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Fashion Advice With Teronce Styyles
By Tya
Anthony Shakti
skakti@excapethematrix.com
After a long afternoon of coordination, make-up,
garment selections, interviews and photo shoots, Mr. Styyles enters into
yet
another interview for moi. Dedication and perseverance are evoked
on every project he conquers. A level head and focus can be his only
center of attention. As we begin our interview, Teronce (pronounced
Ter-ron-say), admits immediately he must turn off his cell phone, well
at least put it on vibrate, so we won’t be disturbed.
Shakti- …Because you are a very busy man. Busy busy.
T – (Grumbles)
Shakti - Okay, so I want to know, who is Terrence
Styyles?
T – Wow, who is Terrence Styyles? Actually, let me just start with my first name. Terrence is an individual who has dreams and aspirations that are unbelievable. The reason why I say they are unbelievable is because I have so much that I want to do with my life. I am about to hit a milestone in my life that I feel is about to just explode. And I’m working on a fashion show right now for June and I’m feeling all kinds of ways, all different types of ways, all types of emotions and I don’t know what to expect. I know what I want to expect, I don’t know what is actually going to be expected of people. People that come, people that are involved, or what have you. On top of that I’m trying to pursue an acting career, which hasn’t always been positive. But I’m trying to keep my head above water in that aspect. I have that family support and friend support that have my back and aren’t shady to me and don’t feel that I’m above them. I’m just an ordinary person just trying to make it. Styyles is pretty much something I created about a year and a half ago. I was trying to come up with a different name for myself for the industry….I didn’t want to use my government. So I used Terrence but I just changed the spelling of it. It’s funny because I used to belong to a modeling organization that just happened to call me Terronce` and it was weird because it rhymes with Beyonce`, so that was kind of hot. So I went by Terrence, Terronce, and Terronce` but I needed a last name. People were like “You can just be like Madonna” and I thought no, I don’t want to do that. So I went through last names, trying to fit one. I’m a freelance wardrobe stylist so I was like “Styyles.”
A higher being guides him through the day to “lead him to the right direction.” He says he is trying to move forward and stay focused in his goals.
“Being open to suggestion and comfortable with yourself allows a person to get out of their comfort zone and try new things.”
Teronce goes on to say how self respect and esteem have a large part in the way that people choose to dress themselves. Clothes that are too small or too big cover the real person inside that is dying to get out.
After the Model of the Month photo shoot I asked Teronce why he chose to dress the models the way he did and his response seemed so perfect. With Pasha, the female Model of the Month, he chose to enhance the fact that she is a full figured model and placed her in clothes people would not expect full figured models to be in. He stated that Pasha holds the attribute that every full figured woman should have - high self esteem. For Go (the male Model of the Month), he says he wanted to take him out of his norm a little but not away from his sex appeal and low key personality. He wanted to focus on being edgy and fitting for Joey, who is slim and average height. Taking the characteristics of Jared and Simba allowed Teronce to appropriately dress the “manly man and alternative ethnic man.”
The one fashion no-no I
can agree with Teronce on was the need to get rid of the white dress.
For those who are in state of as much confusion as I was, he is
referring to the long white, red, black or any other color t-shirts that
are being worn by our youth today and bought in packs as many as five to
ten. “Carry yourself with dignity and class,” he says. Not doing this
is one of his major fashion pet peeves. Personal attitude,
professionalism and a wide range of vocabulary are all included in the
must do list.
“Clothes that are too small or too big cover the
real person inside that is dying to get out.”
In closing out the interview, Teronce expressed that being open to suggestion and comfortable with yourself allows a person to get out of their comfort zone and try new things.
As a teacher at a modeling school, Teronce talks about what fits and how wardrobe is supposed to enhance and not take away from someone’s look. He would love to work with celebrities such as Jennifer Hudson, Monique and Queen Latifah.
I’m sure we will be hearing much more from Terrence in the near future.