Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful Stylists: Why Sydney Sweeney, Sadie Sink, Anne Hathaway, Angela Bassett and Jodie Turner-Smith Love Their Image Makers

Rewear, repeat, three-peat … The verbiage summing up what’s new on the crimson carpet previously 12 months occurs to middle on what’s outdated, or not less than beforehand worn. Sustainability and classic have been on the forefront of Hollywood style all through awards season. THR‘s Stylist of the 12 months Elizabeth Stewart labored with Tár finest actress nominee Cate Blanchett to create a crimson carpet marketing campaign with the smallest environmental footprint potential. “The theme is Cate’s closet and celebrating it,” says Stewart, “and being as acutely aware as potential of the affect our selections can have.” Legislation Roach, who made worldwide headlines when he introduced his retirement from styling March 14, outfitted Zendaya in internet-shattering 2002 Versace for the NAACP Picture Awards. Additionally trending? A return to megawatt glamour, as evidenced by each Anne Hathaway with stylist Erin Walsh and Gucci glamazon Jodie Turner-Smith, who turned the Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant canals into her personal catwalk, courtesy of stylists Wayman Bannerman and Micah McDonald. THR presents a return to its full listing, unranked and alphabetized, of the 25 Most Highly effective Stylists in Hollywood.

Sandra Amador

“A variety of our inspiration got here from pictures of Serge Gainsbourg and Paul Newman,” says Amador of Austin Butler’s Elvis press seems to be, which included mixing outdated with new items. Gucci blazers, classic denims, Cuban-heeled boots, pleated trousers, Cartier timepieces and classic leather-based jackets, typically sourced from Topanga Canyon’s classic mecca Melet Mercantile, all helped to cement the Oscar-nominated actor’s standing as a contemporary prince of seamless, eclectic model. “Austin loves classic,” says the Los Angeles-based stylist, who additionally works with Girl Gaga. One sudden standout on the crimson carpet was a customized burgundy Gucci go well with on the SAG Awards that was paying homage to one Presley himself wore for NBC’s Elvis 1968 Comeback Particular. Recollects Amador: “It was bolder than what we’d usually go together with, however when included right into a three-piece go well with, it felt genuine to Austin’s aesthetic.”

Jennifer Austin

Go away it to Angela Bassett and her longtime stylist to debunk the style delusion that black is the one elegant hue. The Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly Oscar nominee makes the whole lot from canary yellow to fuchsia regal. “Jennifer needed to create a narrative of us exploring completely different colours and silhouettes on the carpet, from lilac tulip sleeves to a dreamy yellow and the magnificent ultra-violet Moschino robe designed by Jeremy Scott” for the Oscars, says Bassett. “Every look was so stunning and completely different for me, and truthfully, they’re all favorites.” Austin, a Los Angeles native who began working with Bassett in 2013, explains: “I need to change the notion of what girls of a specific age ought to appear like and to create a brand new narrative in style, particularly on the carpet. I gown the spirit and vitality of Angela, not her age.” Maybe most dazzling of all was the silver sequin Pamella Roland halter robe that Bassett wore to just accept her Golden Globe, a historic victory as the primary performer to win a Globe in an performing class for a Marvel movie. Says the designer, “Angela was the epitome of Hollywood royalty and glamour that night.”

Warren Alfie Baker

“It was an ideal style second that also felt wearable,” says Baker of Below the Banner of Heaven actor Andrew Garfield’s Gucci floral-embellished velvet go well with on the LACMA Artwork + Movie gala, one among his daring however by no means compelled stylistic selections. “It had an elevated classic really feel with out being an excessive amount of.” The Los Angeles-based stylist, who obtained his begin modeling and dealing in style PR, says his favourite look was Garfield’s all-white Zegna tuxedo, sans bow tie, on the Emmys. “It was a colour we hadn’t performed earlier than, and it simply felt effortlessly cool,” says Baker. On the subject of double-breasted go well with jackets — a Garfield staple — Baker says the model exudes timeless confidence when performed proper. “There’s no getting away from a picture of a well-tailored, beautiful-looking double-breasted go well with on a good-looking man,” says Baker, who additionally has dressed Matt Bomer (Ralph Lauren Purple Label on the Golden Globes) and Glen Powell (Brunello Cucinelli on the Critics Selection Awards) within the traditional model. And Garfield has come to benefit from the styling course of with Baker: “He desires the particular person to have house to come back by way of and be expressed. And we aren’t valuable about any of it. It’s unfastened and enjoyable and artistic, and it’s a uncommon fortunate connection.”

Wayman Bannerman & Micah McDonald

British actress and Gucci ambassador Jodie Turner-Smith turned the Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant into her personal style present, with the styling duo calling in items from the Italian home, plus Harbison and Balmain in September. “Jodie is extraordinarily fearless in terms of her model,” says Bannerman, who beloved her multicolored Christopher John Rogers corset and ball robe skirt on the amfAR gala. One other wow second was Turner-Smith on the Bardo premiere in a paint-splattered Christopher John Rogers robe, which the actress calls her “crayon-colored showstopper.” Says McDonald, who notes that he and Bannerman (who rely Tessa Thompson, Keke Palmer and Thuso Mbedu amongst their shoppers) have been working together with her for the previous 18 months: “It felt completely different from what you’d often see in Venice. It was a Black designer. There was the modernity of the colourful paintbrush print, and we layered it with Bulgari jewellery for next-level Hollywood glamour.” One other favourite for Turner-Smith, who co-stars with Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler in Netflix’s Homicide Thriller 2, out March 31: “I merely can not depart off the blue Harbison that I wore to see The Whale. I felt like a dream in it!”

Jason Bolden

The Los Angeles-based stylist continued his profitable streak with actor turned director Michael B. Jordan, most not too long ago for a whirlwind of worldwide press round Creed III. “Sidney Poitier was a reference,” says Bolden, who culled Ralph Lauren, Chanel and Gucci items. “We zeroed in on how straightforward and relaxed Mr. Poitier’s style selections have all the time been, with a contemporary sensibility for Michael.” Little doubt Poitier would have authorized of Jordan’s layered white T-shirt and tailor-made Louis Vuitton coat on the streets of Paris and a straightforward Versace cardigan and undershirt in New York Metropolis, each according to the film legend’s knack for nonchalant layering. Considered one of Bolden’s favorites was an up to date Prada tux with Tiffany & Co. accents for the London premiere. “I used two Schlumberger Fowl on a Rock brooches to indicate the father-daughter bond that Creed illustrates so superbly. As a dad, that was vital to me,” notes Bolden, who repeated the identical Tiffany’s brooch motif in several coloured valuable stones for the presenter’s Oscar look. When he’s not dressing shoppers like Jordan, Yara Shahidi, Trevor Noah and Cynthia Erivo for the crimson carpet, the veteran stylist retains Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s style sport sturdy. “Ayesha is a secret wild fashionista with an insane closet and superb private model. She’s tomboy stylish, however within the blink of an eye fixed, she’s comfortably rocking a couture robe,” says Bolden, who met the Golden State Warriors level guard’s spouse on a shoot for her journal, Candy July. “Steph has a quintessential ’90s ease in terms of style,” provides the stylist. “A few of his finest moments are when it isn’t a style second — it’s simply him being relaxed.”

Kollin Carter

Cardi B and her stylist gained the Grammys with a sculptural Gaurav Gupta robe. The rapper made a splash when she hit the carpet at L.A.’s Crypto.com Enviornment in a full-length model of the Indian designer’s cobalt blue couture runway look — initially a minidress — topped with Messika diamonds. “Her customized look was made and flown to Los Angeles from India all inside a matter of three days,” Gupta says. “When the Grammys seems to be began popping out on social media, we have been all eagerly ready for Cardi to affect the crimson carpet with that attractive electrical blue.” The music artist later paid tribute to Paco Rabanne, who died in February, in an archival chain-mail high and skirt with a steel mesh hood, Tiffany & Co. jewels and metallic Jimmy Choo platforms whereas presenting the award for finest rap album.

Rebecca Corbin-Murray

Don’t Fear Darling‘s Florence Pugh out-dressed and outshone the media frenzy surrounding casting shake-ups and Spitgate for the movie’s hotly anticipated Venice premiere. Pugh skipped daytime press on the competition however later breezed in from the set of Dune: Half Two wearing all-purple Valentino — a now-iconic video of Pugh sipping an Aperol spritz on Instagram was posted by Corbin-Murray — solely to be outdone by herself later that night in Pierpaolo Piccioli’s glitter-printed tulle Valentino gown, proving that, for the star, the one drama value pointing to was her couture. “We first noticed the robe coming down the Spanish Steps in Rome on the Valentino Haute Couture present and fell in love with it. It captured the magic and environment of the town,” says Corbin-Murray. The London-based stylist, who additionally outfits Lily James (notably in Versace metal-mesh), Bridgerton‘s Simone Ashley and Gemma Chan, had a number of main Valentino moments with Pugh, together with a sheer pink tulle ball robe for the Italian home’s present in Rome that went viral with an ultra-revealing high. “If you push boundaries, it should draw consideration, and Florence doesn’t shrink back from making an announcement,” says Corbin-Murray, who has been working with Pugh for 5 years. All bets are on a sure new Valentino model ambassador being introduced at any second.

Molly Dickson

“Sydney despatched me a photograph of Elle Macpherson from the ’90s in a low-rise miniskirt and crop high for reference,” says Dickson, who dressed Sydney Sweeney in an analogous sparkly Miu Miu model for the MTV Film Awards that garnered greater than 3.8 million likes from the Euphoria winner’s Instagram following. “Syd introduced the low-rise mini again,” provides the Los Angeles-based stylist, who obtained her begin aiding Charlize Theron’s glam guru Leslie Fremar. “I textual content Molly footage of seems to be from reveals, classic items and even temper boards of vibes I need to seize, and he or she brings all of it to fruition,” concurs Sweeney, who has appeared in latest Miu Miu and Tory Burch campaigns. “What units Molly aside is her coronary heart. And, like me, she runs on sweet, so we’re an ideal match.” Dickson has rapidly turn out to be Hollywood’s “It” lady behind lots of the hottest “It” women (Sadie Sink, Katherine Langford, Kelsea Ballerini), serving to them stake their declare on model stardom. With the Whale press tour for Sink, the newest face for Alexander McQueen (she additionally has been a Chopard ambassador), they opted for a extra “mature and funky” look (Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Armani) to sign to the style world that the Stranger Issues star is rising up. “Toronto was the primary time we put Sadie in crimson. After we match the Stella McCartney gown, we have been blown away by how superb she seems to be in that colour,” says Dickson of Sink’s customized cutout robe on the movie’s TIFF premiere (the stylist’s different shoppers embody Mindy Kaling and Camila Mendes). “Molly has had the most important affect on my model,” notes Sink. “We’ve been working collectively since I used to be 15; throughout fittings, she is aware of what I’m pondering earlier than I even say it.”

Wendi and Nicole Ferreira

The styling duo known as on Giorgio Armani, Brioni and Gucci for co-stars Tom Cruise and Miles Teller, guaranteeing that there have been loads of high-octane seems to be for the worldwide High Gun: Maverick premieres. Cinema-saver Cruise made an epic entrance when he flew through helicopter — sporting a three-piece navy Brioni go well with — onto the retired Halfway plane provider for the movie’s San Diego debut. Based on the Ferreira sisters, the important thing to leading-man model is “confidence, class and a superb tailor.” The pair, who began working with Teller in 2016, nailed it with a sublime, cream-colored Celine tuxedo for the Cannes Movie Pageant. “Our inspiration for each look we did with Miles was traditional film star with sartorial nuance,” says Wendi. That stated, they aren’t afraid to push boundaries. Says Nicole of their longtime consumer: “Every thing Chris Pine wears [is daring]. We’re consistently collaborating with him to manifest his imaginative and prescient and by doing so redefining everybody’s expectations.” Pine most not too long ago suited up in a inexperienced suede Bally jacket and matching slim-cut pants for the SXSW premiere of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves and switched it up the subsequent day in a classic shirt and trousers from Mothfood, an appointment-only showroom in Los Angeles’ Mount Washington neighborhood. On the subject of inspiration, it’s ever-changing, however currently Richard Gere, Ryan O’Neal, Jack Nicholson and ’90s Brad Pitt are a couple of of their favorites. “However let’s be actual,” says Nicole. “Wendi’s all the time impressed by Brad Pitt.”

Petra Flannery

“I’ve been working with Zoe Saldaña for 17 years — her crimson carpet model is stylish, assured, trendy and all the time anticipated. She by no means disappoints,” says Flannery, who helped curate Saldaña’s acclaimed seems to be for Avatar: The Means of Water. The Los Angeles-based stylist began off Saldaña’s international model parade with a lipstick-red Gucci python-print skirt in New York Metropolis and capped it off with a velvet Schiaparelli Haute Couture minidress for the $2.28 billion-grossing movie’s Hollywood premiere. “It was paying homage to ’80s supermodel glamour. Zoe’s statuesque determine exuded this really feel and modernized it,” says Flannery of the ultimate look, which they accessorized with a gold Bulgari choker necklace. “My inspiration for Zoe is all the time her sturdy feminine persona and the highly effective characters she portrays.” A jeweled Alexander McQueen corset gown, paired with water-like Jared Lehr blue sapphire and tanzanite stones, on the London premiere was an homage to Saldaña’s onscreen heroine Neytiri. Flannery additionally continues to work with longtime shoppers Reese Witherspoon (“a Hollywood powerhouse — crimson carpets come continuously for her between being a dynamic producer and an acclaimed actress,” says Flannery) and Emma Stone, whom she credit for her most viral second of the previous 12 months. “Nicolas Ghesquière’s intention of repurposing Louis Vuitton seems to be gave a second life to Emma’s splendid gown that he designed for her wedding ceremony,” says Flannery of Stone’s white feathered minidress on the Met Ball. “Emma’s wedding ceremony came about throughout COVID lockdown, so it by no means had a second, however it actually garnered a second life.”

Ryan Hastings

The notoriously press-shy stylist, who has zero presence on social media, is the not-so-secret weapon of lots of the city’s most discerning fashionistas. Taylor Russell, Anya Taylor-Pleasure and Rooney Mara all belief Hastings to maintain them forward of the curve. Rising star Russell held her personal alongside her Bones and All co-star Timothée Chalamet when she stepped out in surrealist Schiaparelli Haute Couture for the movie’s exhibiting through the BFI London Movie Pageant. Russell’s cropped wool crepe jacket with sharp shoulders and a champagne boned corset reportedly took 5 fittings and greater than 150 hours to good on the Schiaparelli atelier and rapidly captivated the style world. One other structured standout was Russell’s Vivienne Westwood fall/winter 1998 strapless gown with outsized buttons, sourced from L.A.’s Aralda Classic, worn the day after the London premiere.

Jordan Johnson

So how did Michelle Yeoh transition from a global action-movie legend to a world model icon credited with a few of awards season’s mega style moments by, as Vogue put it, “quietly outdressing” everybody? The Every thing In every single place All at As soon as Oscar winner embraced sudden selections and known as on Johnson, a Rachel Zoe alum, to assist breathe new life into her designer repertoire. “Michelle likes to take dangers, she loves being launched to new designers, and he or she carries daring seems to be with such confidence and beauty,” says Johnson, who opted for extra cutting-edge apparel by Off-White and Gucci. “We needed to have enjoyable and maintain individuals guessing — I feel we succeeded.” Yeoh accepted her SAG finest actress trophy in a strapless embellished Schiaparelli robe from designer Daniel Roseberry’s Dante’s Inferno-inspired assortment. One other sculpted Schiaparelli Haute Couture skirt and beaded matador-esque jacket on the Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Pageant caught the style world’s eye when Yeoh was honored with the Worldwide Star Award. “Palm Springs is extra playful, in order that was the fitting place [for that ensemble]. It’s one other look that only a few individuals may pull off, however Michelle wore it effortlessly,” says Johnson, whose longtime shoppers embody Jennifer Garner, Kathryn Hahn and Kiernan Shipka.

Sophie Lopez

Kate Hudson and her longtime stylist channeled her Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller character, Birdie Jay, with numerous bombshell seems to be through the promo cycle. “We knew we needed a giant second for the world premiere in Toronto,” remembers Lopez, who previewed Wes Gordon’s Spring 2023 Carolina Herrera assortment earlier than it hit the runway and landed on a daring and putting crimson column robe with a rosette element that Hudson donned on the movie fest. The star, who has labored with Lopez for almost 12 years, credit the stylist for pushing her fairly actually out of the consolation zone: “She has taught me that typically it’s cool to sacrifice consolation to get that phenomenal photograph or put on one thing that strikes actually superbly on a carpet. Each time she has advised one thing, she has all the time been proper, and I’ve all the time been so blissful that we went in that route.” The pair cite a multicolored sequin Halpern robe that was “so Birdie” for the Madrid premiere and an “impeccably coutured” pink Armani Privé sequin robe for the Producers Guild Awards. Hudson, who signed with Sandbox Leisure Group in January, is transferring on to music with plans to place out a document. Says Lopez, “I’m excited to see the place it takes us style-wise.”

Alexandra Mandelkorn

“Ali and I are like two artwork college students all the time enthusiastic about partnering up for the subsequent group challenge,” says Janelle Monáe of working together with her stylist, each of whom by no means shrink back from making an avant-garde assertion, whether or not in futuristic Iris van Herpen, blood-red Christian Siriano couture or Elie Saab Couture feathers. “I’m an individual with a powerful style imaginative and prescient, and Ali really listens. It’s so vital to me that I collaborate with a stylist who doesn’t push a imaginative and prescient on me that’s not aligned with what my intestine feels. She additionally expands my thoughts and helps me discover a new option to interpret a glance that I all the time recognize.” Mandelkorn particularly notes of the star’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller promo outfits: “We needed to replicate the tongue-in-cheek sensibility of the movie. The ultimate premiere look in Los Angeles, the sample of the crimson feathers on the skirt of Janelle’s Elie Saab robe, nearly regarded like flames rising up, and the film additionally has a really fiery ending.” The previous movie and tv wardrobe assistant, who additionally types Jurnee Smollett, met Monáe at a becoming for her viral “PYNK” music video again in 2017, they usually’ve been artistic collaborators ever since. Mandelkorn’s dream function? “I might like to work together with her on a style movie. Are you able to think about Janelle because the lead in a high-fashion runway movie that takes us on a world journey all over the world?” she says. “Let’s get the writers within the writers room.”

Samantha McMillen

Ana de Armas has by no means regarded extra statuesque than when she stepped out in customized Louis Vuitton dripping with Messika diamonds for her Blonde debut in Venice. The pleated silk halter robe was a transparent nod to Marilyn Monroe’s iconic white gown in 1955’s The Seven 12 months Itch, whereas the pop of pink paid homage to Monroe’s 1953 movie Gents Favor Blondes. “I created a temper board that mixed a few of Marilyn Monroe’s seems to be with Louis Vuitton materials and textures discovered on the runways. Nicolas [Ghesquière] took inspiration from a couple of of the attire, whether or not it was a silhouette, pleating element or neckline, and added his particular touches to present us a contemporary tackle the whole lot,” says McMillen, who additionally attire John David Washington, Brie Larson, and Dakota and Elle Fanning (Elle’s classic Alexander McQueen on the Critics Selection Awards afterparties was a second solely seen on Instagram). For the Oscars, finest actress nominee de Armas as soon as once more went full Monroe, channeling the bombshell in a customized crystal-covered Louis Vuitton gown that was a model of the “Completely happy Birthday, Mr. President” gown. “Ana instantly responded to a sketch of the gown,” says McMillen. “It nodded to Marilyn but additionally had particular detailing that made it unmistakably Louis Vuitton. I beloved how blissful Ana regarded when she walked out the door. The last word objective was achieved.”

Georgia Medley

On the subject of Michaela Coel, her clothes picks are as fierce as her artistic selections for which she has been lauded. The British Ghanian screenwriter and actress, who’s co-hosting the Karl Lagerfeld-themed Met Ball in Could, selected customized Riccardo Tisci for her Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly premiere in London. The silk bodysuit and layered Chantilly lace skirt, Tisci’s first search for his eponymous label in 17 years, hit simply the fitting elegant notes. “Michaela could be very a lot one among Riccardo’s muses and he’s all the time so overwhelmed by her putting magnificence, in order that’s the place we began,” says London-based Medley, who started her profession interning at Storage journal and now works as a contributing editor at Elle UK. “We needed to strip again the look in its entirety, as, with that face, she actually doesn’t want a lot — the garments have been extra so the backdrop,” explains Medley of the premiere look. For the worldwide press tour, the collaborative pair “needed to essentially champion Black designers all through and in addition house in on the relationships she already had — one being with Maximilian Davis — which led to the concept of making the primary customized look to come back from the Ferragamo home underneath Max,” says Medley of Coel’s gorgeous crystal-embellished hooded robe on the Hollywood premiere.

Jamie Mizrahi

Adele’s glam guru known as on everybody from Schiaparelli to Balmain to Nguyen Cong Tri to create a customized all-black wardrobe for the Grammy-winning artist’s Weekends With Adele live performance residency, which ended March 25, at Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace. Every weekend included a brand new gown that debuted each onstage and on Adele’s Instagram for her greater than 52 million followers. “Adele is traditional and timeless. She loves a black robe and has been sporting them for eternally,” says Mizrahi, who additionally works with Ariana Grande, Riley Keough and Jeremy Allen White. “Adele’s voice steals the present, and whereas it’s enjoyable to vary the look each weekend and provides her followers just a little newness, it’s vital to let the music be the focus.” One memorable efficiency robe (Mizrahi refers to it as a “uniform”) included mesh polka dots for weekend No. 5 in Vegas, designed by Reed Harris for Nina Ricci, paying homage to the British singer’s customized look Harris created for her “Oh My God” music video. “The silhouette was a form we knew would work for her physique, one thing she may simply transfer and carry out in,” says Mizrahi. “We wish to name her model couture however informal.”

Legislation Roach

Maybe finest identified for his scene-stealing types, the THR two-time Stylist of the 12 months (2021 and 2022), who not too long ago introduced his retirement, goes out with a bang, having gained the Cannes Movie Pageant and the Emmys with traditional seems to be proving that the Little Black Gown reigns supreme. Roach dressed Bella Hadid in Gianni Versace’s dramatic spring/summer time 1987 draped gown (“one among my finest seems to be of my profession,” he says) and Euphoria winner Zendaya in a Valentino satin ball robe (“It was new Hollywood glamour,” he explains) for the 2 main outings, respectively, plus a customized Bach Mai for Megan Thee Stallion that turned heads at Vainness Truthful‘s Oscar get together. “A black gown is all the time timeless and may be worn nearly anyplace,” says Roach, who himself has catapulted to stardom that extends far past the crimson carpet. The L.A.-based stylist was named British Vogue‘s contributing West Coast editor, landed on the Time 100 Subsequent listing and acquired the CFDA’s first stylist award in 2022. Roach’s Vera Wang-clad consumer and good friend Kerry Washington offered the celebrity stylist together with his CFDA trophy at Cipriani in New York Metropolis: “Legislation’s course of is outstanding. He doesn’t put collectively an outfit, he’s decided to create a masterpiece,” stated Washington. On the subject of Roach’s favourite second from the previous awards season, he’s fast to reference Zendaya’s viral Versace — a plunging black and lime classic robe — on the NAACP Picture Awards. However don’t assume the long-lasting pair have felt stress to outdo themselves: “That’s by no means the objective. We do it for ourselves — Zendaya does it for me, and I do it for her,” says Roach. “It’s simply icing on the cake if others prefer it.” The stylist, who’s going on 13 years of working with the star and has put forth that he hopes to behave as her artistic director going ahead, stated of his styling profession to The Lower: “I’m very grateful that I’ve been in a position to climb on this trade the way in which I’ve. However I can’t say that I didn’t try this with out struggling. And I feel that’s simply in our DNA as African People and … I don’t need to endure no extra. I don’t need to be on the beck and name of individuals and their groups. I need to take a while and determine, you recognize, how you can dwell.”

Elizabeth Stewart – THR Stylist of the 12 months

Again in 2018, Cate Blanchett stepped out in a black lace Armani Privé robe for Cannes’ opening night time that she’d beforehand worn to the 2014 Golden Globes, and it grew to become a viral sensation. Quick-forward to the Oscar nominee’s multicity Tár awards blitz. Blanchett got down to make the smallest environmental footprint potential, whether or not that meant rewearing, repurposing or delving deep into designer archives (and her personal closet) with the assistance of her longtime stylist. Stewart, a former New York Occasions Journal editor, and Blanchett used their artistic platform to ship arguably the boldest, chicest message about sustainability on the world’s most seen crimson carpets. “The theme is Cate’s closet and celebrating and cherishing it — and being as acutely aware as potential of the affect our selections can have on the setting and the trade, which incorporates supporting new style that propels the trade ahead in addition to simply curbing some extra,” says Stewart, who additionally counts Viola Davis and Julia Roberts as shoppers. Nothing was too outlandish — together with a Wolk Morais suiting material manufactured from recycled bottle caps — and creativity was key, as was evidenced by repurposing lace from the aforementioned Armani gown worn in 2014 and 2018. However the final rewear was Blanchett’s Givenchy tiered gown on the Berlin Movie Pageant that she debuted at Cannes in 2018. “It’s too fabulous to put on solely as soon as,” notes Stewart. For the Oscars, Blanchett and Stewart known as on Louis Vuitton artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière to create a glance that included an asymmetrical velvet high from a never-before-seen archival assortment (which was “putting for its colour,” says Stewart) and a skirt minimize from sustainable silk, with archival 2012 black satin Giuseppe Zanotti pumps that Blanchett has been sporting for years. “It was an ideal combine that epitomized her model selections,” says Stewart, who notes that the lace Armani robe remains to be absolutely intact regardless of repurposing it a number of instances.

Ilaria Urbinati

Hollywood’s A-list stylist for main males (Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Donald Glover, Barry Keoghan and Chris Evans are shoppers) additionally was behind the pictures of two of the city’s most fashionable administrators this awards season. “We met for a superb breakfast on the Chateau, the place he was the whole lot I might have hoped for,” remembers Urbinati of her first encounter with Baz Luhrmann, with whom she hit it off and went on to decorate for all of his Elvis press. “Baz’s crimson carpet model is audaciously glam, artistic, rock ‘n’ roll and really a lot impressed by the movie he’s selling.” The pair constructed Luhrmann’s search for the Cannes premiere totally round an outsized diamond, sapphire and ruby enamel “Elvis” belt buckle, customized created by Mouawad and paying homage to Presley’s Vegas-era model. For Damien Chazelle’s Babylon run, Urbinati regarded for fascinating colours and materials like a caramel-hued Dolce & Gabbana three-piece tuxedo, however nothing too flashy. “I’ve been working with Damien since La La Land. He likes to take dangers however by no means in a means that feels showy or like he’s attempting to make the second about himself.” A self-proclaimed movie nerd, Urbinati co-wrote The Hollys, a Christmas movie that has Black Adam‘s Sarah Shahi signed on to star and govt produce, with Gore Vidal’s nephew, actor Burr Steers, hooked up to direct. “I’ve labored with a boatload of administrators. Todd Area, who directed Tár, was one of many first males I ever dressed, eons in the past,” remembers Urbinati. “Some administrators like to face out, however lots of them are front-camera shy and like to not peacock too laborious.”

Erin Walsh

Anne Hathaway’s model transformation previously 12 months has been hailed within the style press as a “wonderful comeback” and a “style renaissance,” all courtesy of Walsh. “Anne’s model is by the way fabulous. She all the time seems to be out-of-this-world cool, trendy and enjoyable, however it’s additionally fairly easy,” says Walsh. The pair kicked issues off in Could with a white sequined Armani Privé column robe for the Armageddon Time premiere in Cannes and continued to dial up the glamour with a retro-chic Gucci minidress and a Valentino Pink PP assortment jumpsuit. One second that really signaled change was a daring pair of electrical yellow Valentino short-shorts paired with a billowy, unbuttoned shirtdress and a 107.15-carat sapphire Bulgari necklace for the newly appointed international model ambassador’s look on the Excessive Jewellery Assortment unveiling in Paris. “Erin sees my idiosyncrasies as a power,” says Hathaway. “Possibly there was preliminary confusion with me as a result of I used to be launched to the world as a teenaged princess, however I by no means really related to issues which can be ‘candy’ and ‘fairly’ — no shade in any respect for these fantastic choices. I like the fitting threat, as does she.” Walsh, who additionally has labored with Sarah Jessica Parker and attire Emily in Paris breakout Ashley Park, put Hathaway in an attractive corseted Versace puffer at Sundance, an everything-leopard Valentino look (gown, tights, footwear and bag), and sheer Valentino bows with opera-length leather-based gloves in Berlin. Walsh even gave the actress’ The Satan Wears Prada followers an iconic second when she re-created her character Andy Sachs’ final-scene outfit from the movie — a black Michael Kors turtleneck and brown croc-embossed coat — throughout New York Vogue Week. It didn’t harm that the star was seated subsequent to Anna Wintour at Kors’ present. “We didn’t count on that response,” says Walsh. “That was so enjoyable, particularly as a result of my first style job was at Vogue when The Satan Wears Prada got here out. The universe really has a plan.” Says Hathaway of her 12 months of dressing to her edge: “I’ve by no means had this a lot enjoyable — and it’s presupposed to be enjoyable, proper?”

Jahleel Weaver

Rihanna and her longtime stylist ­— a former assistant of Mel Ottenberg, who’s now Fenty’s artistic director — selected one customized look to debut the multihyphenate star’s new child bump on the Tremendous Bowl LVII halftime present, primarily the most-watched being pregnant announcement in historical past, with 118 million viewers. The “We Discovered Love” singer stood out in a crimson Loewe silk jersey catsuit layered with a leather-based corset and cotton flight go well with that she later topped off with an identical Alaïa sleeping bag coat and gloves — a tribute to late model icon André Leon Talley. Weaver, who’s based mostly in New York Metropolis and has spent greater than a decade working alongside Rihanna, completed her look with a pair of matching crimson MM6 Maison Margiela x Salomon Cross Low sneakers that brought on a surge on-line. Based on Google Developments, searches for “Salomon sneakers” following Rihanna’s 13-minute Tremendous Bowl present spiked 4,000 %.

Karla Welch

After 16 years collectively, Welch says that she and consumer Olivia Wilde are solely targeted on “sporting what we wish” and having “such a enjoyable time doing it.” The Don’t Fear Darling director dazzled in canary yellow Gucci for the movie’s debut through the Venice Movie Pageant. “Venice is for love and just a little extra. Alessandro [Michele] made the gown for Olivia, and we beloved the colour, the cape and all of the crystal fringe,” says Welch, who provides that the look “felt magical and excellent” for the canals. The collaborative pair continued to show up the warmth with a collection of sheer and attractive types, maybe most memorably Wilde’s disco-sparkle, clear Alexandre Vauthier robe (braless, nonetheless) with barely blush feathers on the Academy Museum Gala in L.A. “That gala to me is the brand new final Hollywood occasion. It’s tremendous glamorous, so we went with that,” remembers Welch, who was the primary stylist to supply a MasterClass in January on all issues behind-the-scenes crimson carpet styling: “I give ideas and keys to my success, plus numerous nice style tales,” she says. Welch now boasts shut to twenty shoppers, together with Justin and Hailey Bieber, Sarah Paulson and Tracee Ellis Ross. When requested what a typical becoming with somebody like style chameleon extraordinaire Ross is like, Welch says, “All my fittings are enjoyable! What’s not enjoyable about attempting on the very best garments on earth?”

Kate Younger

The Brooklyn-based stylist juggled two awards season darlings — Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans) and Margot Robbie (Babylon). “I’ve labored with Michelle for 17 years. She’s an ideal collaborator — she has super-feminine model and loves garments,” says Younger, who dressed the Oscar nominee in an ethereal white silk chiffon Chanel gown with sequin embroidery and a tulle cape for Hollywood’s largest night time. “I like the clear overlays in a few of Chanel’s most up-to-date couture reveals,” says Younger of Williams’ look. “My favourite half was the choker-length Tiffany diamond necklace.” For Robbie’s fashion-packed outings, Younger particularly took a shine to an sudden olive inexperienced Bottega Veneta robe, a buzzy change from the Chanel ambassador’s regular tweed apparel. “Margot regarded nice and blissful,” says Younger of the slinky, cutout model by the Italian model on the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences’ thirteenth Governors Awards in Los Angeles. And for viral style moments, Younger can all the time rely on consumer Selena Gomez. “My favourite look this previous 12 months was Selena’s scorching pink Valentino on the SNL afterparty” (she was photographed heading to it after making a shock cameo on the NBC present in December), says Younger of the Solely Murders within the Constructing star’s Pink PP assortment mini knit with matching tights and platform heels. “It was vibrant and enjoyable and he or she had fun in it.”

Rob Zangardi & Mariel Haenn

The styling duo turned it up on the crimson carpet and down the aisle. For Jennifer Lopez’s wedding ceremony to Ben Affleck at his Georgia house, they commissioned not one however three customized Ralph Lauren robes, together with ruffles constructed with greater than 1,000 hand-cut handkerchiefs and 500 meters of cloth; pearls that 30 artisans labored 700 hours to hand-embroider; and Swarovski crystals of various shapes and shades of white. “There was a protracted aisle to stroll down, so we went with probably the most dramatic gown for that second,” says Zangardi, who provides that they’ve been working with Lopez for almost 13 years on numerous iconic seems to be. “Jennifer’s probably the most glamorous girl on this planet. She’s tremendous collaborative and is aware of what works for her — a dream consumer.” For Cara Delevingne, Lily Collins and Suki Waterhouse, the pair turned out one glam slam after one other, together with Delevingne’s crimson Elie Saab robe that was cited by style critics as a best-dress winner on the Academy Awards: “It was her first time on the Oscars, so we leaned into Hollywood glamour,” says Haenn. “She was one of many few who wore colour, and he or she wore it superbly.” For Waterhouse’s Daisy Jones & The Six premiere in L.A., the duo drew inspiration from her retro rock-star character on the present. “A plunging, emerald Stephane Rolland robe was the proper means of capturing ’70s glamour with fashionable nuances,” says Zangardi. For Emily in Paris’ fashionista, Zangardi and Haenn targeted on high-impact runway seems to be. Notes Haenn, “Emily by no means performs it secure together with her style selections, and neither does Lily.”

This story first appeared within the March 29 concern of The Hollywood Reporter journal. Click here to subscribe.