This awesome look has Eric Daman written all over it.
Lately, the cool thing, if you’re famous, is to claim that you don’t have a stylist. (Cough, Blake Lively, cough cough.) Sometimes, that’s true. But most of the time, chances are someone is likely helping the starlet make clothing decisions, even if it’s not a Rachel Zoe/Nicole Richie-type relationship.
There are some stylists who make celebrities look like they’ve done it themselves. Leslie Fremar, who styles Julianne Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Connelly, and several other perfect specimens, makes her clients feel so comfortable on the red carpet that for years I fully believed Gyllenhaal did it solo.
But alas, what celebrity has time to go it alone, especially when it’s a big event like the Oscars? As one publicist told me, “I don’t think they have time to find PR contacts, you know?”
Even Chloe Sevigny, whose style is innately her own–probably more than any other celebrity–uses a stylist for big events. Ezra Woods, her sometimes-stylist, also works with Michelle Williams, who looks as effortless on the street as she does on the red carpet. (And there’s no way Woods is picking out her outfits every morning.) Perfect person Gwyneth Paltrow even started using someone after her too loose Ralph Lauren dress at the 1999 Oscars. (Although I loved it regardless.)
So what about Blake? And Diane? And January? What’s truth and what’s fiction? Here are the real stories behind these stars without stylists:
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Anna was quoted very recently as saying they tossed some clothes Blakes way when she came on te scene, to groom her as Vogue cover material. Does that mean Tonne is her stylist?!
I think Blake needs a new stylist. She shows too much leg and boob in one outfit all the time, and normally her clothes seem too tight. Am I the only one who thinks she looks bad?
She looks consistently terrible on the show. As if they’re aiming for that.
She looks consistently terrible on the show. As if they’re aiming for that.
She looks consistently terrible on the show. As if they’re aiming for that.
i’m still working on seeing what anna wintour sees in her
http://whycantmybestfriendbeme.blogspot.com/
Me too! I don’t understand why Blake Lively gets more attention than Leighton Meester. Leighton dresses better AND is the only good actor on the show. I don’t get it.
Apparrantly there are people out there who think she’s talented and beautiful, like eric daman and alec baldwin. I think Leighton is way more of a star, not to mention that she is more beautiful, far more talented and her character is vastly more fashion-centric and elite. You’d think that would endear her to Anna, whose masthead reads like a dance card in an Edith Wharton novel.
I wanted to reply to bongenre but the “reply” button seemed AWOL there.
Anyway. Leighton Meester’s CHARACTER is more “elite” (I think I may be one of the few people who think Blair is extremely irritating and I just want to smack her half the time). She, herself, is a self proclaimed “pop star” and that whole phase has vastly tarnished her “class”.
Plus, she’s hardly a better dressed. Blake may show more leg but that doesn’t automatically make Leighton a better dresser, who’s outfits look like she’s trying way too hard to stand out ever since she became a “serious singer”. At least Taylor Momsen has some amount of talent with her music.
Plus, if you ever watch an interview of the two, Blake is a thousand times warmer, friendlier and more charming. And if you watch one of her movies, she’s actually a pretty good actress. Her character is just very badly written on Gossip Girl.
I’m not saying Leighton isn’t great too, but I’m just saying, people usually just hate on Blake because of her character Serena and fangirl over Leighton because of Blair.
a better dresser*
Sorry, typo.
I have it on VV good Authority (Wardrobe at Gossip Girl) That blake is a nightmare to dress insisting that all the size labels are cut out of her clothes and then replaced with size zero labels through paranoia. She is also feared on set due to her demanding the firing of staff at the click of a finger…SCARY
I think Blake needs a new stylist. She shows too much leg and boob in one outfit all the time, and normally her clothes seem too tight. Am I the only one who thinks she looks bad?
This is one of the best Fashionista article I’ve read in awhile!!
No one in the limelight should hesitate to say they use a stylist. Its a privilege to have access to such professionals. Yesterday Iman in http://www.Thecut.com admitted to using an entire team every morning. I already loved her now I love her more for the truth. Further more this industry chases starlet types with a camera constantly. One would be crazy to not use the very best help for events.
Who is the woman picking a wedgie behind January Jones?
Laura Linney. I remember that horrible hair she had that year.
It’s not Laura Linney – that woman is too big and the dress is not the same, Laura’s dress had a strap over the left shoulder. Woman in pic is probably just some non-celebrity person.
It’s not Laura Linney – that woman is too big and the dress is not the same, Laura’s dress had a strap over the left shoulder. Woman in pic is probably just some non-celebrity person.
It’s not Laura Linney – that woman is too big and the dress is not the same, Laura’s dress had a strap over the left shoulder. Woman in pic is probably just some non-celebrity person.
stars have too much on their plates to ditch their stylist, regardless of what they think we are dumb enough believe…
I’m all for self sufficiency but when these actresses go rogue there are essential technical details a stylist can point out that will prevent what may be an unavoidable dysfashionable red carpet disaster. Publicists will not point those issues out and remain too impartial. Also with the goal being a flawless look makeup and hair are just as important as the wardrobe. Blake Lively’s hair is always a disaster and her makeup is just mostly “half ass” done.
Having a stylist or a personal shopper would be like hiring someone to have fun for me. These ladies look to die, their ensembles are inspiring!
Having a stylist or a personal shopper would be like hiring someone to have fun for me. These ladies look to die, their ensembles are inspiring!
I know for a fact that Diane does it herself! She has an amazing eye!
Alexandra xo
http://tovogueorbust.blogspot.com/
I have worked with each of these ladies via their stylists — none of these ladies style themselves..even for day-to-day wear.
That “awesome look” was featured in a recent issue of Vogue. She describes picking that menswear sequin Chanel blazer instead of a more fitted one because “It’s more Karl this way”. Unless she has Eric Daman (Which is no doubt amazing, seriously I just tune into Gossip Girl for the amazing clothes because the dialogue is simply dreadful) in her pocket I doubt he’s her puppeteer
Also, how was Diana Kruger ever a model? She’s like, 5 feet 4 or something…?
Diane Kruger 5_4″? What planet are you from? After personally meeting Diane at the Met Museum in May 2010 (she looked fabulous in a white Calvin Kline evening length dress with train….I must say) She is around 5_7 ½ “ to 5_8”.
Calvin Klein….sorry for the typo.
Calvin Klein….sorry for the typo.
Really? My bad, then! I always thought she looked around 5’4 to 5’6 MAX. But obviously I was mistaken :/
I am a personal image and fashion stylist here in LA and I have worked for over ten years with many celebs directly (one on one) or indirectly (through their managers/agents/publicists/studio). There is a growing and large element in existence here with “personal style”, as celebs are constantly being photographed in all aspects of their lives, whether they are on the job or not. With the constant need to look polished and presentable, celebs call on people like myself and other stylists to make them look effortless. And everyone uses a stylist in some capacity, whether its to generate the entire look or for simple consultation, believe me.
-Elgin–The FeelGoodGuru of Style
http://feelgoodgurustyle.blogspot.com
I think its a little sad that celebrities are so terrified of being on worst dressed lists that they feel compelled to hire stylists to put together their day to day ensembles. What happens is they all start dressing the same and they never get to cultivate their own style because its dictated by who gives them free clothes, who is trendy or who their stylist knows. Personal style bloggers are so much more interesting because they aren’t so self concious. I would rather see them dress themselves so I can tell who really has style and who doesn’t. It makes award shows and gossip mags much more interesting. I, personally, could never imagine someone picking out my clothes or shopping for me. Quelle horreur! What would I live for?
I think it’s great that January and Blake are passionate enough about fashion to not want other people to style them. They both stand out on the red carpet unlike all the cookie cutter actresses out there.
I find the premise of this piece very weak.It is not some cool new thing for celebrities to say they don’t work with stylists. I think you would find it hard to find one that didn’t give a stylist their due. Certainly an overlooked stylist wouldn’t keep quiet – they survive by their famous clients. I assume by the opening that you think Blake Lively is being less than truthful when she says she doesn’t have a stylist. Certainly anyone who works with Eric Daman – an author, stylist and sometime designer with years of international experience – will have little trouble dressing for the red carpet anywhere else. But it would be incredibly rude and diminishing of her to refer to him as “her stylist” in an interview. She – and the rest of the GG cast – have regularly praised him and his talent in interviews since the show began. The relationship she has with Daman is not employer-client;she can’t speak of him as Maggie would Fremar. On your Diane Kruger point, I would argue that every woman in this article works with stylists (and in some cases designers) and has an awareness of what they look like on camera under various lights, etc.Finally, kudos to busy actresses who use stylists, make-up and hair people, etc and use their fame to showcase others talents.
Completely, completely agree.
Blake Lively works not just with Daman, but she is styled by Vogue for big events.
she looks gorgeous
BLAKE IS FABULOUS. She os gorgeous and one of the most envied stars on the red carpet. I know that I would choose to look like her over any other celeb.
She *is gorgeous
Fahsionista, why do you hate Blake Lively? She’s a talented, beautiful, up-and-coming actress. This isn’t the first rude Blake article.
I think Blake’s stylist is Mary Alice Haney.
I think Blake’s stylist is Mary Alice Haney.