5 Celebrity Stylists You Should Be Following On Instagram
Meet the women behind some of your favourite red carpet looks
Awards season is fast-approaching, and we are restlessly anticipating the serious fashion that usually follows in its wake. Even when the year’s films have failed to satisfy (lack of racial diversity, failing the Bechdel test. It’s not that hard, you guys), the red carpet is always worth paying attention to: that’s largely thanks to a select handful of super-stylists, some of whose client lists read like a casting director’s dream. If you get fatigued clicking through tons of sartorial misses to get to a single hit, do yourself a favour and follow these stylists on Instagram for the cream of the red carpet crop:
1. Petra Flannery
Client list: Emma Stone, Faith Hill, Daisy Ridley, Zoe Saldana, Amy Adams, Claire Danes, Emilia Clarke, Reese Witherspoon, Renee Zellweger, Mila Kunis
Background: Former model agent at Elite, former assistant to stylist Andrea Lieberman
2. Elizabeth Stewart
Client list: January Jones, Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, Julia Roberts, Amanda Seyfried
Background: Former fashion editor at W Paris and The New York Times
3. Leslie Fremar
Client list: Jennifer Connelly, Julianne Moore, Charlize Theron, Ruth Wilson
Background: Former assistant to Anna Wintour (she is reportedly the inspiration behind Emily Blunt’s character in the-film-that-shall-not-be-named), and former head of celebrity relations at *ahem* Prada
4. Leith Clark
Client list: Felicity Jones, Kirsten Dunst, Laura Carmichael, Keira Knightley, Zoe Kazan
Background: Founder of the magazines Lula and Violet, style director for Harper’s BAZAAR UK
5. Penny Lovell
Client list: Anne Hathaway, Kristen Wiig, Taylor Schilling, Bella Heathcote, Rose Byrne
Background: Former PR staffer for Burberry, former fashion assistant at ELLE UK, former stylist for Parade magazine
By Ryan Sng