CYLS 006: Tailoring Your Future with Film Tailor Carl Ulysses

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Episode Summary

In the newest episode of Create Your Life Series, host Kevin Y Brown chats with popular Film Tailor Carl Ulysses. From being a cog in corporate America to finally making out on his own as a renowned young black tailor, Carl has done it all. He’s worked with big names like Janelle Monae, Ryan Gosling, Wonderland, and more. From Atlanta to New York and then back again, his life and career have been nothing short of an inspiration.

Tune in now for your dose of entrepreneurial motivation.

Kevin Y Brown

Kevin is a seasoned multi-media executive who is passionate about Africa’s digital future. As an award winning entrepreneur, podcast producer (over 1,000 episodes across different genres with over 30 million downloads across clients) and tech veteran, Kevin is the Chief Content officer and Head of Strategy at Afripods leading their multi-country strategy and product vision.

Kevin is the host of the Create Your Life Series podcast and has been featured or spoken in Forbes, Black Enterprise, Essence, Podcast Movement, Podcast Sessions, Ted X, Sirius XM, Inc. magazine and many more…

Carl Ulysses Bowen

A master tailor for entertainers Usher, Jeezy, Ne-Yo, Ludacris and others, he says he pays attention to their personalities to give them looks that complement their images, usually while wearing a stylish crocodile holster carrying his sewing tools.

Ulysses has tailored and altered costumes on more than 50 films and television programs, including “The Color Purple,” Jamie Foxx’s leather pants ensemble in “They Cloned Tyrone,” Will Smith’s tattered attire in the movie “Emancipation, and “Black Panther.”

He believes his focus on precision plays a large role in his success. Good tailors check behind themselves and pay attention to detail to eliminate errors, he says.

Insights From the Episode

If you don’t give up on your people, they won’t give up on you
Entrepreneurial spirit and consistently showing up can take you really far
Sometimes, pivoting is the best thing you can do for yourself
You’ll find your calling in the ways you least expect them to

Quotes From the Show

“Janelle Monae and Wonderland spoke life into me and said to me - okay, Carl, you are good at what you do. We need you, we need this, we need you to be a part of Wonderland right now. What you’re doing right now really matters to us and our movement. So, at that time I couldn’t give up” - Carl Ulysses, Create Your Life Series, #006
“I’m big on not letting people down. I’m also very spiritual and religious. I speak to God; he gives me a lot of strength and I just know that this is what I’m here to do” - Carl Ulysses, Create Your Life Series, #006
“When I actually started making clothes, I found out that this tailoring thing was bigger than me, bigger than myself” - Carl Ulysses, Create Your Life Series, #006
“I was forced to become who I wanted to be and rise to the occasion” - Carl Ulysses, Create Your Life Series, #006
“One thing that I can say is that I’m a visionary. I see so many things in my head, and I’m like, you know what - I have to get these out. People have to see these. I have to share it with people” - Carl Ulysses, Create Your Life Series, #006

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