User:Capone Noel (fashion designer)

Capone Noel (born July 15, 1992) is an American Artist, fashion designer, stylist, and photographer from Brooklyn, N.Y. He is known for having his first tee shirt company at the age of 13, in NoHo, N.Y.

Early Life

Capone Noel was born on July 15, 1992 of Trinidadian and Native American Indian descent. He was born in Brooklyn College Hospital, and grew up in a middle class area in Bayridge, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y. Being the “middle child,” he comes from a family of three. He has an older brother by the name of Apollo Noel, and a younger sister, Cherish Noel. His name derives from the well-known Italian gangster Al Capone, who is also born in the Brooklyn, N.Y. borough. Noel grew up as the son of a father who emigrated from Trinidad and Tobago, and came over to New York City, to become a self-established jeweler, and a mother, who is in advertisement. His father has been a jeweler for 29 years, and his mother has been in the field of advertisement for 26 years. They’ve know each other since elementary school, dated in junior high school, and married in high school. Capone says their relationship is the “definition of true love.”

Capone has always been into fashion and the arts, ever since he was the tender age of 11. At 11, he was designing clothes for the R&B singer Chico Debarge. At the age of 13, Capone pursued his dream and started his own tee-shirt line, and opened his first tee store in the popular area of NoHo, N.Y. He thanks his father for always teaching him to react on an idea when it comes into fruition. At age 15, Capone started styling celebrity clients, as well as participating in Bryant Park Fashion Week for R. Scott French. He has always been into philanthropy ever since high school. Capone has joined hands with the A.Y.V.A.S.M campaign (‘Anti Youth-Violence and Single Moms’) to confront the awful problems of youth-violence that are happening around the world. He has been committed to ensuring that his talent of designing can contribute towards addressing these problems, along with the plight of single mothers. Capone’s designs have been used by a company called “Beach Bunni Clothing”, which is based in Los Angeles, and New York City. Thanks to Capone, Beach Bunni Clothing agreed to have the proceeds from the sales of their products through the worldwide campaign, to be used to help mobilize projects dealing with the issues of Youth-Violence and single mothers.