6 BUSINESS TIPS FOR NEW FREELANCE WARDROBE STYLISTS
New freelancers always ask me for business tips and billing information. It’s complicated to answer for three main reasons. First of all, sole proprietorship DBA, LLC, B-corp, C-corp, and S-corp are confusing AF because each business structure has different taxation and benefits. Second, every production company…
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NECKLACE LENGTH CHART
HELPFUL VISUAL REFERENCE I love a good chart, info-graphic, or illustrated assembly manual. This women’s necklace length chart is a helpful tool for online or sight unseen shopping. It’s also great visual reference for communicating accessory looks to your clients and/or assistants. This simple chart…
DECO DETAILS
SPARKLES AND FEATHERS AND FUR – OH MY! I recently worked on a project requiring a significant amount of wardrobe homework worthy of sharing. The project was an editorial portrait on location. My wardrobe pitch to the publication was simple: formal looks with Art Deco…
Mobile Fashion + Warby Parker
Warby Parker hits the Highway Attention eyewear lovers! Warby Parker Eyewear is on tour! The fashionable, affordable, and socially conscience eyewear is putting the rubber to the road for their ‘Class in Session’ tour. This is great news for the southeast and especially ATLiens because the…
Props : Antique Articulating Artist’s Figure
Life-Sized Figure Drawing Form / Display Mannequin from Italy This antique manni has me weak in the knees! Standing at 5 foot 8 inches tall, the Italian gentleman would be a stunning fashion prop, a unique in-store display, or an artistic relic. LOVE!!! Available at Obsolete in Venice,…
Fashion Truck Trend: Airstream Restoration
Pimp my Fashion Truck Adjunct to Mobile Fashion Trend posted June 12, 2012 The mobile fashion trend is catching like a cold. Suffice it to say, having a functional, mobile store that reflects the brand is a BIG DEAL! Where do you go? Who handles…
Product Review: Hollywood Clear Bra Straps™
Your bra strap is showing…
Mobile Fashion Trend
Apparel and Accessories Going Mobile Catwalks are hitting the sidewalks. Stacey and Jeanine Romo’s Le Fashion Truck (pictured below) is a mobile fashion boutique in Los Angeles, California offering vintage pieces and Romo’s hand crafted jewelry. Le Fashion Truck is one of many 4-Wheel Fashion Houses rolling out…
Williams British Handmade Second Season
Follow up on previous post: Excess Baggage. Sarah Williams’ breakout season for Williams British Handmade was a success. WIlliams’ bespoke luggage pieces are handcrafted in traditional techniques; however, the shapes are completely wacky and wonderful! The luggage concept stemmed from one of her master’s course at…
Warby Parker Eyewear
Warby Parker eyewear is high quality, on-trend, and affordable. Prescription, polarized Optical eyewear cost $95 Non-Prescription, polarized Sunwear cost $95 Prescription, polarized Sunwear costs $150 The company’s flagship store is in NYC and they have 9 showrooms throughout the US. Unfortunately, there are currently no showrooms in the Southeast,…
Strap Tamers Review
Marketing claims, “Strap Tamers® consist of a clip (to hold the bra strap) and pin which is fastened to the inside shoulder seam of a garment. You can leave Strap Tamers® on your clothing while laundered again and again. Whenever you wear that garment, the Strap Tamers® are already in place, waiting for you.”
Falling Models, Tumbling Talent, and Slippery Shoe Solutions
It hurts to watch those beautiful girls struggle! Runway models are not alone in experiencing slides, slips, and falls. We have all underestimating the evil powers of a polished floor and smooth soled new shoes then BAM! You’re flat on the floor, humiliated, and looking for…
Cordarounds: Horizontal Corduroy Pants
Scientifically Proven 22% Reduction in C.H.I. …what is C.H.I.? CROTCH HEAT INDEX, of course! Cordarounds are horizontal corduroy pants by crowd favorite, Betabrand. These pants are cut from corduroy fabric running horizontally instead of the traditional vertical run. Cordarounds’ horizontal whales create a cooler, more comfortable corduroy pant….
Excess Baggage by Williams-British Handmade
Sarah Williams’ amazing designs re-imagine classic British luggage for her budding label, Williams-British Handmade. William’s admiration of traditional crafts is echoed in the brands she most admires: Mulberry and Smythson. Williams-British Handmade uses British talent using hand tools as much as possible. The brass frames…
Fifi Lapin Fashion Illustrations
I usually do not respond to cutesy design but, these illustrations of Fifi Lapin, a furry fashionista, are an undeniably clever take on runway fashion.
Style Guides on Polyvore
I am often asked by the agency or production company to put together wardrobe looks or a style guide that are specific the talent, character, ad, or story line. My favorite site to build style guides is on Polyvore. Polyvore has an image library of…
Fashionary | Memo Pad
Memo pad with fashion templates for quick sketching. Another great idea by Fashionary.
Karl Lagerfeld on Technology, Imagination, and Beauty
Notable + Quotable It’s very dangerous to think you know it all. The minute you think your past was better and your present is secondhand [then] yourself will become vintage. It’s ok for clothes; it’s not that great for people Good or Bad? It’s not…
Fashionary: Fashion Reference Sketchbook
FASHION + DICTIONARY + DIARY = FASHIONARY Fashionary is a beautifully designed sketchbook that every stylist, costumer, designer, or tailor can appreciate. The first 34 pages are LOADED with info: measuring tools, designer brand index, a fabric dictionary, stitch & seam samples, patterns & flats,…
Helmut Newton: Polaroids
Would you like to see a collection of Helmut Newton’s Polaroids with handwritten shot details? Uh, YES PLEASE. Newton’s widow has compiled over 300 polaroids for Helmut Newton: Polaroids. Helmut Newton Foundation | helmut-newton.com.
Helmut Newton – POLAROIDS The Exhibit
Helmut Newton’s wife was known to use his Polaroids as place cards at dinner parties. Newton’s Polaroids will be on exhibit at the Berlin Museum Of Photography through November coinciding with the Helmut Newton; Polaroids book release. Exhibit details at Helmut Newton – POLAROIDS.
Viva Aruba!
this is a post from holly thompson’s blog about the Aruba Tourism campaign shot by scott lowden. i did wardrobe and props on this one. tough day at the office! Viva Aruba!