How To Become a Stylist (Celebrity or Otherwise)

For anyone wondering, new pants are by SHINYA KOZUKA.
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Are you wearing a Breguet? I had my eyes on that one for a long time. 😇

I like pearls guys look cool in pearls

Editorial stylists don’t earn good money that’s why they rob expensive clothes and bags that’s how they make there rent money

Bliss do you think that law is really a good friend to the stars for the money I think there very plastic

You’re brother looks like Peter Parker

Celebrity styling, in its essence, is an art form that thrives on the creativity and vision of a stylist. The way stylists collaborate with musicians showcases the vital role they play in shaping a unique and distinct image. A crucial aspect of being a celebrity stylist lies in the ability to source clothing. While working with well known clients may present fewer challenges in this regard, those starting out with up-and-coming clients must find creative ways to source garments and elevate their clients to attract renowned fashion houses for loans. This requires a tremendous amount of skill, research, and creativity.

Unfortunately, the fashion industry is still largely ran by people from affluent backgrounds, which perpetuates the prevalence of unpaid or poorly compensated work. That being said, if this is your passion, do not let it deter you… anything is possible!!!! The best way to start off as stylist is to work under an established stylist, as this profession relies heavily on hands-on experience, which no formal education can ever teach.

Most stylists who do editorial styling often also do celebrity styling, personal shopping, commercial styling, creative direction, brand consulting, & etc to help compensate for the unpaid editorial work they wholeheartedly enjoy (or maybe we convince ourselves that it’s justified). Through Instagram and TikTok, some stylists have also become influencers, which aids in attracting clients and securing brand deals to also support their businesses.

In today's industry, you can’t survive just being one thing.

Your family is so well adjusted, I have to watch you with sunglasses

I have lived in Japan for a year, and how they do it there is that you become a stylist by starting as an often unpaid stylist assistant. In the meantime you need to find a different job to pay for your needs (if possible within the field). And after 2-3 years of training you "graduate" as a stylist. Either you start at the company you've already been an assistant for, or you need to make yourself a name through the usual ways. It takes longer and its more demanding in Japan, but its also more secure since you can become a trainee the same way you can in other jobs.
As a foreigner though it's nearly impossible to get a company to sponsor your visa just to become a assistant.

Let’s get Isaac some shoes !!

How do I find a personal stylist? I love fashion, love reading about it, I know all the best, Avant Garde designers, the history of houses, the trends, the subcultures and researching it. Buuuttt I'm horrible with shopping, and putting things together. It takes up so much time and mental space where I give up and just wear a plane gap t-shirt and jeans. 😢

Rajiv Surendra does slow fashion. One of the vest he had was made by hand and took 2 years to make. A vest that is a copy of the vest worn in a children’s book, could be Beatrix potter! 👍🏽

Amazing pants! And love the comments about fashion show commentary and how fluid the interpretations and meanings are… potentially the true demonstration of cultural exchange

Slow fashion is merging authentic period dress and modern wear. Then there's medium fashion, the normal kind that adults wear.

I would love to watch an episode on any of McQueen's shows. And I just want to say I'm really grateful for your channel!

i was the 1k like

About the pearls for guys, I’d personally say they’re kind of trendy, I see a lot of gen z and maybe millennial guys (I’m 24 with two strings 💀) wearing them, but I think the trend aspect of them comes from the near hegemonic chokehold that a string of moon white real or imitation pearls has. Don’t get me wrong, I like how it looks, but at the same time, I purposefully bought a string with three shades and I sometimes wonder if it’s the pukka shell necklace of our time. I’ll cling to mine for the time and beyond because also, I just like jewelry, which is a different discussions but one I’m happy to see western men taking on broad scale again.

Finally tho, there’s no shot the Duke of Buckingham was the first guy to rock pearls, it’s probably someone around Arabia, Persia, India. My history of the region’s not that great, but I do know that the people go hard with jewelry and it’s all so beautiful

I have a story about my experience. I never officially applied in anyway, but I had been a long time pinterest user.

But apparently one KPop group saw some of my fashion styles and started incorporating them into their designs. After a point different kpop groups started ripping each other off ( this still happens to this day ) that are oddly similar to my design ideas.

All this is fine, but I started getting weird looks when I started being true to my Goth Rock and Black Metal influence.

But apparently sometimes you can be quietly hired without even realizing it.

Im mainly a pianist and wanted to aim for broadway or off broadway playwriting.

I was a stylist, doing mostly editorials and here and there some e-commerce, a freelancer but kinda working under same "rules" and hours as the employed staff for a big publishing house - my position was Editor at ELLE, alongside I was an editor at 2 other magazines - for 9 years and I just quit what used to be my DREAM JOB because I couldn`t even pay rent anymore. It`s so ironic how glamorized this industry makes it out to be but doesn`t pay its staff enough to even have a life. You need another job or another career altogether. Me, I switched to hospitality and saved more money in 3 months then before in 9 years...

My partner is getting into ecom styling and they make about $700-$1400 per job. They also work as a stylist assistant at REI between styling gigs for like $350/day. In total they probably make around $40k-$50k/year after two years. The head stylist on set apparently makes like 90k/year, so it’s definitely possible to make a living if you work in fast fashion. If you wanna make money in editorial, you can work with a photographer and offer test shoot packages where you get paid a couple hundred bucks to style models that need more than just headshots with boring outfits in their portfolio.

Interesting re: the discussion of resellers- it's always interesting to me what a massive and well-established industry it is and yet how the entire internet turned against girls reselling a few pieces from their local thrift store.

I literally started fashion school yesterday. my first class was about fashion styling and for my homework I had to pick a type of stylist. I chose law roach. Looking at the thumbnail and seeing the date. wow that is the biggest coincidence ever!

I'm starting a Demi-Couture label. It won't be hand sewn, but it will have an emphasis on fit. I doubt it would be Bliss's style because he's not a woman, and it's just not his style, but still... My looks are hyper feminine, super fururistic, very sensual and seductive, with super soft and luscious materials. Basically, think about stuff that Nicki Minaj or Beyonce might wear, with lots of pink. Like, 1950's bombshell look, but more contemporary, and not like a character of the bombshell like Rock-a-Billy style. Rock-a-Billy is cheap looking. If you actually look at what the movie stars were wearing back then, you'll see the quality in the garments. That's what I'm going for. Fit is a huge component. I'm sick of seeing women on the red carpet wearing illfitting couture clothing. It's couture, it should fit properly. Especially with women with fuller figures being in right now. Lots of women have larger busts. They aren't all A cups. I want to see high-end clothing that actually fits properly, so I'm gonna do it myself, in my style. I'm a feminine woman, and I own that shit. It's all starting to come together, too. I'm so excited about this shit! I've been dreaming of starting my own label since I was a teen. It's finally happening. 🥰

“Yike” damn bliss u worked for adidas 😭😭😭

if i have a fashion question do i just dm you anytime? or is there a specific time like you put out a story to ask or something

Nice new sharp suit, Isaac! Bliss, your videos always get my brain buzzing in the best way. ⚡️

Stylists who do editorials will often do commercial styling where they will make more money but have much less creative control.

LOVE the pants !

Does slow fashion really have to be made by hand ie excluding a sewing machine? It seems like custom made with a sewing machine could still be slow fashion haha, like how my great (maybe 2 greats) grandparents would have gotten and made clothes.

I think your view on slow fashion is a little over the top? Maybe I'm getting this whole thing wrong, I'm not always up to date with the trendy Internet terms 😅. But doesn't buying a nice prêt-à-porter piece once a month or every two months already qualify as slow fashion? It's still much slower than whatever current cheap fashion is doing rn without already having to get into buying couture.

Also, regarding death of the author: I study literature and our professors tell us that whatever we can prove in the text is a valid interpretation. It's an approach that I've since applied to most of the art I look at and that has made art so much more enjoyable for me.

Both Isaac and you ARE very handsome!

Your brother looks like a movie character come to life

Most people I know having any success reselling interesting clothes, myself included, just started off being a massive hoarder. I also think it's a lot easier to do in Europe.

BIGUP ISAAC!

What if my thing is just having people carry authentic samurai swords

Hey bliss, love the channel, have for a while. However, if "jan. 6th" was a "riot", what was the "summer of rage"?

There's several definitions of slow fashion possible i think, including one that is centered on less trend cycles and buying less at a better quality or doing some of your clothes yourself. Basically fighting over consumption / anti fast fashion.

Isaac lucked out! That’s fantastic. Who knew a shit suit (😂) could bring so much luck?

I just can't help but wondering, how in a modern globalized capitilist world of the XXI century, It is even legal to work for free in one of the world's leading industry which pretends to shape a concept of human civilisation? What is the logic & justice behind the jobs not supposed to be even payed in an industry where exist corporations like LVMH with Bernard Arnault as the richest men on Earth? Even if you are rich, fashion is a full time job taken professionaly, whould anyone spend the time for an amusement jod, instead of devoting your time resource to mantain your own capital, in order not to get poor one day? Even from a perspective of art for art's sake, how is it even profitable, not to invest in your human assets, in order to achieve creative exelance, rather than constant flow of aspirational work force? It is amazing that fashion industry is the most undeveloped industry on Earth, withregards to at least some level of government regulations & labor units, comparing to other existing forms of capitalist productive formations. This is illegal, I will stop this! Thanks

Yay For Brother Issac. And My Dreams Have Been Shot Down. Sadness. So Being An Editorial Stylist Would Not Be A Thing?

I used an “Editorial Stylist” career to broker an incredible portfolio for my own designs, which are now a success.

Your brother is so adorable!!! And he look great in this suit! 👌🏼

Bliss, this was a great episode

In 2022, the business of fashion interviewed Luxury Law, delving into how he built his business as a celebrity stylist. The majority of his income did not come from celebrity red carpet styling. He said he might make up to a $1000 up to style a celebrity for a red carpet appearance.
Most of his income came from providing styling services for private clients who are high net worth individuals (9 figures!). The editorials, and the red carpet appearance is really serve more as advertisement for private clients that would actually hire him for his styling services. This is all obviously before he quit being a celebrity stylist other than for Zendaya.

Pearls before swine?

a lot of people want to be a stylist- not a lot of people want to work hard. provided you live in a major fashion city, you have an excellent work ethic, and you're a nice person, its actually not hard at all to become a stylist. all you need to do constantly message stylists asking if they need assistants and eventually you'll start to get assisting jobs and from there it'll spiral into more and more jobs with more and more creative control. its an easy process, but the job itself is grueling. becoming a stylist full time though is another question entirely, because even if you have a consistent workflow of jobs, half of them wont be paid and the other half will make you wait for months. I've been waiting on an invoice from one of the biggest jewellery brands in the world for 6 months and still haven't been paid...

I’ve found that if an artist just doesn’t put influences in their work, or think about meaning or whatever, the work is kind of “dead” feeling and doesn’t inspire engagement for viewers. 
It’s a weird but interesting thing about Death of the Author.
That the audience is going to have their own thoughts from the work, and the piece will have it’s own life, isn’t a reason or excuse to not create meaning between yourself, as artist, and the work while you are creating.

Would you do a video on fashion photography? ♥

From the depths of Ottawa, Canada I come bearing bad news - pearls on men is trendy. I keep seeing these young lads who are part of the various sub-cultures of the city wearing pearls and looking fabulous. Go rock it...
It's funny how slow fashion and sustainability all circles back to home economic classes being dropped from the curriculum, starting in the 60's. We stopped teaching sewing in a systematic way so it's the exception when someone can sew all or part of their wardrobe (much less maintain what you own with mending). Same for cooking and balancing your budget. For the past few generations we've been deprived of the knowledge of how to produce something for ourselves. You can see the results on recycling day with the massive number of meal and amazon boxes.

Learn how to make your own stuff, Kiddos. It's kind of fun.

- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

i would so love to prove you wrong about not being able to be a full time editorial stylist, but although I have worked as an editorial stylist for six years, I have never been paid for an editorial... I would love this to change :'(