HBO reality show “Legendary” brought the world of ballroom culture to the masses (viaFast Company).
He got the gig for his work as a stylist.
Though actually, he prefers a different term.
The surveying, building a blueprint, sourcing materials, all that.
But I’m doing it with clothes, jewellery, hair and makeup."
He has actually gone so far as to trademark the term (viaChicago).
I never thought, as a young Black man, thatIcouldn’t love style.
I would watch old VHS cassettes ofCharlie’s AngelsandDynastywith my grandmother, and that was very inspiring to me.
I felt like Iknewglamour, even though I was, like, five."
The first to graduate high school.
The first to earn a college degree.
The first to move out of Chicago.
If I can inspire somebody else to be a first, that’s what’s important."
