Hmm... I'd say some of these aren't that revelant right now--Patricia Field, Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, and I don't even know who Monica Dolfini is.
Other star stylists: Melanie Ward, Olivier Rizzo (now doing Jil Sander with Raf), Tabitha Simmons, Panos Yiapanis, Jane How, Suzanne Koller, Andrew Richardson, and probably many others we're missing...
Thanks for sharing your experiences with us Lily, I love hearing about those sorts of things. Another person missing who's styling I don't particulary like is that girl....ack her name escapes me now but she's English and London based. Getting increasing coverage in magazines for her work and for being at various parties. Really can't remember her name right now though
I quite like Camille Bidault-Waddington's work in POP and now defunct Face magazine..... I can't even begin to think of a league table of stylists because everyone contributes something so different.
This is such an inside-y topic, and being a non-fashion professional, just someone who likes great photography, i have to say the stylists that are the best are the ones who don't make something look really contrived, as in, super-obviously styled. The styling should flow with the photographer, the clothes, and the models.
meh...i don't really agree with that fox in the snow...
if i want to see something that looks really natural...
i'll just take a walk outside...i don't need to buy a magazine for that...
when it comes to fashion...i am looking for fantasy...
and the pics i like best are the ones that don't look 'real'...
but more like a fairytale or a dream...
the ones that focus on the clothes....
where everything...the girl, hair and make up, location, lighting, etc...
is all there to enhance the CLOTHING...
I also noticed from reading page 1, that there seems to be a misconception about stylists, since everyone does seem to be uber-obsessed with celebs, and that is this:
That stylists are in place to create wardrobes for clients.
I don't think most people realize that it takes a team of people to put together an editorial in order to achieve a vision....
Not all stylists treat the job like Rachel Zoe - they do not recieve their merit through the A-B-C-D-Listers who they dress. It is about their magazine work and the art they help create.
I love learning about stylists - give me more, give me more...
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meh...i don't really agree with that fox in the snow...
if i want to see something that looks really natural...
i'll just take a walk outside...i don't need to buy a magazine for that...
when it comes to fashion...i am looking for fantasy...
and the pics i like best are the ones that don't look 'real'...
but more like a fairytale or a dream...
the ones that focus on the clothes....
where everything...the girl, hair and make up, location, lighting, etc...
is all there to enhance the CLOTHING...
the FASHION...
I don't really mean that it should look 'natural' but I also don't think it should look stagey. I think a lot of stylists get so caught up in a 'vision', particularly in high fashion editorials, that you can barely see the clothes! That is what I mean - I don't think it's unfair to say this is a problem. I can't tell you how many times I've looked at an editorial and had to strain to make out the detail of an outfit because there are too many elements added by a stylist. I think this also probably has something to do with the way it is shot/directed, but I know that sometimes styling gets in the way of telling a fashion story, rathter than a fantasy concoction of an over-exuberant stylist. Sometimes, the desire to be artistic gets in the way of the star, which should be the CLOTHES, not the ego of a stylist trying to hard to put some kind signature on something.
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hey soft...agree with you....and about fox in the snow i understand what u say but because of that is that its called high fashion...the clothes of course are the pretext to create a mood,an atmosphere...sometimes u show the whole outfit sometimes u dont...it depends...thats the wonderful about fashion...u could take different approach and none of them are bad....
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