FOUNDER & CEOAndrew Hodge
Andrew Hodge is a Guyanese-American Designer born In Brooklyn NY, and raised in All 5 boroughs and Long Island. Andrew has always been into arts, fashion and athletics. In his early years at CPE2 (Central Park Elementary 2) he played the violin and even acted in multiple plays. In Middle School he moved to Wheatley Heights Long Island, where he would excel on the football field; leading his High School (Half Hollow Hills West) football team to their first championship in school history and accepting a full athletic scholarship to American International College. He would Later transfer to Long Island University (Post). After College he began his Fashion career. In 2020 he was a member of the team that styled Grammy Nominated artist “Gwap Dad 4000” at the 2020 Grammys where he won Best Dressed Artist. Later that year he would go on to assemble his myrmidons and launch Evens Pierre.
CO- FOUNDER & technical DESIGNERKimberly Hayes
CO- FOUNDER & technical DESIGNER
Kimberly Hayes
Kimberly Hayes was born & raised in Long Island, NY. Growing up, Kim started to develop a love for fashion watching her late grandmother design, make clothes for the people close to her & even started her own small business. Kim didn’t hesitate & decided to pursue fashion design as her career. In Kim’s early design career, she graduated from NCC’s Fashion Design program following with an internship at a fashion company for about a year. Not too long after, she got her chance to start her career in the fashion industry, working at a private fashion company in NYC. Always eager & excited to add to her skill set. In 2020, her longtime friend Andrew Hodge started a soft luxury streetwear brand, “Evens Pierre Clothing” honoring his late friend, Gerald Evens Pierre. Andrew always wanted to have a fashion brand so when he was presented the opportunity, he asked Kim to be apart of his team based on her knowledge, talent & skills. Kim has now been able to expand on her skills as the official technical designer for Evens Pierre
STORE MANAGERJerome Cole aka Rome Cole
Being a man of many talents Rome has been helping put on for years whether it be through athletics or music or just supporting peers any way he can. After graduating Hills West Highschool with some of the other co-founders Rome pursued an education at Rider University. There he got into messing around recording music and soon enough shortly after graduating college he started taking it more seriously. Wax G aka Gerald Evens Pierre was his first and main producer along this journey as they were childhood friends and worked very closely together. After Gerald’s passing Rome took it upon his self to finish what they started together and in November of 2020 Rome released his debut EP “The Swiggy Tape” dedicated and exclusively produced by Gerald Evens Pierre. The Journey for Rome and Gerald’s production musically is just starting despite the circumstances. Rome is also the CEO of an entertainment company and has much more coming.