About
“ The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.”
– James Baldwin
Black is a constant part of my personal aesthetic and most of the things around me also share that same color pallet. I fell in love with black, because it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all …You can be quiet, but still stand out.”
west tennessee native…
I was born to two lovely parents Thomas and Lucy Boykin in a small town named Humboldt, Tn. I then graduated high school in 2004, and attend college at the University of Tennessee At Chattanooga, where I studied Business Marketing. It was then were I found passion for the fashion industry. In 2006 I did my first photo shoot with photographer and now friend Erika Holmes of Elite photography. That photo shoot would forever change my life. After that I was signed to a high fashion desginer as a Ralph Lauren Model. I then transferred colleges and moved to Atlanta, Ga to attend Bauder College of Fashion & Design were later graduated with my degree in Fashion Merchandising. Through fashion school I gained exposure by producing fashion shows, as well as wardrobe styling and it was then I would elevate to producing several fashion shows such as Oscar De La Renta 2008 fall winter show, along with Bronner Brothers Hair show as creative director/ stage coordinator. During Bronner brothers I had the pleasure to meet and style Bre from America’s Next top model, that landed me working with her for several years. Then I moved on and developed my own company Encore Entertainment Groups LLC. After starting my company I began to produce fashions shows under EEG as well as trained models for the fashion industry under my company. After that I began other work in production for the Bet Hip Hop Awards along with he soul train awards . Following that I began to act and got casted on Tyler Perry Meet the browns Season 3. All while doing this I still continued to model as well and became a model instructor for Baribizon School of Modeling.
RUNWAY
RALPH LAUREN/FALL/WINTER ( FASHION WEEK NEW YORK) 2006,
RALPH LAUREN SPRING ( FASHION WEEK NEW YORK) 2007,
BRONNER BROTHERS2007/2008
BAUDER COLLEGE BAUDER BLACK TIE 2008/2009,
URBAN FASHION WEEK TOUR 2009-2010
PRINT WORK
RALPH LAUREN FALL WINTER CAMPAIGN F/W 2006/2007, RALPH
LAUREN SPRING SUMMER EDITION 2007,
BRONNER BROTHERS PROMOITONAL PRINT 2007,2008,
BUDWEISER PROMO 2013,
BAUDER COLLEGE FALL 2006 PROMOTIAL AD,
STOP THE BULLYING ADVOCATE PROMO 2012,
NIKE AD 2013
TV/FILM
BET HIP HOP AWARDS 2007,2008,2011,2012,
SOUL TRAIN 2011
BUDWEISER COMMERCIAL 2009,
ROCKMUND DUNBAR ( MOVIE ) PASTER BROWN 2009,
TYLER PERRY MEET THE BROWNS SEASON 3 2010,
It has been my goal, to educate, teach and train others in the fashion industry as well as to be a voice through my journey to show others that you can do whatever you put your mind to.