Exordium Tingz

the beginning or introductory part...

Let me start by saying I am not a blogger, I am not a writer, so please

excuse any writing errors/rants along the way lol.

I love fashion. I love seeing how people express themselves through what they wear, how they wear it, how they accessorize, and even just when and where they choose to wear something. Sometimes it is so simple and yet says so much about someone. 

I used to love sitting in Union Square or walking through Soho

and people watching. Just seeing the diverse population of

people all together and seeing all the different

fashion styles come together, I loved it. 

Fashion has always been my thing even before I knew it was my thing. Back in Jamaica (where I was born and raised) my mom used to dress me up in different clothes and take pictures of me in front of our yard. I was always one of those kids that when it got warmer, I used to rip up my jeans and dye some of them (and get yelled at when I couldn't wear them to school the next year lol). I used to cut up my old shirts and make them crop tops when I didn't want them anymore & the list goes on. 

Fast forward to college when I used to model in the fashion shows at my alma mater LIU Brooklyn, which was so much fun, I would be backstage mentally criticizing the garments. Like why would you he make it like this or why couldn't this be used with a silk fabric? A lot of the garments I figure I could make myself, so I tried. My mom bought me my first sewing machine and after classes I used to teach myself  (with some help of Youtube University lol) how to sew. I made so many mistakes and I couldn't sew in a straight line to save my life (or sketch either). But I kept trying and kept going anyway. Over the next couple months I started making my own clothes from scratch and kept scribbling my designs on anything I could my hands on. I even sometimes just used words to write out my ideas when I couldn't sketch them (Such as knee length mesh dress with fur covering the bust area but also the arms. Long sleeves my style with nude underwear) You gotta get the idea down somehow lol. I am so grateful for the friends i made during my 'model' era because I had a lot of model friends that I could dress up and try my designs on, I had photographer friends that I could get to help me with photoshoots, and one that I am very grateful for was Devon. He produced the fashion shows and because of him I was able to do my first (through third) fashion shows showcasing my designs at LIU Brooklyn and two other schools. I loved the pressure because the pressure of the deadline pushed me to creative more designs and to really learn how to make garments for different model shapes and sizes. 

While I loved to make clothes, as a Caribbean my education ALWAYS came first. So, I never took my brand seriously or put it first (wasn't allowed to). But I always took baby steps towards my dream, such as getting a serger, reading marketing books and business podcasts in my spare time, getting my LLC, enrolling in entrepreneur classes from people in places that I want to get to (like the Working Girl Academy), etc. But I made it my first priority in 2022 right before I graduated with my Masters in Psychology & here we are.  

That was long, I'm sorry lol.

So that's the backstory of how Tingz came to be. 

One day "Tingz" will be its own brand that people all over the world will be wearing. It'll be a brand for men and women everywhere. We'll have seasonal and essential pieces. I plan to design shoes, furniture, and expand to other areas as well. Thank you being a part of this journey (and even for reading this long asf blog lol). 

I don't know how to end this so Bye. Live long and prosper or whatever. I love the Big Bang theory lmao bet you thought I was gonna say like Star Trek or something. 

Nah but seriously, this was a crazy long journey for me and I took the long road but I am going to make it & if I can do it, why can't you? I didn't know how to sew (Youtube University & I taught myself), I didn't know how to sketch (I kept trying), I never went to fashion school (I might go someday... no), I didn't know how to make patterns (I took apart shirts and dresses and put them back together, that's how I learned), I had no money (I took the money from my part time job to buy fabrics, materials, samples, etc). If you really want it, you have to do everything in your power to go get it. Now it's my turn to go get it. 

I think that last part was a motivational speech for the both of us. 

-Meme