Born in Coney Hall, Stymest made his entrance into the modelling world after being recruited by Hedi Slimane. He was photographed by Slimane for the cover of Japanese Vogue Hommes, his first appearance on a magazine cover, in 2008. In the same year he opened the Spring/Summer 2009 Balenciaga show. He has since appeared on the cover of Italian Vogue, EY! Electric Youth! and Attitude, amongst others. In 2011 it was announced that Stymest would be leaving modelling to focus on a music career.