Cath promotes that to be good at styling you have to put the hours in and grab onto every opportunity, over the years she has styled mostly musicians; Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams and Duran Duran to name a few. (Safe to say I almost let out a girlish scream hearing Robbie's name.)
'A Stylist is a person who acts with attention to style'
You can be a stylist in many different areas: Clothes, Make-up (Make-up artist), Location, props and food. With all these categories teamwork is of course essential, each category has to choose to compliment each other, the piece must fit so stylist have to communicate and co-operate.
'Contacts are everything in Fashion'
Styling
Editorial Styling
- Magazine shoots.
- In control of how the image turns out.
- Brings together the team they want.
- Readers need to aspire to the images created.
- Tells a story.
- Creating content that is suited to the readership.
- You want these stylists at the front row of catwalks as they are going to be the ones that will promote your work.
Commercial Styling
- Tv, Billboard, online, lookbooks and non-fashion advertising.
- Have briefs to fit too.
- Marketing department will decide what you shoot.
- Making clothes look good, so can be changed in stills,
- Editiorial styling is more a labour of love and commercial is where the money is.
- Given a budget.
Personal Styling
- Private, Celebrities, Musicians.
- Lifestyle and Budget.
- Bodyshapes and ages.
- Wardrobe weeding.
- Celebrity styling - Must be confident as they are under a lot of scrutiny.
- The red carpet is a whole new world.
Thanks for reading!
Charlotte
