Zadrian Smith and Sarah Edmiston styled 10 celebrities for the Critics’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles and the BAFTAs in London on Sunday.
Two fashion stylists and their global team of 15 members were able to tackle the feat with relative ease, styling double winner Ariana DeBos, Critics’ Choice host Ty Diggs, and newcomers Kasi Walfall and Coral Pea. Array of extraordinary looks.
“It’s logistics because, obviously, when you have so many customers, you have to make sure there’s no clash of designers and you’re not overlapping,” Smith explained over the phone. “First and foremost, it’s about listening to customers. These are huge moments for our customers and we thought about what designers have supported us and are working on, what designers do in an organic and natural way. We are promoting diversity and inclusivity. They are always going to be our first call.”
For Sunday night, Smith was stationed in Los Angeles to work with clients attending the Critics’ Choice Awards, while Edmiston was in London for the BAFTAs. He explained that each customer had a dedicated member of his team during the preparation, while he and the admins also checked on the customers.
The fashion stylists continue their styling ethos of being true to each and every client when it comes to their styling. For Debos, who has won nearly every award nominated so far this awards season for her breakout role as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” stylists wanted to pay tribute to her character and the actress’ Latin roots. Two yellow gowns by Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera.
Ariana DeBos getting ready for the 2022 Critics’ Choice Awards.
Courtesy of Zadrian Smith
“The scene I remember in a movie theater where people were shouting and clapping is the song ‘America’, then [DeBose] The yellow and red dress is on,” Smith said. “The dress says a lot about just wanting to come to America and leave my home for a better life and having all these thoughts about what America was going to be like, but is it really? is very nuanced and multifaceted and I think fashion can tell a story very powerfully. The yellow color of the dress is hope and optimism, striving for something better and it’s joy, but then you see the red and, my For, it is representative of the difficulty, what you have to do to find that joy and optimism.
DeBose personally wore a custom yellow chiffon Oscar de la Renta gown at the 2022 BAFTAs that featured a large red flower at the hip. She then changed into a Carolina Herrera yellow taffeta column gown from the designer label’s Fall 2022 ready-to-wear collection for the 2022 Critics’ Choice Awards, which she attended at the London Satellite.
“Oscar de la Renta dress with red floral motifs and yellow chiffon,” Smith continued, “the softness and how airy it was and then you go to the Carolina Herrera dress, which was a stiffer taffeta fabric and was more statuesque. I Thought it was a beautiful combination of the two gowns and represented two versions of Ariana paying homage to Anita.
Smith and Edmiston were also responsible for Wallfall’s red carpet debut, playing the titular character in Ava DuVernay’s new series, “Naomi,” and Pea, who starred in Apple TV+’s “For All Mankind” at the Critics’ Choice Awards. We do. Walfall stunned in a playful Chanel tweed fringe couture dress, while Pea wore a black Solace London dress with puff sleeves.
Zadrian Smith and Kasie Wallfall getting ready for the 2022 Critics’ Choice Awards.
Courtesy of Zadrian Smith
Regarding Wallfall’s look, Smith said: “Sometimes you see these young stars and the outfit they’re wearing or it’s too mature. I don’t want to talk too much fanfare, but I think the pictures of Kasey Watching, she feels organically and authentically a 17-year-old teenager who is on the cusp of a great career.”
Also for the BAFTAs, Smith and Edmiston styled “Dune” actress Sharon Duncan-Brewster in custom Versace printed form by 2021 BAFTA EE Rising Star Award recipients Buckeye Buckeye and Ozwald Boateng.
When it comes to their male clients, Smith and Edmiston continue last year’s red carpet trend of men’s high-fashion dressing with their client Max Harwood, who attended the BAFTAs as a presenter and appeared in his film To represent “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”. Stylists turned to Moschino for the actor, dressing him in a soft metallic green suit with a silver peacock brooch.
“For me, it was the peacock brooch because anyone who knows about menswear knows that there is a whole study on male peacocks,” Smith explained. “The male peacock wants to show off or is dandy, so for me it matches our peacock. I thought the brooch brought everything together in this wonderful way.”
To host the digs, stylists went with two looks, a deep purple, velvet Giorgio Armani tuxedo for the red carpet, and then a black wool tuxedo from Berluti for the show.
Ty Diggs is getting ready for the 2022 Critics’ Choice Awards.
Courtesy of Zadrian Smith
“Tai is very old school from the 1940s and 1950s, Hollywood’s leading man,” Smith said. “We always find a way to do this, so it’s fabrication and silk lapel. We always think about those things when we’re working with Tye.”
While the stylists had a huge undertaking for Sunday’s awards show, it was important for them and their team to make the most of these moments and help their clients achieve the look and messages they strive for. Was doing.
“We are really shifting the narrative for these people,” concluded Smith. “For me, it’s not about being on the best dressed list—it’s cool, but it’s about those human moments where you can see that you’ve transcended the garment and you’ve lost someone’s soul.” and touched my heart.”
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Originally published at Pen 18
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