Contemporary Fashion Stylists

Contemporary Fashion Stylists lets you into the secrets of how international stylists work and their advice for how to get into the field.

Stylists have become increasingly influential in shaping fashion imagery. They have moved from the backstage, as unrecognised players, to the frontstage of fashion, becoming celebrated for their creative work as image makers for magazines, advertising and fashion designers. Yet little is known about the profession, its diverse incarnations and its

This book is designed for anyone wanting to become a fashion stylist. In Fashion Stylist's Handbook, Danielle Griffiths presents a no-nonsense, practical guide on how to succeed, from landing your first job as an assistant to starting your own business as a freelance fashion stylist. Illustrated throughout with inspirational photos

A kaleidoscopic survey of the contributions of forty defining fashion stylists who had a pivotal influence on design throughout the final decades of the twentieth century includes coverage of the works of Franco Moschino, Christian Lacroix, and Vivienne Westwood.

In the 1930s, Freud observed that?when you meet a human being, the first distinction you make is?male or female?? and you are accustomed to make the distinction with unhesitating certainty.? As Freud suggests, society is divisible by gender. We are taken to be either?male? or?female.? This notion seems to be