What kinds of groups or organizations do you speak to? Lin: You are also an inspirational speaker. Reginald: The biggest hurdle so far has been getting a global sponsor, someone who can sponsor the brand as well as get us through major doors. Lin: What are the biggest hurdles you have come up against so far? It’s been a lot of falling down but getting back up to get these things accomplished being consistent and persistent, LIVING DETERMINED. I’ve been in countless fashion shows and still going.

Louis American newspaper, Business section. I was offered a Fashion Magazine deal from Faith, Health and Beauty magazine, Coverings. I was interviewed on STLTV, interviewed on many radio stations (Hallelujah 1600 and Inspired Overflow 690 to name a few). I sold shirts to cities around the US and outside the US to Africa and France. Thus the start of Godly Image, LLC professionally began. I received the message, I took my income tax of $1,000 and purchased business cards and a website. I was told how to you expect to be seen as a legitimate business without beginning factors. Second run I met some good businessmen who proposed some solid questions to me, “Do you have business cards? Do you have a website?”Īt that time my answer was no and no. She said, “God is going to do it, bring it to past, if you keep him first.” This was the jolt I needed to start again and keep going. She asked if I was trying to start a business, I said yes. Then one day I was in a church and a woman of God, whom I’d never seen in my life spoke a prophetic word to me. I ended up walking away from my dream for about a year or so. Second was not knowing how to manage my money. Although, he struggles of life appeared. Not having enough wisdom to really push a business was my first struggle. I would go from barbershop to beauty salon selling my T-shirts and I would sell out. The first T-shirt I made was “GOD MADE ME – WHAT CAN BREAK ME”. (Shout out to Sun Graphics in Berkley MO). She gave me permission to print my own shirts. While there I told my boss I had some ideas for T-shirts. I worked on the screen printing machines. After leaving prison one of my jobs was at a graphic design print shop. My stepmother said that I should start designing my own T-shirt and Greeting Cards, (which I am also working on).

Reginald: The idea of starting my own T shirt line was truthfully planted in me at the age of 15. How did you get from there to where you are now? Lin: You have a great testimony about coming from prison to Christian fashion designer. I spoke to Foreman about his God inspired ventures, struggles and triumphs. But God said, ‘No I didn’t create you for that.’’ And once I understood that I was not what people told me I was, I began to change my mindset and my outlook changed right behind that.”įoreman, who once called Miami home, spent almost a decade in prison for federal bank robbery, believes anything is possible with God and that a prison record can not stop what God has destined for you to accomplish. He said, “Once I caught on, because I grew up being bullied, I was too dark-skinned, I had acne on my face…I became this person that tried to destroy people back. The name Godly Image was inspired by Foreman’’s childhood experiences. The dream put into action was a desire driven by his faith. The Richmond, Virginia based designer and owner of Godly Image, LLC got his dream of creating fashions that speak messages of hope and faith off the ground while living in St. Christian Fashion Designer, author and motivational speaker Reginald Foreman went from prison to faith-based fashion company CEO and seeks to encourage others needing a second chance.

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