The powerful tool in humanity is our ability to speak, but the most important, just might be our ability to listen and or receive from our world that surrounds. A Life Well Dressed, DC PROPER®, A Beard Like My Dad®, Compton Flight Crew® and No Art For Sale, all started through language.

This as our first blog post on our new platform written at 6:12am, is serving as a market of reflection that has brought our company that started as a way to revive a desire to create named MT56 Inc. into a bustling company with projects lined up in 2025 with institutions that known around the world. I don’t take this lightly, though some people may or may not, or not even care, but the accomplishments and whats created has been a gift for God. Each decision in the environments I have been placed has lead to the next step and the next, and the next and so forth and so on.

Its ironic that the first blog is about language and I’m writing lol. So let me cut to the point because I’m unsure is folks are even reading blogs these days but, I’m returning back to the basics as a CEO and founder to grow and expand our brands. A long time ago a friend told me about the newsletter Business of Fashion. In my life fashion has been a buzz word for me for decades. But as I’ve grown, life has become more about style and I maintained a curiosity about the intersectionality of business and what is classified as culture. So we evolved our brand focus into a style company, as fashion sets trends, but for we’re about driving longer term narratives in what we create to blend into peoples’s lifestyles. Culture moves everything and our journey started years ago at the second CultureCon in New York. Wanted to connect the dots of the event and moment, we created 200 hats that were gifted to a number of the events first influencers and supporters. We in turned, morphed this into a brand in Nordstrom by accident. During a pitch to the buyer for our brand DC PROPER, she noticed a hat that said “legacy.” This one hat, got us into the storied retailer. God yes. Language absolutely.

There is not coincidence in these moments as each moment as I reflect, was through me seeing language and interpreting these words into a brand, a decision, company, or blog. I didn’t expect for A Life Well Dressed to be the name of our company, but again uniquely enough, it was in LA I heard people call me “well dressed.” So in broader reflection, I’m back where it all really started for the bible in John, “In the begin was the word, and the word was God.”

Good words, Good business.

The most powerful tool humanity has is our ability to speak. But perhaps the most important gift is our ability to listen and receive from the world that surrounds us. A Life Well Dressed, DC PROPER®, A Beard Like My Dad, Compton Flight Crew®, and No Art For Sale—all these ideas started with language.

This first blog post, written at 6:12 a.m., serves as a moment of reflection—a marker of how far we’ve come. What began as a desire to create under the name MT56 Inc. has grown into a thriving company with global projects lined up for 2025. I don’t take this lightly. Some may care, others may not, but I see the accomplishments and creations as gifts from God. Each decision I’ve made, in every environment I’ve been placed, has led to the next step, and the next, and the next—a domino effect of purpose.

It’s ironic that our first blog post is about language, and here I am writing (lol). So let me get to the point—because honestly, who even reads blogs these days? As CEO and founder, I’m returning to the basics to grow and expand our brands. Years ago, a friend introduced me to The Business of Fashion newsletter. For decades, fashion has been a buzzword in my life. But as I’ve evolved, life has become more about style—something deeper, more personal.

I’ve maintained a curiosity about the intersection of business and what we classify as culture. That curiosity shaped our brand’s evolution into a style company. While fashion sets trends, we focus on creating timeless narratives that blend seamlessly into people’s lifestyles. Culture drives everything, and our journey began at the second-ever CultureCon in New York. Wanting to connect the dots between the event and the moment, we created 200 hats and gifted them to the event’s first influencers and supporters with navy hats with the word “culture.” in cursive.

This initiative accidentally morphed into a brand partnership with Nordstrom. During a pitch for DC PROPER, the buyer noticed a hat with the word legacy stitched on it. That one hat opened the door to the storied retailer. God? Absolutely. Language? Without a doubt.

Reflecting on these moments, I see no coincidences. Each step has been about interpreting language and transforming words into brands, decisions, companies—or even this blog. I didn’t expect A Life Well Dressed to become the name of our company, but it feels divinely fitting. Years ago, people in L.A. called me “well dressed.” And now, here I am, back where it all started.

John 1:1 starts. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” I believe it all starts with God, for we started with a word.

Good words, good business.