All About Becoming a Fashion / Wardrobe Stylist

[giselakas]

no offense taken softgrey.
thanks.

i sent you an email tono.

ttyl!

 

[Xone]

Originally posted by giselakas@Nov 4 2004, 12:04 PM
no offense taken softgrey.
thanks.

i sent you an email tono.

ttyl!

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gisela:sent email back.....check the pics........

softgrey: what do u do exactly, stylist?

 

[softgrey]

Originally posted by Xone@Nov 4 2004, 12:38 PM

softgrey: what do u do exactly, stylist?

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exactly...

 

[Xone]

Originally posted by softgrey@Nov 4 2004, 02:18 PM
exactly...

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cool! for which mags...tell me about your job pls.......cheers...tony

 

[eleanor]

What is the most exciting part of being a stylist?

 

[Xone]

Originally posted by eleanor@Nov 4 2004, 03:03 PM
What is the most exciting part of being a stylist?

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in my case,to be able to create an image and a concept for the editorial....also u meet a lot of creative people on the way......

 

[softgrey]

Originally posted by Xone@Nov 4 2004, 03:00 PM
cool! for which mags...tell me about your job pls.......cheers...tony

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freelance...too many to mention..i've been at it awhile...

i don't know what the most exciting part is...the paycheck?!?!...
every job is really different...some great...some not so great...just like life...

 

[Xone]

Originally posted by softgrey@Nov 4 2004, 03:10 PM
freelance...too many to mention..i've been at it awhile...

i don't know what the most exciting part is...the paycheck?!?!...
every job is really different...some great...some not so great...just like life...

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i would love to see your work...anyplace where i could do that...anylink.....u seem cool person or do u have msn so we could talk over there?

 

[softgrey]

Originally posted by Xone@Nov 4 2004, 03:13 PM
i would love to see your work...anyplace where i could do that...anylink.....u seem cool person or do u have msn so we could talk over there?

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the only thing i can show you is my avatar...i don't have a website and i'm working without an agent right now...

...if you have specific questions...go ahead and ask them...i'm sure other people would be interested too...

 

[Xone]

Originally posted by softgrey@Nov 4 2004, 03:16 PM
the only thing i can show you is my avatar...i don't have a website and i'm working without an agent right now...

...if you have specific questions...go ahead and ask them...i'm sure other people would be interested too...

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3 quick questions:

your best editorial........tell the xperience
how is the process of your work when u have an editorial
did u meet a big name of the industry?(on any field:model,photographer,tc,etc,)

regards, Tony

 

[softgrey]

my best editorial is ...in my opinion...something that did not get published...

it was my apocolyptic joan of arc story...

shot in an industrial toxic waste site on a riverbank in NJ...
i tore and distressed a lot of the clothes and mixed vintage and designer and had an amazing model who really looked like jaon of arc (jade parfitt) http://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/trade_secrets/inner.asp?tsID=1 ... used the galliano neswprint leggings...all the clothes were to look like they had been through a nuclear holocaust...and that she had just found them and put them on...
it wasn't really about the experience that time...it was really about the pictures...the idea was all mine and i directed the whole thing...so the pictures had been in my head for years...it was just good to finally be able to hold them in my hands... they are still my favourites and what i am most proud of...very close to my heart...she looks very heroic..like a warrior...'bring on the revolution'...

the magazine didn't publish them because they said they were too 'strong' for them...i had her face all smudged...rags tied in her hair (which was long at the time)...and i think that's what put it over the edge for them...it was a pretty mainstream mag...spanish harper's bazaar...

so that's the process ... i come up with an idea...and then i find the clothes to make it happen and the right photographer to shoot it...i have a bunch of story ideas that i go to when i need one...i don't really do 'trend' stories...

and yes...i have met many "names"... but i don't like to name drop or gossip... one thing i can tell you is that they are all just people...some nice...some not so nice...and you can tell a lot about a photographer or stylist/editor by looking at their work...

 

[Xone]

hey softgrey

wow it seems great job....how bad the didnt publish it,sometimes mags are really conservative or restricted on what they think could publish or not....i used to like spanish bazaar but suddenly it stops to arrive here (Lima) i enjoyed when they did original eds then it came like a crisis and it was 100% reprint and i think now they are doing original stuff....am i right?

about the process,im curious,do u do editorials and then show to different magazines to see which publish it?...or they call u to do some editorial....

regarding the big name,i didnt ask for gossip or anything,i wanted to know if your work lead u to them...yes their work reflects everything is like the eyes......

thanks 4 all......tony

ps btw are u a girl or a boy?

 

[softgrey]

i am female...hardly a girl...

not sure about harper's bazaar these days...you're right...they changed...they used to be based in mexico...but i think now they are based in miami and it is completely different...i never see it anymore...
about the other question...i have done both...but now i really do things that i am hired to do...or just personal work... i do less editorial than i used to because it is very little $$$ ... so i only do things that really interest me... most magazines really bore me these days...

what do you do in lima tony?...

 

[Xone]

Originally posted by softgrey@Nov 4 2004, 09:50 PM
i am female...hardly a girl...

not sure about harper's bazaar these days...you're right...they changed...they used to be based in mexico...but i think now they are based in miami and it is completely different...i never see it anymore...
about the other question...i have done both...but now i really do things that i am hired to do...or just personal work...

what do you do in lima tony?...

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well, i studied advertising in university and did some frelances jobs....since 4 years i have(with a partner) a small clothing line.....measure to made system and since july we also do editorials for a local magazine(we do art direction and styling) we are growing on that aspect and we enjoy it very much......

another question: current project (s) and where do u work or where are u based?

cheers,Tony

 

[softgrey]

i live in nyc...

are you going to hire me?...
it sounds like and interview...

 

[Xone]

Originally posted by softgrey@Nov 4 2004, 10:10 PM
i live in nyc...

are you going to hire me?...
it sounds like and interview...

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im sorry for so many question........

 

[softgrey]

...it's no problem...let's just keep the questions more about styling and less about me..ok?...

 

[Xone]

Originally posted by softgrey@Nov 4 2004, 10:22 PM
...it's no problem...let's just keep the questions more about styling and less about me..ok?...

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ok but i didnt ask anything personal......just where u work that´s all......anyway sorry if u felt uncomfortable...

 

[softgrey]

any question that is about me is obviously personal...so let's just make the questions more general...ok?...

 

[Sloan]

Originally posted by softgrey@Nov 4 2004, 09:24 PM
my best editorial is ...in my opinion...something that did not get published...

it was my apocolyptic joan of arc story...

shot in an industrial toxic waste site on a riverbank in NJ...
i tore and distressed a lot of the clothes and mixed vintage and designer and had an amazing model who really looked like jaon of arc (jade parfitt) http://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/trade_secrets/inner.asp?tsID=1 ... used the galliano neswprint leggings...all the clothes were to look like they had been through a nuclear holocaust...and that she had just found them and put them on...
it wasn't really about the experience that time...it was really about the pictures...the idea was all mine and i directed the whole thing...so the pictures had been in my head for years...it was just good to finally be able to hold them in my hands... they are still my favourites and what i am most proud of...very close to my heart...she looks very heroic..like a warrior...'bring on the revolution'...

the magazine didn't publish them because they said they were too 'strong' for them...i had her face all smudged...rags tied in her hair (which was long at the time)...and i think that's what put it over the edge for them...it was a pretty mainstream mag...spanish harper's bazaar...

so that's the process ... i come up with an idea...and then i find the clothes to make it happen and the right photographer to shoot it...i have a bunch of story ideas that i go to when i need one...i don't really do 'trend' stories...

and yes...i have met many "names"... but i don't like to name drop or gossip... one thing i can tell you is that they are all just people...some nice...some not so nice...and you can tell a lot about a photographer or stylist/editor by looking at their work...

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softgrey -
Sounds amazing! I envy you so much. You are doing something that I have always wanted to do, but never followed it. More of a dream, I guess.