Los Angeles Firm Inc. Magazine Jan/Feb 2014 | Page 4

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From day one I came into the fashion industry head held high on a mission to
be the top name.... Not to be one of the top names but to be the top name. A
very high number of people in different countries followed me on my model
mayhem portfolio for my clothing line Victoria Marie Fashion. While I am
merely just another name in fashion I am also a legeacy. I am a legend, I am
the first to mix high fashion and urban fashion while others took credit, copied,
I am the best of both worlds. But people thought I fell off, they thought speaking on me and my past would stop me from exceling above and beyond fashion’s elites. Fashion never once failed me. However, at times I feel like I let
fashion and it’s community of fashion stylist down. My expectations have been
very high since day one, I had alot of pressure to superceed my peers. I did alot
of self promotion to get where I am, took lots of risk, told lie after lie and said
prayer after prayer.
I feel like certain people wanted me to not make it, to not stay focused, to not
bring you the best exclusive matierial you have ever seen. I just want you the
reader to know that I am truly a face in fashion. I too have a dream, I wish the
best to everyone head held high and making a way for themselves to remain.
Year after year I piled entity after entity on top of the same dream.
I never gave up and I lost so much sleep throughout this struggle.
But thanks God here I am.

“ Fashion never once
failed me. However at
times I feel like I let
fashion and the community of fashion stylist down. My expectations have been very
high since day one, I
had alot of pressure to
superceed my peers.”

If I have failed you strike me down with no
remorse, let me lay in the bed I’ve made for
myself, let those in
the correct position judge me for my tresspasses.
There were times in my life where I felt like the
world itself was over for me and I still never
turned my back on fashion. I have taken part in
some of the 21st
centries most proliffic photo shoots both commercial and domestic. With that being said I
found a nitch that would in turn seperate me
from the rest. My magazine and my eye for the
designs, the pictures, the styling and so on and so
fourth. In this book alone I’ve found my comfort
zone where I can advertise any product I
may want to put my hands in. I often find myself
in various multi-million dollar estates with
industry renowned models who have extremely
large fan bases. I’ve been blessed to cast and
work with Slickforce Studios, Maxim.com ,
BET , NBC and VH1. Yet, I cannot forget my
past, the hardships I’ve endured that propel me
forward. Many times, I feel compelled to share
my story. Subsequently, I’ve often heard many
close friends say. “Damn bro that’s your background, that’s your past, you should hide that,
you should not talk about that. You’re a celebrity
designer, you are an icon. You’re a celebrity
designer, you are an icon and legend. Let go of
the past.” I’ll stop talking about it when the more
than 1 million young black men and women
in prison are free and at peace. I’ll stop talking
about it when this cycle of negativity disappears
and recidivism rate for black men decreases
drastically. There are far too many people sitting in jail cells or who went to early graves so
I could sit where I sit, have the many blessings
I have , and dress the way that I dress. As this
Magazine sets out to celebrate the best of us , I
will never forget the rest of us.

by: Darcell Carraway

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