38-year-old Nollywood actor and entrepreneur, Jim Iyke, is
no doubt a style icon and according to him, style is simply looking good.
A sunglass freak and footwear collector, he told Punch that
he pays attention to his appearance but he is not crazy about brand labels. Jim
also talked about his bad boy image and his relationship with Nadia Buari.
“Whether it is trending or not, it is important I go with
the trend. I have a stylist. You always have to be on-point because someone is
watching you. I like pulling the formal look,” he says. I am not brand crazy.
The designer labels cost a lot of money but there is a healthy competition;
which is why I find the fashion market very interesting. I have been to
factories that make goods for Gucci. These are people working on a smaller
scale and these are the ones I hire to make my clothes and they give me what I
want.
However, I always buy what I know I would look good in. I
have about 125 pairs of sunglasses. I think I own about 200 pairs of shoes and
sneakers and it is not something to brag about. I like shoes and I collect
them. I get shoes that are much branded and are limited edition. For, me it is
not just about making a fashion statement anymore, it is art,” he explains.
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On his controversial image, bad press and a victim of a
public-relations-machinery-gone-wrong, he says,
“Nollywood is an industry that is synonymous with
exaggerations and pen-chants. The advent of
bloggers and social media neo-practitioners, all vying to make hits and
a name for themselves, irrespective of at whose expense and consequence, is
another factor. I have trust issues and still do, but I have learnt to master
the fallout of that precarious creation. I’m yet to see the relevance it serves
me till this day. I have learnt to see connections in coincidences and not to
take even the most trivial of occurrences for granted. I’ve come to embrace
God’s will in my life strongly, warmly with no doubt.”
On being immune to criticisms, and how he managed to pull
through his struggles with cyber-bullies. He says,
“My fear lied in the fact that people take these blogs
seriously or interpret a red-blooded argument with another stranger that led to
laughs, rather seriously. They (bloggers) painted a picture of that person to
such a frequency and vividness I almost began to believe I was that person.
I am comfortable with the fact that I needn’t worry about
these people anymore and their myopic views to serve their selfish purposes. I
gave too much power away. I call them mental bullies. My trust circle is
everything to me. It’s the platform that forms my essence and the smaller they
are the better. It’s everything to me. It awakes desires and fulfillment in me
that is unparalleled.”
On his relationship with Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari,
which fans may find difficult to comprehend, he says,
“She (Nadia) is a solid, down-to-earth woman. I’m a man that
translates variables in ways many people find incomprehensible. We have
embraced who we are and learnt to create our own world and expectations. We
have ups and downs like every other couple. We have our strength and weakness
as well. At the end of the day, rumours of break ups and make-ups ought to
abound. It really doesn’t matter.
A relationship is a continuous work. Those that give up were
perhaps not committed enough. Those that go in for the long haul suck up and
square up to the variables life throws at them. The people that judge harshly
are obviously the ones that live far from their desired lives. We just live the
best way we know how and leave the rest to the author and finisher of all
things.”
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