The job of a stylist is basically dressing stars for events and models for shoots.<\/strong>\u00a0When you see those\u00a0beautiful outfit\u00a0on Vogue, Glamour or your favorite magazine or commercial ads, there is a person behind what people\/models are wearing and that person is the stylist.<\/p>\nIt sounds a cool job right? Yes, of course it’s, but it also requires lots of work, research, creativity and inspiration.<\/p>\n
A stylist decide on the models, hair, makeup,and shoot concepts, then pack everything up and take it to a studio or on a plane to get to the location.<\/span><\/p>\nIf you want to be a stylist and work for a magazine to do editorial works, it\u2019s fundamental to create a mood board for each shooting<\/strong> so that you (or your assistants) will know what to request from showroom. Books can be a great source of inspiration, you can also navigate through websites like Style.com to view the shows or\u00a0find the inspiration from other past shootings. Researching is another golden rule<\/strong>, you need to know about the model you’ll work with, the location and who your reader is in order to understand what the reader will expect from the service to best fit his\/her expectations.<\/p>\nA stylist creates a look based on 3 things:<\/h3>\n\n- the models<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- the location<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- the readers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
You\u2019ll build a story with your model, you should try to give her\/him something consistent, you need to create something that could appear true, close to the model’s life .When thinking about the clothes that will be in the editorial shoots you also need to consider and be consistent with your location. Everything needs to be harmonious.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIf insted of shooting you prefer to dress celebrities, your main game will be to understand what they\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n
When you dress a celebrity for an event<\/strong> you need to understand how they want to be perceived: you want to create a look that is flattering, memorable, to be on the Vogue best dressed lists?<\/span><\/p>\n The first question that you should have to ask to your client is what she\/he doesn\u2019t like, this is sometimes even more important than understanding what does it work.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s fundamental to understand the person that you\u2019re going to dress. Being a stylist means lots of research<\/strong><\/h4>\nAdvices from some of the most famous stylists:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nKate Young is a famous stylist and her clients, among the others, are Natalie Portan, Dakota Johnson, Michelle Williams<\/strong>, her number one tip to an aspiring stylist is<\/strong> to work on creating an identify for yourslef. \u201cIt\u2019s a really hard thing to do when you\u2019re young. It took me a long time. When I was an assistant at Vogue, I used to do test shoots and stylist (Camilla Nickerson) would review them. After my third bad shoot, she was like, \u201c Stop trying so hard. You have to just always make it a version of yourself\u201d That was the best advice.”<\/span>
\nKarla Welch<\/strong>\u2019s clients are Olivia Wilde, Justin Bieber, Felicity Jones<\/strong> among the others, she said that the best way to break intto the styling world is<\/strong> by interning and assisting as much as possible. Go and see fashion and photography-related movies, read style books and be super interested in what\u2019s going on in culture. Make it your mission to work harder than anyone else. You have to know that there\u2019s sacrifice before there\u2019s any glory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
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