Jordyn Woods Breaks Down The Self-Confidence That Helps Her Own Her Personal Style
Jordyn Woods is no stranger to shutting down the internet with her looks and in a recent interview, she opened up about her personal style. The model can do it all. From sexy to street, Jordyn often keeps fans on her toes with what she will wear next and if you take a look at her Instagram, you’ll see that no matter what she puts on, she owns it. The 24-year-old announced her exciting collaboration with popular online fast fashion company Shein and spoke about her collection with POPSUGAR.
"My personal style does change every other day, but these are definitely pieces that I would wear and feel confident putting on," she said. "To me, the sexiest thing you can wear is your confidence, and as long as you feel comfortable, that's going to show."
Her collection includes matching sets, body suits, and dainty accessories. And of course, her collection isn’t complete without bodycon dresses, which the actress has been known to wear that perfectly accentuate her bawdy. She also explained how she wanted her Shein collaboration to be a reflection of her as she likes to switch up her style often.
"With the fall season coming up, I wanted to go with darker tones that are still statement pieces at an affordable price," she said. "With Instagram and this social media age, you always want to switch up your looks, and this collection gives you that freedom."
While she is an advocate for self-confidence and body confidence, she does admit that she has days where she experiences self-doubt. The social media influence spoke to her less confident days in an interview with Essence.
“Some days I’m super confident and some days I’m a little confident. I think especially as a Black woman, you’re always going to be looked upon, observed, and oftentimes sexualized, especially me being a curvy woman,” she explained. “So I’m like, “Okay, I can either let people dictate my story, try to do something, or I can just own my body and who I am.” Growing up, I never felt like I was the sexy girl. Now that I’m finding my confidence as a young woman and blossoming, I’m like, 'This is me standing in my power.'”
Here are a few photos of Jordyn looking fabulous on the ‘Gram.
Fashion Show Fit
Bawdy by Jordyn
Laidback Swag
Vacation Bae
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Singer and podcaster Emanny joined xoMan host Kiara Walker for a vulnerable exploration of manhood, love, loss, and growth. Known for his soulful music and unfiltered commentary, Emanny opens up about how being raised in a house full of women, his experiences in the Bronx, and the heartbreaks of life have shaped the man—and father—he is today.
Emanny reflected on growing up with his father and the strong influence of the women in his life after the early loss of his older brother. “The gift and a curse of having three women in a household, no matter what I went through, I could always rely on them to be there. My mother was my greatest protector and also my greatest crutch.” He explained how the streets and male mentors offered a contrasting lesson:
“The street and the other guy figures were kinda like, ‘No, fall. Fall. And I’m not picking you up. Figure it out.’”
Looking back, he admits, “I wish I fell more… there’s certain things that I went through that I really weren’t prepared for at all.” Later, the loss of both parents—his father in 2014 and his mother in 2023—brought unexpected revelations.
“I didn’t see a world where I didn’t have her around… With my mom, she still lingers in ways that, like I feel like mentally I still need just to be okay in certain instances.”
Now, as a father of three sons (15, 11, and 7), he navigates the world without the safety net his mother once provided: “To walk around and really feel like that parentless child… it really gives you an outlook on the world that you don’t even recognize.”
His father’s quiet strength continues to influence him deeply. “The one thing I will say about my dad is that I never saw him talk bad about anyone… Be a man of character. Be the person that if you say you’re going to be this, be this… Be who you say you are.”
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From Ruff Ryder to Reiki, Eve has truly put the capital "S" in Soft Life. In a recent interview with the Angie Martinez IRL podcast, the rapper-turned-actress opened up about tapping into her softer side in her real life. For her, that looks like deep healing, growing through her roles as a wife, a bonus mom, and a mother, and choosing vulnerability over the armor she once wore.
"Yes, in a way [I’m living the soft life] because I worked on myself," she told Angie. "It’s not just soft life because of the man I’m with. Some people have this idea of what my life is...because whatever."
She also set the record straight, that her husband, British entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper, is not in the billionaire's club, while also assuring listeners that the money's still long. "He’s not a billionaire. He ain’t broke, but I ain’t broke either,” she said. “So I’m not gonna be with a broke dude, you know what I mean?"
Eve and Cooper have been married for 11 years, and she made it clear that longevity doesn’t mean it's easy. “Marriage is hard. Marriage is a choice," she shared. "You really have to, you really have to communicate. It sounds cliché, but it’s true."
The 46-year-old rapper also admitted that her husband is more of the romantic of the pair, and that she has had to work on letting herself be seen emotionally. "I think we’re all scared of really being seen vulnerably," she said. "It’s the vulnerability. We say the word. I don’t know if I’ve ever been really comfortable with her. That is scary. That is so scary."
Eve touched on what it was that drew her to Cooper so many years ago. And what stood out for her was the fact that his quiet confidence was so different from the flashy approach she was used to. Coming from hip-hop where everything is there and in your face, to have a man pursue her that was mysterious but also calm had her intrigued. Ultimately speaking though, it was his intentionality that did the talking.
"I wanted someone to come get me," Eve recalled, reflecting on situationships and the feeling of going with everybody's flow for too long. She got tired and gave up on dating entirely. But then came Cooper. "He pursued me," she said. It was everything she didn't know she needed and came into her life right on time.
Now as a mom to their son Wilde Wolf, Eve shared that motherhood reshaped her identity and opened her up in ways she never could have seen. "It's the best thing," she said of raising her son. "It's the loneliest, busiest time of your life... you're so insulated with this little person... it's just you and that baby."
Laughing, she referred to herself as a "smother mother" and a helicopter mom, adding, "I'm trying not to make him a spoiled brat. I'm not succeeding."
Her soft life though isn't just about being married or being a mom, it's about the inner work. It's about Eve doing what she needs to do to feel like Eve.
"I do all the things," she said. "The healing. The acupuncture. The spinal energetics. The reiki. The breathwork. That’s my life. That’s who I am for real... I do the work. Nobody can’t fix nobody. Period."
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