Last week before all of the holiday magic, we had another spectacular Day 2 class with Lauren, Sam, and Roxanne. Check out the pics from our fun day of shopping.
Lauren and Sam at Church
Sam at Church
Aquarium at church
Baby shoes at Church
Sam, Lauren and Roxanne at Maxfield
Don’t we look pretty all decked out in our holiday best?
Do you go commando? SOS doesn’t — we like undergarments around here — but as a stylist you will come to find out that a lot of actresses, actors, models, and musicians do in fact love going “commando”. That’s all fine and good when it comes to personal lifestyle choices but when it comes to wearing borrowed clothing, not as fine … at all. We will spare you the gory details and just tell you about this cool product that one of our graduates introduced us to (it’s his company actually), Commandos.
Commandos are these clever little liners that you can slip inside your jeans/ pants to protect them from, um, damage. Pretty genius. These would definitely make for a useful addition to any stylist’s kit.
Buy them online at GoCommandos.com
Yesterday during our Day 1 class, we learned a very valuable lesson for assistant stylists regarding on set etiquette. Keep your sexy back! In fact, keep your sexy as far back as possible. Let me explain …
A common misconception when it come to working as a wardrobe stylist, is that since you work in fashion you have to look unbelievably fashionable 24 hour a day. Not true. Everyone already knows/assumes that you are into fashion. I mean, duh you work in the industry. So it’s really not necessary to come to work decked out in heels, mini skirts, furs, excessive amounts of jewelry, etc. There are two reasons for this:
Reason #1- Chances are you will be working 10-18 hour days. Let me tell you something, those hours won’t be spent sitting around. You will be WORKING. You will be running around, picking things up, putting things down, schlepping things around … you will be gross by the end of the day. This is a very physical job.
Reason #2- Dressing like a fashionable little tart will piss people off. Even if you can handle carrying around 50lb loads in 6inch heels, chances are people won’t really like you for it. No they won’t be jealous of your brute strength, they will be jealous because you look freaking hot – sexy hot, not sweaty hot. Point is, a lot of the time you will be working with a female key stylist and she doesn’t want her piddly little assistant looking like a walking sex machine. It’s unprofessional and it will bring you the wrong kind of attention, which will ultimately result in you never getting hired again.
With that being said, you are probably wondering “Well, what the heck do I wear to work?” I will put it how my key stylist put it “dress chill”. I translated that into this: take off your six inch heels and put on your patent leather Converse or your Marc Jacobs ballet flats. The outfit I typically wear on set is a pair of flats, skinny jeans, a tee shirt, and a cardigan or leather jacket (if the shoot is outside). I try not to wear too much jewelry. I also avoid excessive makeup- no want wants to stare in the eyes of prostitute-in-training all day.
Over and out …
SOS Assistant
Yesterday we had our last Day 1 class of 2009! It was a great class with a lot of awesome aspiring stylist. Thanks for all who spent the day with us!
Our next Day 1 class is January 31st, 2010. Go to www.theschoolofstyle.com to register. Hope to see you in class.
Come celebrate Jenny Dayco’s 5th anniversary at Aero & Co. tonight! All jewelry will be 50% off tonight only (excluding the $10/$20 sale bins) No RSVP is required for the event, and parking is available behind Aero & Co, or around the corner at the Beverly Connection. Drinks, music, AND shopping, sounds good to us.
Haven’t finished your holiday shopping yet (join the club)? Fear not, because now is your chance to get all of those last minute gifts. Tonight there is a holiday shopping event on Beverly Boulevard and everyone is invited.
All of your favorite boutiques that are usually closed by the time you leave work, will be opened until 9pm tonight. Not only will they be open late but there will be drinks, snacks, and deals — you just can’t beat that.
So ho, ho, ho and all that merry business and go shopping!
When you work a job as an assistant stylist (even as a stylist) it’s like you are getting paid to be on an 10+ hour job interview. You’ve gotta work to impress the key stylist if you ever want he/she to hire you again. If you are terror of an assistant, then you can guarantee that you won’t work with that stylist again. Heck, you may even ruin your rep with other stylist too. No BS.
So here are a couple of rules to live by when you are working as an assistant stylist:
Rule #1- Shut the f%&* up! For real. BE QUIET on set. No one really cares about your opinion, unless of course they ask you for it. Stay quiet and do what you are told. Remember, you are the assistant here.
Rule #2- Stay off your phone. Nothing says “lazy ass” like an assistant who is constantly texting and yacking on their phone. Stay off of it. Whatever your boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend or whoever has to say can wait … you are at work, dang-it!
Rule #3- Be professional. Working a stylist job isn’t like working an office job. You don’t have to dress up all dorky, and unlike an office, the environment is often chaotic and noisy. BUT you can’t let that stuff trick you into thinking its cool to be slack. Its not cool. You are at work, so act like it. Be professional at all times. There is no room for silly flirty, horsing around, and all that other crap.
So there are the rules/SOS Assistant’s heavy dose of tough love! There aren’t many rules but they are all super important if you want to work in this town ;) Learn em, live em, and learn em some more.
Peaces,
SOS Assistant
