7 Stylists you ought to know about

When you see a celebrity walk the red carpet, everyone always asks “who are you wearing?”  The answer is always a famous designer like Valentino, Prada, and Gucci and so on.  But no one ever asks” who dressed you up in this?”  Because that’s an embarrassing question.  What do you mean who dressed me in this?  I’m not a young child where I can’t pick out my own clothes or I will go to school in pajamas and yesterday’s laundry.  But you are, especially on Oscar night, or Grammy night because that’s when stylists matter most.  Unlike the MTV VMA’s, there you see everyone dressing themselves and that’s why most celebrities are in t-shirts and jeans.  So who does pick out the amazingly beautiful outfits for these stars?  We will give you seven stylists you ought to know about.

Rachael Zoe

1)  Rachael Zoe - The most recognized name in style.  From Bravo TV’s Rachael Zoe project.  Before that she was rising in the fashion and celebrity circles by dressing artists like Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Garner, and Kate Hudson.  She now famously has her own website RachaelZoe.com, and a clothing line in mega stores like Nordstrom and Saks 5^th Ave. 

Kate Young

2) Kate Young – The most sought after stylist right now.  She started her career in Vogue magazine and quickly moved up styles corporate ladder.  She has consulted for Victoria’s Secret, Tod’s and also Dior.  Herself she started a clothing line of fine wool knitwear for women and kids.  Her celebrity clients include the likes of Natalie Portman, Hilary Swank and Rachael McAdams.

Petra Flannery

3) Petra Flannery – Making classic, clean and sophisticated looks pop is an art in itself for a stylist.  This is what Petra does best. Born in San Francisco she has partnered with Heidi Klum, and dressed the stars we love to talk about on the red carpet – Mila Kunis, Megan Fox, and Emma Stone are among those.

L'Wren Scott

4) L’Wren Scott – Started making her own clothes as a teenager, went to Paris to model, moved to LA and started working in fashion, excited yet?  Designed her own dresses, loves the color black, unique collection titles, and style’s Kidman, J Law, and Michelle Obama, and that’s not even the half of it.  If this doesn't make you want to learn more about her, then we don’t know what will.

Elizabeth Stewart

5) Elizabeth Stewart – Putting a dress on backwards for the Oscars is as ballsy as it gets.  That’s what Elizabeth Stewart said as a joke for Amanda Seyfried to do because it looked better being on backwards.  Style 101, if it looks good, leave it.  Working for companies like W, and NY Times definitely put the flash in her resume, and so does styling Jessica Chastain.  She says she is a lazy dresser herself and that all her work goes into her clients though it seems hard to believe that her own style won’t look great regardless.

Ilaria Urbinati

6) Ilaria Urbinati – Looks like a young celebrity herself. She can get a request to style an A-Lister.  If she can help them then it’s a yes, if not, then oh well the A-Lister suffers and that’s Ilaria for you.  She started as a buyer for her aunt designer Laura Urbinati in her West Hollywood boutique. Then went onto become the head stylist for Showtime’s “The L word”.  She also styled for GQ Italy, Flaunt, and a host of other TV networks like NBC, ABC and Bravo. Ilaria also owns a boutique in California that tailors to hipster locals, fashionable celebs and musicians.  Her work, and by work we mean her clients speak for themselves, include Bradley Cooper, Cobie Smulders, Kristen Stewart and Bruce Willis.

Leslie Fremar

7) Leslie Fremar - The most coveted stylist is originally from Canada, and if you think people in NYC are cold? Try winters in Canada, and then you will know what cold truly is.  She started her career as a fashion assistant and worked her way up to Director of VIP Relations at Prada.  Now that’s a company to put on a resume as well.  She dressed the who’s who of Hollywood with names like Charlize Theron, Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore.  Her own clothing collection can be seen at Bloomingdales which features tees, sweaters and dresses that start at $22.  Not bad for the most sought after stylist in the industry.