School Of Style

Behind the Scenes: Ryan Kwanten

kris — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:51:07 +0000

A few months back we styled Ryan Kwanten from the hit show True Blood. The shoot was a fashion editorial for a new magazine called Institute. We had clothes from All Saints, John Varvatos, American Rag, and tons of other cool LA shops and showrooms.

The clothes, coupled with Ryan’s carefree attitude made the shoot a dream! Well, his ridiculous good looks were pretty helpful too (yes this is Lauren typing). Did we mention that Ryan might just be the nicest man in show business? Well he totally is.

Anyhow, on to the behind the scenes pictures. The final images from the magazines will be posted shortly. So stay tuned.

Dove Shore, the photographer

In a Downtown LA diner

Luke and Ryan

Like Us and Win a School of Style Styling Kit

kris — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:46:09 +0000

We are feeling mighty generous on this cloudy Monday afternoon, which means it’s time for a School of Style giveaway! This week we are giving away a School of Style stylist kit. It is our brand new product and we are really excited about. Entering to win is easy, all you have to do it get your like on and then leave us a comment on our Facebook page. One winner will be chosen at random and will be hooked up with our sweet little kit.

How to Enter:

1.) Like School of Style, Luke Storey Wardrobe Stylist AND Lauren Messiah Personal Stylist on Facebook (told you you’d be getting your like on)

2.) Leave a comment on School of Style’s Facebook page to let us know why you deserve to win our sweet stylist kit

The winner will be announced on Monday March 5th, 2012

What do you Win?

A styling kit chock full of styling goodies, including …

A stylish and heavy duty School of Style tote
One very useful on-set apron with pockets for all of your styling goodies
A Moleskine notebook
A lipstick shaped pen (how cool is that?!)
Measuring tape
School of Style sewing kits
and over a dozen of other useful goodies that any great stylist can’t live without (not all items are pictures because there were too many pieces of awesome to photograph!)

School of Style Spring 2012 Class Calendar

kris — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:04:24 +0000

There may be a chill in the air but we are ready for spring!! Registration is now open for our upcoming School of Style classes in Los Angeles and in New York.

New York

Class 1- March 17-18th

Class 2- March 19th

Los Angeles

Class 1- April 21-22nd

Class 2- April 23rd

Class 3- April 28-29th

Tour of Style- May 2nd

Personal Styling 101- May 12th

Behind the Scenes: Class 3- Day 1 (Feb 2012)

kris — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:56:33 +0000

Last weekend we held our epic Class 3 at Smashbox Studios. This group of stylists may have been our best yet (seriously, they were good). We are still processing the final images but in the mean time, we figured it would be nice to share a couple behind the scenes pics.

These photos are from day 1 of Class 3. During this day of Class 3, students pre-style their looks that will be photographed on day 2. In a nutshell our students have 10 racks of clothes, dozens and dozens of shoes, and 5 tables of accessories at their disposal for an entire day. It’s like styling heaven.

Just had to end the post with the SOS staff actin’ a fool on set!

StyleCaster’s State of Style Summit

kris — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:35:33 +0000

Earlier this month we attended a wonderful event in New York that was put on by StyleCaster. It was their State of Style summit, which truly brought “style to the people”. The summit brought together some of the fashion industries brightest to share their knowledge and expertise with hundreds of fashion bloggers, stylists, and the entire online fashion world as the event was live streamed online.

We learned a ton and met some great people throughout the day. The event was wonderful because social media whore-ness was welcomed with open arms. Attendees were tweeting, updating their Facebook status, and snapping pictures during the entire event. We of course snapped away as well, here are few of our favorite photos from the event.

Ari Goldberg, CEO and Founder of StyleCaster

PR station at StyleCaster State of Style Summit

Lauren Messiah

A peek at the audience

Luke and Lauren

Ari Goldberg and Luke Storey

Stacy London

Panel of experts

Rebecca Minkoff and her brother Uri

The Anatomy of Fashion panel

Style-Driven Storytelling panel

Network in Style at Simply Stylist in LA

kris — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:27:06 +0000

Looking for a fashionable and fun event in LA? Well look no further because Simply Stylist is back for another fun event on March 3, 2012. We went to the event a few years ago (Luke was one of the speakers) and we’ve been huge fans ever since.

This year’s event is going to be fantastic! Catt Sadler from E! News will be hosting the seminar/shopping event, which features stylists, bloggers, designers, and editors who will share stories, talk about trends trends, and hang out with their biggest fans.

Get your tickets today because something tells us this event is going to sell out!

Asics Onitsuka Tiger Campaign- Styled by Luke Storey

kris — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:36:40 +0000

Last week we shared the behind the scenes images with you from the Asics campaign that Luke Storey styled. Now we have the completed advertisement. Check it.

Asics Onitsuka Tiger Campaign

School of Style Meet Up: The Jane in NYC

kris — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:44:02 +0000

We are in New York City to participate in some New York Fashion Week kick-off activities and thought, why don’t we have a little impromptu fashion activity of our own? So we decided to invite some of our graduates, current students, and all other lovers of styling that we know to a little happy hour. It was super last-minute, so if you didn’t make it – no worries because there will be many more in the future.

We met up at The Jane in the West Village to talk fashion and have a few cocktails. It was a low-key affair (just the way we like it), tons of fun, and we actually remembered to take a few pictures. Check them out …

Graduate Update: Brandy Joy Smith

kris — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:05:01 +0000

We met Brandy back in 2010 when she attended all three (this was before we had all of new classes we have today) of our School of Style classes. Brandy came all the way from Texas to learn from us and we are glad that she did. Brandy stood out to us then and she certainly stands out today as one of our top graduate success stories.

The last time we got an update with Brandy was in July of 2011. Back then she was already kicking some major butt in the fashion industry. She had styled a Grammy award winning artist for Elle magazine, created and produced how-to styling videos for Tyra Bank’s TypeF.com, and much more.

Today, Brandy has completely blown us away with her latest update! She has just been signed to the Next agency as as stylist in New York City!!! We couldn’t be prouder.

To read our very first interview with Brandy, click here.

Behind the Scenes: Asics Onitsuka Tiger Campaign

kris — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:45:30 +0000

A few months back, Luke Storey styled the Onitsuka Tiger™ ad campaign for Asics shoes. The campaign involved lots of socks, rolled up pants, and of course – great shoes. The campaign was shot at our home away from home – Smashbox Studios. Check out the behind the scenes shots …

Asics

Goofy around between shots

The view from the monitor

The set

Chillin’ on colorful carpets and fake grass

On set at Smashbox Studios

A bar for balance

Leopard and red- never a bad combo

Lots of socks!

Prepping the set