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A fashion stylist is an ideal career choice for someone who has a flair for style. Fashion stylists shop the fashion industry — “the market” — in search of the ideal wardrobe options and accessories for a particular magazine, film, commercial or music video photo shoot, selecting the appropriate wardrobe for models, actresses and other celebrities. An eye for trends is a key quality for the work.
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A fashion stylist is an ideal career choice for someone who has a flair for style. Fashion stylists typically shop the fashion industry or "market" in search of the ideal wardrobe options and accessories for a particular magazine, film, commercial, or music video photo shoot. The job entails selecting the appropriate wardrobe for models, actresses, and other celebrities.
Styles and personalities certainly vary--imagine
what different wardrobe options and accessories would be selected for
Angelina Jolie,
Julia Roberts, or
Gwen Stefani.
An eye for trends
is certainly a key quality for a fashion stylist. This person should also
enjoy shopping
and scouting for items as well as returning items.
According to an article in the
Los Angeles Times, stylists may be hired by celebrities, or
by an agent to work with clients to prepare them for appearances at events.
Advertising agencies,
catalog publishers, fashion houses, or
public relations firms
also hire stylists.
Since stylists are
independent contractors, they need to be able to manage the business
aspects of their work. This may include hiring an assistant, paying bills,
invoicing clients, handling advances and budgets, and keeping precise records
of expenditures, which can be substantial.
Written by Regina March 2009
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Thank you for taking the time to learn about fashion stylists. If you are interested, we suggest you also read up on the meaning of style.
Styling looks like shopping and performs like logistics. A stylist works to a brief and a budget, pulls garments from showrooms and stores, tracks every borrowed piece, insures it, fits it, photographs the looks for approval, and returns everything on schedule. Assistants, advances, invoices and expenditure records are part of the job description, which is why successful stylists are organized businesses as well as good eyes.
The stylist's work is visible everywhere fashion is pictured: the editorial shoot, the red carpet, the advertising campaign. Together with photographers, stylists create the fashion images covered in this directory — the pictures through which most people experience fashion — and celebrity styling in particular can move a garment from a rail to a sell-out, as the fashion icon and fashion celebrities entries describe.
A stylist selects wardrobe and accessories for photo shoots, films, commercials and music videos, and dresses celebrities and clients for appearances and events — shopping the market, fitting the looks, and managing returns.
Celebrities and their agents, advertising agencies, catalog publishers, fashion houses and public relations firms.
An eye for trends and for what suits different personalities, enjoyment of shopping and scouting for items, and — because stylists are independent contractors — the ability to manage assistants, budgets, invoicing and precise records of substantial expenditures.