FLEX101 for GQ: The New Blues
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Market/Credit slides designed for Instagram Stories.
FLEX101 for GQ: Red Alert
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FLEX 101: Red Alert
A monthly class on how to dress less boring.
photos by Alex John Beck
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Market/Credit slides designed for Instagram Stories.
Before The Things Were Wild.
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Before the things were wild, they were rooted in nature, exuding grace and growth; fostering a boiling passion of potential, truth, and hope. Passion spent day by day leaking through the seams; seams woven by time, circumstance, and youth. But never fear, the seamster would soon give way. Like a pair of new shoes on feet well travelled mirrors the fate of circumstance. Because at the setting of the sun, and before the midnight bell chimes, on our side, he waits, the seamster, Father Time.
Creative Direction + Styling by Alexander-Julian / Photography by SUNK
Models: Jasmine Dottin + Venance Chiepodeu
Bison Ball + Excellence Awards - The Concrete Rose
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Styling + Photography by Alexander-Julian
Event: Howard University Bison Ball +Excellence Awards
Date: April 25,2015
Event Type: Seated Dinner + Reception
Location: Washington, DC
Guests: 700+ guests
Bison Ball is an annual white-tie gala honoring the Howard University community and it's commitment to Truth and Service. It is celebrated with an awards ceremony entitled The Excellence Awards that honors members of the Howard community for excellence in the community and their fields and is accompanied by a seated dinner. The awards ceremony is followed by a reception filled with dancing and delicious hors d'oeuvres.
I built the theme for the event based on Tupac Shakur's famous poem The Rose That Grew From Concrete and held the event at the Historic Andrew Mellon Auditorium. The Mellon has hosted countless presidential events over the past 83 years, including the historic signing of the North Atlantic Treaty by President Truman. For the event, I enacted a Black + White dress code to accent the abundance of roses properly.
Catering by Sodexo / Equipment Rental by Select Events / Decorations by Alexander-Julian
Creative Direction + Video Editing by Alexander-Julian / Cinematography by Jeredon O'Conner