persevering with to showcase their stereotype-defining design work and dishing particulars to BOSSIP.
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As beforehand reported the groundbreaking collection on aspireTV, invitations audiences into the world of two dynamic entrepreneurs; Atlanta-based HGTV inside design star/Trademark Design & Co. proprietor, Justin Q. Williams and Superstar customized go well with designer/ Hideoki Bespoke proprietor Dedrick Thomas, as they navigate the realms of excessive trend and inside design.
This present not solely showcases their craftsmanship but additionally seeks to light up the underrepresented contributions of Black males in these inventive fields.
In response to Dedrick, an industrial engineer by coaching, he grew up in a Mississippi family stuffed with sturdy ladies who taught him the nuances of trend and magnificence and made positive he “all the time regarded the half.” After merging and promoting his first firm in 2006, Derrick launched his design model from the trunk of his automotive later resulting in his profitable Hideoki Bespoke enterprise with purchasers together with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, T.I., and Jeezy. In some methods, it seems like his entrepreneurial journey was fated from childhood.
“Hideoki is my center identify,” he instructed BOSSIP’s Managing Editor Dani Canada. “It stands for ‘to construct.’ I didn’t know that on the time, however that’s what it stands for—to construct.”
As for Justin, his love for design was ignited at an early age. Guided by his father, who acknowledged his ardour, he immersed himself in architectural software program, honing his abilities via hands-on expertise with household dwelling renovations.
“I drew the plans for the contractor so he might see them in 2D and 3D, and from that time, I truly began to go on job websites with him,” stated Justin to BOSSIP. “His identify is Mr. Robert Perry and I nonetheless have relationship with him to today. He’s my first mentor.”
Now firmly established as entrepreneurs and furthermore, Fashion Kings, the 2 are excited for aspireTV watchers to proceed to not solely see their particular person work however Atlanta’s huge affect on the planet of trend and elegance.
“Atlanta has all the time been a tradition chief particularly in terms of African-Individuals and enterprise and issues of that nature, simply hadn’t gotten the eye that it wants by way of trend and elegance,” stated Dedrick. “However in case you go to each trend present in New York or Paris, there’s most likely a sixty or seventy p.c likelihood that you just’re gonna see Atlanta on these entrance rows. So it’s nice to have a distribution means to showcase this to the world.”
Justin agreed,
“Atlanta has so many gifted black folks and so many gifted black artists and has for years, many, a few years. What Fashion Kings does is permits us to have a platform to showcase that to the world. And I imply, it’s nicely overdue. The world has been ready to see this. And that’s why it’s so vital to me.”
Finally the 2 creatives expressed that being a “Fashion King” is about way more than aesthetics.
“For me, model king is extra than simply being fashionable,” stated Justin. “It’s exhibiting that issues like this are doable for those that seem like us.”
“The phrase King represents chief… this present permits us the chance to offer again to youthful folks and even older folks from an inspirational perspective by sharing our journey with them,” stated Dedrick.
Watch our interview with aspireTV’s Fashion Kings!
Fashion Kings airs Wednesdays at 8 pm on aspireTV!
