Follow a stylist

Suzanne Koller T Magazine Keizo Kitajima

Influencers, schminfluencers! If you want styling ideas, better to follow the stylists.

Compared to photographers, the best in the biz are still fairly elusive on Instagram (where are you, Joe McKenna?!) but once you locate them, they’re worth checking in with. They tend to repeat their tricks across the brands and publications they work for, so it’s easy to see all their ideas and influences in one place.

For starters, I follow Brian Molloy (he styles The Row, TOD’S and newly trendy Tory Burch shows), Suzanne Koller (of Self Service and M Le Magazine Du Monde fame, and she just did that Carven show), Jane How (the reason COS* campaigns look so good) and Jodie Barnes (Hermès, Fantastic Man and Studio Nicholson fabulosity)…

Drop your faves in the comments…

Suzanne Koller Senta Simond Self Service
Suzanne Koller Kaia Gerber
Suzanne Koller Stef Mitchell Self Service
Brian Molloy styling for M Magazine - photo by Karim Sadli
Brian Molloy The Row
Brian Molloy Tory Burch aw23
Brian Molloy TOD'S ss24

Jane How Daniel Jackson COS
Mark Kean Jodie Barnes Fantastic Man

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IMAGES: Suzanne Koller for T Magazine by Keizo Kitajima; Suzanne Koller x 3; Brian Molloy for M Magazine by Karim Sadli; Brian Molloy for The Row; Brian Molloy for Tory Burch AW23; Brian Molloy for TOD’S SS24; Jane How for COS x 2 by Daniel Jackson; Jodie Barnes by Mark Kean for Fantastic Man
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15 November, 2023

Joe McKenna x Zara AW23

Joe McKenna Zara menswear aw23

LOL. Joe McKenna is so simultaneously legendary and low key that his Zara menswear limited edition collab went completely under my radar. I just discovered it by chance (it launched a month ago) and it seems there’s plenty left online. (OK looks like he styled it, rather than ‘designed’ it, but still.)

Joe McKenna is the super-stylist who has worked extensively with Bruce Weber and Steven Meisel (another publicity-shy-yet-AAA-list image-maker who Zara persuaded to create a collection) and in his dim, distant past, also acted in Corrie (as you do). (more…)

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6 November, 2023

The fresh white slice: part 2

Miuccia Prada wearing a white tee

Thank you Preston at Keep It Chic for the shout out regarding last week’s post on white round neck tees.

As Preston has a much bigger audience than me, I went straight to her comments for the feedback. As expected, I picked up some further tips including substituting a white tee for a short strand of pearls (or a silver or gold chain for similar light reflecting properties), the Petit Bateau white tee and the white tee under a V-neck. I used to wear white tees under plain V-necks a lot in the 90s, I must revisit! (more…)

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3 November, 2023

Wardrobe update: the thin belt and the fresh white slice

The Row AW23 belt

Two very easy winter styling updates to consider if you fancy some newness without a mega cash outlay.

First, a thin leather belt. Thanks to Phoebe Philo, The Row and Louis Vuitton, the big boxy tailored coat is where the smart money is right now, but instead of buttoned, it’s worn wrapped and belted with a one-inch leather belt. (more…)