Jayson Jamandron

Hello! My name is Jayson! I am a first year student in the Fashion Arts program at Humber College. I would like to start with how my passion for fashion took off. Many are discouraged that as a male I am not the ordinary type of guy for getting into this field so I told them “I will be by myself at the end of the day, it is not like you are coming along on my journey” So here it goes!

In high school, it was a new chapter for me, I met new people at my school and other high schools as well. In grade 9, everyone is new and everybody was desperate to find someone that is their type. I was just that kid that had a shaved hair and braces; you know what they called me? Iron monk. Yes it is funny, but it did bother me for a long time. I was embarrassed and I always had a hat on. My cosmetic teacher is the one I must credit the most and without her I would not have gotten into fashion. She told me that I should stop doing the fauxhawk as my primary hairstyle. She told me I should do the pompadour for my new primary hairstyle. She told me that it would look great because my bone structure around my chin and cheek bone is sharp. I would have the appearance of Elvis Presley. She told me I should grow my hair first so I have enough volume to pull it off, I grew my hair for 4 months. She finally cut and I had the result of a beautiful hairdo. When I had the hair, I have to change my type of clothing, I never knew what my type was and I need to find it before high school ends. I need to establish my status in high school. I found out that class is my sense of style, the first time I wore my suit in school was a black and white turtle neck underneath. It was well-fitted and it made me look like a model from a magazine! Everyone was in awe and wondered when they saw me. They were wondering why I was wearing a suit. I told everyone that is my style and I am very comfortable wearing a suit. I felt very different that day because no guy had the comfort wearing a suit that made them emotionally comfortable. I had confidence of wearing a suit because it made me feel like I was just wearing plain clothing, but everyone else was too exaggerated wearing a suit constantly. I finally established my style and I never felt so comfortable ever before.