What I'm Wearing:
Blazer & Pants: Boohooman Tailored Collection www.boohooman.com/mens/suits, Shirt: David Beckham, Tie: Calvin Klein, Shoes: Giorgio Brutini

​"People" 

Dear readers, 
People, today let's talk about people. 2 weeks ago I was approached by boohooman to collaborate on a look for their new tailored collection. When I received the pieces in the mail, I knew I wanted to talk about people. The blazer and pants just have this vibe. Its classy, sleek, and well fitted, but wearing it in a city filled with people it stands out from the crowd. Men are selective when they wear suits. Every man wants a suit that makes them feel comfortable. A man uses a suit as his armor throughout the day or whatever event a suit calls for. Boohooman has a wide variety of great pieces (www.boohooman.com/mens/suits) and I am honored to showcase 2 of them. Let's talk about the pieces and how people should stand out and help to inspire and lift up other people along the way. 

Everyone has their own personal choices and opinions. But people rely on one another to make it through life, just like a suit. A suit is not complete without the perfect pieces to make the blazer and pants shine and stand out in between. In life and in style sometimes you have to mix and match to get the perfect blend, or sometimes the perfect blend comes out naturally to create a sleek combination. The blazer and pants from Boohooman (www.boohooman.com/mens/suits) is the perfect example of pieces blending naturally to create the perfect look. I love the blues that both the blazer and pants bring out. Boohooman created pieces that feel so classic. When I put the blazer on I loved how it fitted so perfectly on my body, along with the pants. These are truly tailored pieces, without having to be tailored in person. When I saw the pieces in person I knew I had to pair it with a button down dress up shirt from David Beckham's H&M collection. The 2 shades of blue on the shirt felt so appropriate to blend and mash up with the blazer to make it stand out more. I paired the shirt with a dark blue skinny tie from Calvin Klein and mixed together it became an awesome combo of different shades of blue. Below the pants I paired it with one of my favorite pair of shoes from Giorgio Brutini. The shoes just tie this whole look together and wraps it up in a bow. Like I said earlier a man uses his suit as his armor whenever he needs it. When we create outfits and combinations and wear it out in the world, we all have that little spark inside to shine and stand out from the crowd. It is in our blood and our dna to be individual people. Boohooman is the perfect brand and company to bring out individuality amongst their awesome variety of pieces. Like the pieces in a suit, each are special and serve their purpose for the combination they are apart of. We are all people, but why should we be like one another when we should be our own person and serve our own special purpose like the pieces in a suit (www.boohooman.com/mens/suits). 

People, I had a lot of people look at me when I shot this early Wednesday morning. The blazer and pants are such a stand out and they grab your attention. That's exactly what I wanted the pieces to do. I wanted them to catch their eyes and give them something to admire amongst themselves. Since I was a kid, I always believed in standing out from the crowd. Not for attention but for a purpose greater than this life. We all look for people in this life we live, to have and hold close to our hearts. It feels good and right to have family, friends, and loved ones to share a life with. We as people need to uplift each other, instead of trying to undermine and tear down inner souls within. Life is too short to not have a chance to be with people you love. Today I was at a grocery store and I was reminded that not all people are good. Some need more heart than others. By now as my readers, you all know I have a lot of heart. I can be strong and I can vulnerable at the same time. I let my guard down when needed with people I trust, like you. This cashier at the grocery store quick check line tried to undermine and attack my personal character based on the fact that I use a walking cane and I can't see in one eye, when In reality she's the one who can't at all. She tried to make it seem as if I was stealing from the store at the quick check out line, but with her clueless mind she tried to justify herself when the screen said everything I put in the bag was already scanned. She kept trying and trying to prove that I took something from the store, but as I told her repeatedly to look at the screen, she was blinded by her own stubborn judgement. She just had to be right and couldn't accept the fact that she was wrong. People like that need prayers because they don't like to own up to their mistakes. Instead they try to put the little people, the underdogs down. But in the end the underdogs prevail. Having that experience today reminded me that we as people need to be there for each other and not use stubborn judgement to try and light an unnecessary fire. We need to be the good people in a world filled with people like that woman. We need to stand out and be the special pieces like the pieces of a suit. "This Land Is Your Land", this land is my land. This land was made for you and me. We are people who need people, and we are lucky that we need people in this world. ​So let's make it a better place for us to be the best people we can be for all the people that need an uplifting and a ray of light in their lives. 

​Love, Dom 

​END OF CHAPTER 1 

Photographer: Joanna Wheeler​

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Stories From My Life - Chapter 1 

What I'm Wearing:
Denim Jacket: DNM Collection, T-Shirt: Apt 9, Pants: Forever 21, Shoes: Converse, Socks: Happy Socks 

"The Middle" 

Dear readers, 
Today we come to a conclusion of the first chapter of this second book, a book of letters, stories, and memorable pieces that described who I am, and who I was in the moment. We also say farewell to spring and the lessons I learned as the flowers bloomed. Life has a way of working and things can really get poetic. And by poetic I mean, Happy Socks. This letter marks the conclusion of my 5 outfit collaboration with this very leveled "happy" company. Through 5 pairs of socks and 5 different outfits, I was able to look at life differently and beyond the happiness of happy socks. As you all know by now I can get dark when I need to, the story can get dark. But this letter is a celebration of the past 9 outfits and the 5 outfit collaboration I did with this truly special brand. It's also June and this month we celebrate pride month and happiness filled with color. We are in the middle of a story being told through my outfits and my words, and if there is one thing I carry with me through everything I do, no matter what happens and how dark the story may get, I constantly preach, every little thing is gonna be alright. 

When i received all these pairs of socks from Happy Socks, I asked myself what stories do I want to tell with them. I can tell something current or jump to another time period in my life. I had a hard time figuring out what I wanted to talk about with this pair. So, I told myself to meet my readers and my thoughts in the middle. There is 3 colors on this pair of socks, Blue, Pink, and Grey.  The blue is the beginning of the story, the pink is the end of the story, and the grey is everything in between, the middle. I don't know about you, but I feel the middle is the juiciest part of the story. I put together this outfit as a nod to my former self, my stage persona, and the young boy who actually dressed like this majority of the time at the beginning of his career. With my denim jacket I feel like it's just little thought bubbles of mine brought to life to add some flavor to this look. "This Is Everything" is what one of my patches on the jacket says. Sometimes when you reach the middle of the story you just want to write yourself off because your disappointed with where your life is going, because what you may be doing with it means everything to you . You feel as if you hate that grey period and want to get straight to the pink happy ending. But you need that contrast of the colors in order to fully understand and live your best life. The grey area is a period in your life where you feel left out and looked down on. But it's up to you to bring that wide eyed wonder and hope you had in your blue era so you can rise above it all and get that pink happy ending. Obviously for me my grey area was when I got diagnosed with Glaucoma and kicked to the street with my career. The blue area is represented through my 2nd record "Let The Music Be Your Guide", which I feel is kind of a prequel to these letters and outfits on mrdombaza. Today marks 4 years since I released the title track as the lead single. LTMBYG is a song about love, accepting love, learning to love, being loved, giving love, and learning to love yourself. Blue is a color of depth and innocence. LTMBYG is a song about the flaws that this horrible but beautiful world had in 2012 and still has in 2017. I wanted so badly to spread my message in that song to the world, but by the time I got to my grey period I felt shunned away, but I never lost hope that one day when I reach my pink period, my messages within that song, and all my songs will be heard. It just takes some time being in the middle of a ride. Me, is what one of the patches on my jacket says. For me that's a reminder to live right now and be myself, regardless of what anyone thinks of me. I think of pride month when I see that. My heart is filled with joy when I see people in love or falling in love. Each and every one of us deserves some sort of love. I am blessed that part of my life feels fulfilled, but for many others it's not. This grey period is the time when you find love, or fall out of love, or get love taken away from you. But you must never give up on love. Love is what will heal us... or break us, but it's what gives us hope and that's what many of my LGBT brothers and sisters are celebrating all this month. We are celebrating LOVE. And no matter what may happen in the grey period, to have that shimmer of hope for a happy ending in the pink era is everything. Lastly my converse and it's little spikes is just a nod to the bumps in the road we face along the way in the blue, pink, and grey area. Not every story starts out happy, I mean look at this chapter, page 1. "How Is The World Treating You" was not a light and fluffy letter. Stories has up's and downs, endings, and new beginnings within the grey period. We always start and end, it's just how life goes, we go in a circle, but we always meet in the middle. 

As I close off this chapter, I want to remind you that no matter where my story goes, and how my life may counteract with yours, every little thing is gonna be alright. We are all just looking for that brand new start, that dream come true, like the one's you can get in "Malibu", or a version of "Malibu". "Malibu"can be a metaphor if you think about it. Spring is gone, and Summer is here. The story must go on, and only time will tell where we go from here. 

Thank you to Happy Socks for giving me the privilege to see beyond the definition of Happy. It has been a joy and honor to collaborate with a special brand and company like you. 

Love,
Dom
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​Photographer: Joanna Wheeler​

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