Jon Jon needs to go away his mark on the Black group. The 16-year-old entrepreneur from Florida has relocated to Georgia and needs everybody to look via his TrueEyez.store lens.
Just lately, Jon Jon stopped by rolling out to speak concerning the model and provides recommendation to anybody who has the will to start out a clothes line.
How lengthy has your model been round?
My model hasn’t even touched a 12 months but. I’m solely 16. I began in September [2022].
The place are you from?
I’m from Pompano Seashore, Florida, however I moved as much as Georgia not too way back. So I’m primarily based in Douglasville, Georgia.
What message do you hope to advertise via your clothes line?
Positivity and actual dudes. Not actual dudes, actual N-words. I’m not making an attempt to cuss on right here, however you already know what I’m saying. While you consider TrueEyez, it’s important to see via the whole lot. It’s a must to see via the lies, it’s important to see via the long run. It’s a must to see via the whole lot to be sure to’ve constructed an excellent basis for your self. It’s a must to ensure that the whole lot’s good in your path. See via the individuals which might be round you, see via the whole lot. [There are] lots of people out right here that may be round you and break you down, simply to allow them to construct themselves up. There are lots of people out right here who will convey you down simply to allow them to get cash from you. As quickly as you go up, they’re going to attempt to convey you down.
What are recommendation do you’ve for somebody who needs to start out their very own clothes model?
My first one is to be totally different as a result of all people, proper now, the waves are all flowing collectively. So like Virgil [Abloh] stated, be sure to add up 3% to no matter you do. Be sure you make the whole lot distinctive, ensure that it’s all yours. Don’t copy off of anyone. They will all come again to sue you and the whole lot will go to crap. Keep by yourself wave, be your self.
Be compassionate about what you do. All the time consider in your self.
Don’t attempt to downgrade anyone to construct your self up. While you convey someone else down … it’s just like the model [says] “A Black Man is Not Your Opp,” be sure to get a kind of T-shirts, they gave one to my dad and me. I actually like their message with the T-shirt as a result of on this world proper now, [there are] lots of Black males going in opposition to one another. … The truth is all Black males need to dwell a protracted life. As we go in opposition to one another, we don’t get to dwell a protracted life as a result of we kill one another because the cops are additionally killing us. What are you doing for your self if we’re all killing off one another as an alternative of constructing one another [up] and making one thing higher for ourselves?
