Style Expert and Influencer Norris Danta Ford was born in Athens, Ga., but blessed to be raised in Thomasville, Ga. by his adoptive family, Christine and Edgar Ford. After graduating high school, where he participated in football and track, he enrolled into Savannah State University. While attending, he joined the organization of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. After finishing three years of college with a focus towards business marketing, he decided to take his last year off to explore his innermost passion for fashion and started to take up modeling has an outlet.
The art of fashion has always been part of his lifestyle since the age of 5. As a young boy, he would show off different styles of clothing when visitors would stop by his foster home, where he and his younger sister, Bette Ford, were seeking a family. He believes his pride and presentation were essential because those visitors could determine his future.
Therefore, he made sure he put together creative outfits that he believed would attract them the most. After many visits him and his sister found a home, by what they believed was because of their physical appearance alone. The importance of his physical appearance only grew and he received the best dressed award as a superlative by his senior high class, which gave him more confidence and creativity. He is constantly reminded by his parents' motto, "Always dress to impress, because the first impression is always the last impression." These series of events throughout his early years always fuel his ambitions and has helped him successfully navigate within the fashion industry out in Los Angeles, Ca. Norris Danta Ford is setting the pace for mens fashion, with a keen sense for details and exceptional style he continues to challenge the dress code.
