A new men’s urban clothing store opened this spring in the Victory Village Shopping Center on Mooretown Road. Supreme Styles House of Fashion is owned by Ray Paige and Kent Coleman, who also own Supreme Styles Beauty Supply two doors down in the same shopping complex. The new menswear shop carries a variety of clothing items, from casual wear like jeans and T-shirts to more formal wear like suits for proms, weddings and other special occasions.
“We have the best of both worlds,” Paige said. Supreme Styles House of Fashion also sells accessories, including hats, shoes, jewelry, sunglasses and more. Paige said men’s clothing had been available at Supreme Styles Beauty Supply, but oftentimes “men didn’t want to come to a beauty supply store for clothes.
We envision this as a place to meet the needs of those men.” Paige and Coleman, a U.S.
Navy veteran, met in Newport News shortly after Paige was released from incarceration. Paige found it difficult to find a job, which led to his pursuit of entrepreneurship. The business partners opened their first fashion store, C&C Clothing, in Lackey in 2004.
They’ve been operating Supreme Styles Beauty Supply on Mooretown Road for the past seven years before expanding with Supreme Styles House of Fashion. Paige’s goal with the new store is “to give back to the community” and inspire those who’ve also spent time behind bars. “I want to give people hope,” he said.
Eventually, Paige and Coleman would also like to fra.
