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It’s Been a Year — One in Which Barbie Pink Dominated Fashion, the Box Office and the Oscar Red Carpet, Notably on America Ferrera, Who Glittered in a Custom...
It’s been a year — one in which Barbie pink dominated fashion, the box office and the Oscar red carpet, notably on America Ferrera, who glittered in a custom Atelier Versace sheath, courtesy of stylist Karla Welch. Lest we forget, a side effect of the SAG-AFTRA strike was red carpets being rolled up for four months — but not before Cardi B shut down the Met Ball in Chenpeng and Oppenheimer star Emily Blunt hit the London premiere (an hour early, so the cast could attend before the strike began) in Alexander McQueen, as selected by Jessica Paster. Post-strike, stars like Hunter Schafer, decked out in ethereal Prada as styled by Dara, came back shining more brightly than ever at the Golden Globes. And who doesn’t love a Hollywood icon comeback? The fashion world trumpeted Demi Moore, who wore a Balmain swan as procured by Brad Goreski to the Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’ NYC premiere. Driving the avant-garde menswear moments were Rustin’s Colman Domingo and Saltburn’s Barry Keoghan, with their respective stylists Wayman Bannerman and Micah McDonald, and Ilaria Urbinati. Back at the Oscars, the ultimate Hollywood stylist mic drop happened — and we’re not talking about Poor Things’ Emma Stone accepting her best actress trophy in Louis Vuitton (flawless except for a slight wardrobe malfunction), the genius of Petra Flannery. “I want to thank my stylist in case no one else does,” said Robert Downey Jr. of Erica Cloud in his best actor acceptance speech. Granted, the acknowledgement was a button on a running gag rebelling against the speech police. Regardless, in a year of style and strife, these 25 tastemakers are more deserving than ever.
Warren Alfie Baker
Clients: Glen Powell, Andrew Scott, Dominic Sessa
“Andrew loves color, and we wanted to play in the yellow world, as it’s not often seen on the red carpet,” says Baker of All of Us Strangers star Scott’s pastel Etro at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. “We experimented with an ’80s-style cropped blazer and a clean pant, but a sheer shirt. It felt masculine with a quirky touch.” Baker, who has been working with the Irish actor for the past year, adds, “We love a U.K. pop reference, too, so give us a little Jason Donovan or Rick Astley.” For longtime client Powell, the stylist sticks to classic tailoring, such as a tobacco brown Brioni suit sans tie at the SAG Awards. “We like to keep the leading Hollywood actor feel,” he says of Powell, who soon will be promoting Netflix’s Hit Man (out in June) and Twisters (in theaters in July). “It was effortless sexy.”
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Wayman Bannerman & Micah McDonald
Clients: Colman Domingo, Da’Vine Joy Randolph
“We wanted to show that menswear on the red carpet can be just as exciting,” says Bannerman of the duo’s approach to dressing Rustin star Domingo in statement-making Louis Vuitton, Valentino and Off-White (they also outfitted Oscar winner Randolph). Says Domingo, “I wanted to craft a leading man that was effortlessly sartorial, masculine, well-tailored, luxurious and playful.” One such moment was a gold lurex velvet coat that the actor wore to the Critics’ Choice Awards. “I felt like royalty, the love child of Teddy Pendergrass and Chaka Khan,” says the Oscar nominee, who is in production on the biopic Michael. A bejeweled Balmain coat and sheer top for Vanity Fair’s Oscar party was “a little Jackson family-inspired,” says Domingo.
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