I feel like I'm constantly living like I’m in a movie. I feel like I'm an old soul, but I'm just trying to make it modern, essentially. I feel like I have a very New York-funk-meets-old-groove vibe, I don’t know how to explain it. My parents dressed like that when they were growing up, so I was like ‘you know what? This could be me too’. Lexson Millington: I’m really into the old, funk silhouettes like bell bottoms and sweater vests. Just by being around those people that like to have their own styles, personalities, and distinguish themselves in certain ways encouraged me to try to figure out how I wanted to be perceived. When I got out of high school, I got into this cool art community I met downtown called Blank Canvas. It was just very much like,’ I want to dress like this person’ or ‘I want to look cool’ or ‘I want to be someone I'm not’. I feel like there was no actual diversity within my style while I was growing up. In high school I think it was a case of wearing stuff to fit in – we were all very focused on trends and what was hot and what wasn’t. Lexson Millington: I think it was definitely influenced by my surroundings and the people around me. What triggered your fashion transformation? Everything is really about the music influences. It started with cute little editorial-style walking videos and then I moved on to outfit builds which became really cool because I can line up the music to the transitions and stuff like that. I kind of put together looks inspired by how the music makes me feel. I'll start listening to a bunch of cool songs and then go into my crazy closet at home. Bringing that music to life in a fashion sense was what I wanted to portray in my art. Lexson Millington: I'm really inspired by music – I’ve always been into Caribbean funk, Western soul, jazz vibes, all those things. How do you come up with your video concepts? It was like: if my parents are doing this thing, I can probably do it too. That was probably my earliest memory of being like, ‘oh clothes are really cool’. They wanted me to get involved with modelling and stuff like that, so I was doing that for them, and through that I learned so much about different silhouettes – especially in Caribbean fashion. I was really interested in what they were doing with the business and how they were going about bringing the boutique to life. Lexson Millington: My parents used to own a fashion boutique in North York, Toronto, and at a very young age, like, coming out of middle school, I was introduced to Caribbean and Western fashion through them. Hey Lexson! First of all, I’d love to know your earliest fashion memory? Here, the rising TikTok star talks being his own fashion icon, his earliest fashion memories, and finding inspiration in music. Since then, the 22-year-old Toronto-based creator has turned his hand to creating Sims-style lookbooks and documenting his frequent thrifting adventures, which have now spilled over into an IRL project, as he launched his very own vintage store LBROS FINDS with his roommate Liam Wilkings during lockdown. What started as a cute clip showing him and his girlfriend on a date evolved into a series of style posts, as he channelled idols in the form of Tyler, The Creator, André 3000, and Steve Lacy, and created wholesome mini music videos that looked like they’d been ripped directly from a Gucci campaign. In less than six months since he posted his first TikTok, Lexson Millington’s unique, 70s-inspired looks and overall joyful demeanour has amassed him a huge following.
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