Suit Up or Ship Out

This past Thursday, I had the pleasure of assisting on a television commercial for Fidelity Bank, with stylist Cliff Hoppus. Cliff also was a guest speaker in my fashion styling class this semester and assisted on our final photo-shoot. I had a wonderful time and learned a lot of great tips. After getting lost trying to find the building, hopping into a cab that almost took me downtown, and almost spent $10 I arrived very much on time, dare I say before time. Number one tip always leave yourself enough time when arriving for any event, appointment, internship etc. you never know what will happen. I arrived around 10:45am which I was supposed to be there at 11am I always love to be early especially with first impressions. For this commercial, it basically consisted of a bank teller in front of a green screen. In styling when working with green screens you have to be very careful not use green or the background will reflect on the clothes, but they wanted to incorporate a green tie to match the Fidelity Bank’s colors and esthetic. Laid out on the table were various ties from, Michel Kors, Tommy Hilfiger, and Ralph Lauren just to name a few. Pulling clothes from Mayc’s, The Men’s Wear House, and Nordstrom; the suits ranged from grey, charcoal, and deep navy blue. After trying many different combinations everyone came to a decision of choose the deep navy suit, with a white button down collar shirt, a horizontal stripped tie, and black leather shoes. The model looked great, but of course nothing is perfect and a stylist job is never done; the pant and jacket needed to be tailored, and the collar shirt needed a longer sleeve. After packing up I ran over to the tailor to drop of the suit and Cliff took it amongst himself to get the collar shirt from Macy’s. A day well spent, Cliff also asked me to assist him on and editorial shoot for next weekend where he will be styling for two 8 page spread magazines. Stay Tuned….