About ImmaTeez

Growing up in the Weequahic Section of Newark, NJ. fashion was a way of life.  As early as I can remember, what you came out of the house dressed in could determine how your day was going to go. You know “WHAT ARE THOSE???”.   By middle school, what you wore could determine your friend group, your girlfriend, and your reputation.

 

As I have gotten older, I understand that what I wore was a way of distracting attention from my insecurities.   Even though I didn’t recognize the things about myself that I didn’t like as insecurities, I do know that I had plenty of things about myself that I didn’t like. What I wore became a way to relieve the inner kid in myself from dealing with the inner torment of self-hate.    Kind of like don’t look at my skin, look at my sneakers.  Don’t look at my wide nose, look at this jacket.  Of course, fashion wasn’t the only thing I used as a distraction or self-soother.    Yet, it’s the thing that has remained a staple of who I am.  I have mentally shifted from fashion as a distraction from my perceived imperfections to fashion as an accessory to my Perceived Perfection.

 

Immateez is an example of a “crutch” becoming a beautiful expression of Life. Fashion for me is a feeling and when I wear Immateez I get that feeling.  Rarely does a day go by that someone doesn’t say something to me if I have it on.  Immateez and it’s designs are an expression of who I have always been naturally.  I want you to get that feeling when you get dressed.