SNAPPED & CAUGHT

Fashion Forward-It Guy

TOMIK DASH

Depending on how long you have been a member of this site, you may already know that my main mission is to inform and entice you... And after reading

the title and looking at the picture above, I can honestly say that I

have already achieved just that, but if you allow me to, I would

like to fulfill your curiosity just a tad bit more.

When I first became aware of Tomik Dash, he wasn't even Tomik. In fact he

went by a different name all together. A name that I promised I would

not mention in this piece, but what I will say is that even that name

was not his birth name. And if you are anything like me, you are

probably saying to yourself "he is giving me to many things... how

many names does one person need. He must be a handful.” Okay,

maybe you aren't necessarily saying this, but I will confess I sure

as hell did. It's weird the way that life work sometimes. Mr. Dash

and I traveled in practically the same circles and have even chattedon several networking outlets for a lengthy time, but we actually

never met until this year. But even before I met this mysterious

creature face to face, I would say I got to know him very well, and I
will admit he put all of my prejudged stereotypes to rest before

hand.

Bra...err, I mean Tomik is more than just a pretty face, in fact, he is a man of

many talents. But before I go any further, let me answer an

internal question some of you may be asking. Yes he is a model and

yes it was Tomik who you saw in one of the more recent shows of

legendary designer Betsy Johnson. Aside from Miss Cartwheel Johnson

herself, he also has a few other top designers/lines under his belt

ranging from Energie, to Sean John, to Royal Underground, and lets

not forget Wish and Bill Hallman which are two of the most known

boutiques in Atlanta (where he now resides).

Just like me, Dash relocated back to Hotlanta from New York. And although

we had different reasons, we definitely saw eye to eye agreeing that

Atlanta is still lacking a certain level of fierceness. “The Atl.

social scene is so clicky. In NYC, San Fran, Seattle, and Miami, you

can walk up to anyone in a bar or club, introduce yourself and know

the entire life story of their party before the night is done.

People mingle...In Atlanta if you say hi to somebody, they look

around at their friends for approval (hence why I call it fake black

Hollywood),” he says obviously now pissed.

Time had progressed, and while I continued to go about my day paying no attention to the fake and wanna-be-fabulous around me, Tomik decided to do something about it. By this time not only was he modeling but to my surprise, he had become a hair colorist. Aside from that, what made me really

applaud him was that he started his own party PUSSYTHROB. Yes folks

beautiful folks have brains and when most of them get annoyed with

things, they know how to change things to work in a better manner for them...Lol.

Naturally he would have to have some type of common ground for all of his

followers to relate, so I asked what the scene was like. “

PUSSYTHROB is a party held once monthly and contains a variety of

edgy open minded individuals ranging from black to white, to straightto gay, to even transsexual. I hate Nikki Minaj ( he takes a breath), so you won't hear hear playing for us to boost her over

exaggerated career, but I do like Incubus and Citizen Cope. The top

3 albums I have in rotations right now are Passion Pit, Vampire

Weekend, and Kid Sister,” he adds.

The spikey mohawk beauty may spend a hot minute in the mirror to perfect

his hair on a daily basis, but asides from his tresses, he loves catching up on his favorite designers Rick Owens, Rad Hourani, and Gareth Pugh. And just when you think he doesn't have enough time in

his day, he still has time to write on his fashion blog: http://www.vintageclothesdesignerdrugs.com/.