Chapter 1: What motivated Ugo Mozie to start his fashion journey at such a young age?
At 18, what were you doing with your life? Ugo Mosier started a fashion line, fashion designer, icon. We're gonna talk about all the things that you don't know about the fashion industry and then also some tips because getting started in fashion might be easier than you think. Buckle up, we're gonna have a great conversation. Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you the iconic Mr. Ugo Mosier.
Ugo, how are you doing today, brother?
Man, Mick, I am fantastic. I'm very honored and happy to be here with you today. Thank you so much for choosing me, of all people, to be with you and have this conversation. I'm very excited.
Man, I'm the honored one. To have conversations with you in particular is... I don't even want to say bucket list because that doesn't even give it the credibility that it deserves. It's just, I'm truly honored to spend this moment with you, man. And,
Chapter 2: How does Ugo define personal perspective in fashion and creativity?
Thank you, brother, man. You do so much for so many people, and you have done so much. And at an early age, it was you, man. I like to ask the question about what's your because, that thing that's driving you, that thing that you're for. So if I were to say, Fugo, man, what's your because? Why do you keep doing the things that you do?
Honestly, I would say my because is... the way I'm able to influence and elevate and make people better, feel better from the inside out, that's because my gift has allowed me the ability to help people unlock their inner dreams, right? Unlock like their vision for themselves. And I think that the result, like when I'm able to make someone's
wedding dreams or their concert dreams or their red carpet or magazine cover, like dreams come true. I think it is something very special. You know, I love the smile I put on people's faces and I love the way I make people feel good. I remember I did this, I was watching the interview I did when I was like 18 and in New York, super young.
Chapter 3: What role does culture play in Ugo's upcoming luxury brand, 11:16?
And they asked me, what about like fashion that I like? And I remember I was like, I love the idea that I can make people feel good about themselves. Because when people feel good about themselves, they do good things. No one's ever gone out and hurt somebody because they were confident. And that really stuck to me even to this day.
And I think that's because it's just the effect, the fact that I can make people feel better and look better. It's a dick thing, I must say.
Yeah.
Man, you know, you've often said that fashion called you, right? Like not the other way around. What inner voice or experience told you way back when that media culture and creativity would kind of be where you leave your mark on the world, brother?
Honestly, I have to for sure say God, because the inner voice is just like, it's louder than I can imagine. It's out of my control. Since I was a kid, I remember even just being in Nigeria, like at four or five years old. My aunts that I see now, they were like, they'll tell me like, even we always knew that you were going to be in Hollywood.
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Chapter 4: Why is building the right team crucial for success in the fashion industry?
We always knew you were going to be a star. I think there was a certain like, There's this energy. I feel like when you have a bigger purpose that's bigger than you, the voice is too loud, right? When you're driven by something bigger than yourself, which I believe I am, It was innate.
But even deeper than that, I discovered recently, about a year ago, I was in my great-grandfather's house in our village in Nemo in Nigeria. And I was looking through, I found this family tree book that they made for him when he died. And with it, it had our ancestors'
For, like, four generations back, it had, like, their names and their occupation and, like, you know, just the, like, who their kids were. And I was so shocked to see that I had, like, I counted, like, eight or nine fashion designers. Hmm. Since the 17, 1800s, I'm like, whoa. So does that mean that this is in my DNA? Is it in my blood?
Chapter 5: How did Ugo's upbringing influence his view on African culture and luxury?
Like, is fashion just, like, part of my lineage? And actually it is, because just the fact that I had, like, they were like, oh, you're
great great great grand uncle like fashion designer designer and i was just it was really dope to just unlock that because it made it it put it all in a perspective and also made me feel like what i what i do is part of my destiny and i'm actually you know making my ancestors proud by by by carrying the torch that they lit centuries ago i think you hit it on the head man like
you're fulfilling the destiny, right? You're creating the new legacy with the family, with the ancestors. And I know everyone's amazingly proud of what you are doing and have done. And, you know, did you know, did you think I'm going to be able to design for Beyonce and Diana Ross and all of these, these big names that are icons, right?
Like, like when did you, when did you get that first call and what was that first call like?
Well, so I think that my trajectory was pretty beautiful. You know, I moved to New York City at 17, straight out of high school. I graduated early. And just being in New York so young at that time, like 2010,
2008 2009 around that time was just a special electrifying time for artists and creatives right i think that my generation we were the artists that really just created without any boundaries right that we were we were opening the doors and carving the way like you know working with
people like Virgil Abloh and Jerry Lorenzo and Luigi, like our generation of creators, like didn't put, we didn't, we don't put boundaries or limits to the possibilities.
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Chapter 6: What challenges does Ugo face in changing the narrative around African fashion?
Right. I mean, I was 17 and I was working or interning, then assisting at Virgin records. And in that space, I was exposed to so many amazing artists and just like, the relationship that I was able to cultivate, like let me know early, early, early ahead in my life that I was going to make a big impact in big spaces with very important people.
And not because like, you know, I'm, I'm interested in celebrities and fans or in, in, in, in these people. But it's like, I just feel like I just know that what I have to offer and what I do is so elite. And it's so precious. And it's so it's it's just it's it's made for people of, you know, the people that understand it are these kind of people.
Like when I remember when I when I first worked with Stevie Wonder and like that to me was, I think, such a pivotal time for me because it allowed me to really just develop like real confidence. I'm like, if someone Like this iconic, legendary, incredible human being can trust me to dress him and he can't even see. There's no deeper level of trust than a blind person allowing you to dress them.
I don't think it gets any deeper than that when it comes to like image and trust and just like, and we developed such a strong, beautiful relationship. And I think like from that point, that was the, that was it for me. After that, I was like, if Stevie can trust me to do my thing and like,
Chapter 7: What advice does Ugo give to aspiring designers and creatives?
look incredible. Like I, I know that my gift has been certified by God. Like I was like, that was my check. And, you know, from then I realized that, you know, like the sky is really the limit. So when, obviously when I get these phone calls from incredible people to work with, it's always still such a blessing and I don't take it for granted one day, but it's also not, it's not shocking to,
It's not shocking to me that God is aligning me with the most powerful, influential human beings in the world, because I believe that's the level of what my gift is.
Amen to that, brother. Amen to that. And you're so humble, right? You talked about graduating early, moving to New York, and then going into some of the things. So I'm going to brag for you, bro. At 18, you co-found
Aston Mosier, like taught us a little bit about just that venture and how dope that was for the folks that don't know, because I know when I was 18, man, like I was I was just trying to figure stuff out. You're over there starting companies, bro.
I mean, honestly, at that point, we had bills to pay.
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Chapter 8: How can listeners connect with Ugo and learn more about his work?
We had no choice. You could start something or go clean somewhere. It wasn't too many options. But Aston Mozier was my first fashion brand that I founded with my best friend at the time, Quinn Aston. It was Quinn Aston, Ugo Mozier. We actually moved from Houston together. We were high school friends. moved from Houston together to New York.
And within our first year, we developed this collection, developed this brand, and we launched it during New York Fashion Week two years later. And that was, for me, by launching... Launching a brand at 18 during New York Fashion Week was such a special time because it was a it was a time before the rise of streetwear and where like this, you know, like.
there's a middle ground in fashion that exists today where the young designers, aspiring designers, fresh designers are getting a voice in fashion. At that time, you either had Gucci and Dior and Louis Vuitton, or you had Zara and H&M and Uniqlo. There wasn't many brands in between. Young people were not given the opportunity to operate on that scale.
So for me, I created a brand that was something that I wanted to see at the time. You know, like we wanted stuff that, you know, one, our peers can afford, stuff that was like ahead of the trends. We created and then launched it. And it was so special because the response was phenomenal. You know, we were... We were in every publication you can imagine.
You know, the fashion world got, like, that was my introduction, if you will. Like, my baptism into fashion was launching that brand. And we rocked it for a few years before we parted our ways. But that was honestly a very pivotal part of my foundation in fashion.
And it doesn't stop, man. Like you're always creating. You're always being innovative. You're always looking at the future, but staying relevant in the present. Right. Which I think is really hard in the fashion world.
I'd love to give you the floor, man, to talk about 1116 a little bit and the things that you have going on there and some of the cool things that are going to be coming out for the world to see and share.
Yes, indeed. So 1116, my baby is, I would say it's a combination of like my life work, right? It's a brand that I'm building. Well, I'm launching in February officially, but it is a African luxury brand.
lifestyle brand right it's beyond fashion and beyond clothing it's about culture it's about it's about education it's about informing the world on the reality of africa how i've seen it how my peers see it like how we see it every day you know as a as a immigrant that moved to america at the age of five One of my biggest struggles as a child was the misconception on Africa, right?
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