The Way I Dress: Mr Joshua Kissi
"My name is Joshua Kissi, I’m one half of Street Etiquette, and I’m from the Bronx, New York.
My first memory of being conscious of style or fashion was in high
school, furthermore than that, I think my parents inspired me, as far as
being West African, they are from Ghana, seeing how they used to dress
so elegant just to go to these events…that’s the first time is saw color
and the way people express themselves – linking clothing to emotion.
That’s when I think I got introduced to style…
My parents thought I was gong to be a doctor, it is still kind of
surreal to them that you can make a living or job or have some type of
lucrative income off of just style or fashion – when I broke the news to
them they were shocked..after a while…New York Times, GQ and
everything, now they’re pretty proud.
I roll up everything, unless it’s like, you know, tuxedo trousers
obviously or something more formal, I pretty much go by it all the time,
no socks, roll up. Some people make fun of it, some people don’t like
but hey! it your personal taste.
I would describe my style as just… I don’t know, I mean it’s hard to
just give it a label or category ‘cause then I feel like I’m putting it
in a box…sometimes Afro-dandyism, sometimes punk, a touch of prep, a
touch of Americana…like an amalgamation of everything I’m interested in
as far as colors, patterns, silhouettes and jewelry accessories.
My style is just style I wouldn’t put it in a category."
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