For All the Assistant Stylists Out There …

Assistant Stylist 101: Top 5 Kit Must-Haves for Assistants

As an assistant stylist it isn’t necessary for you to lug around a gigantic kit with you on all of the jobs you assist on — your key stylist will bring his or her kit. However, we do advise that you bring a [...]

Top 10 Ways to Get Fired as a Stylist

… my handiwork re-posted from School Of Style blog

So you’ve finally landed a job as an assistant stylist or as an intern for a stylist, congratulations! You might go in thinking that being an assistant or an intern is a walk in the park. We are here to tell you that isn’t the case. One [...]

Adventures in Styling: Coachella Video

I know its been a while since I’ve been back from Coachella but our video guy, Jimmy Marble just hooked us up with this sweet behind the scenes video. Check it out!

Adventures in Styling: Ok Go Shoot

If you asked me 6 months ago to style a guy I would probably either a.) run screaming or b.) say “I don’t do that”.  Today, after styling a ton of bands and other famousy dudes I am actually finding that I really enjoy it. I used to think that all mens clothes were the [...]

Adventures in Styling: Flaunt/MCM Shoot

Last month I worked on the MCM/Flaunt magazine advertorial with Luke. OMG was this job a lot of work! We called in samples from all over LA and NYC. We borrowed over $500,000 worth of jewelry and about 50 pairs of designer shoes. Boxes and boxes and racks and racks of clothes took over my [...]

Adventures in Styling: Ash Baron Cohen Final Images

Remember back in January when I got to key style director, Ash Baron Cohen? Well the magazine came out and I’m so excited! It feels really good to see “Stylist: Lauren Messiah” in print

Adventures in Styling: Back from Coachella!

Well, I made it back from Coachella in one piece. The whole experience was fantastic! Lots of work, great people watching, and I even managed to slip in some time for relaxation (worked on my tan by the pool). I will post about the bands we styled later this week, but for now here is [...]