Katie Grande, The Top Stylist Of Practice

Katie Grande is famous in England. fashion Editor in chief of magazine "Love" Stylist (she is often described as top-level Stylist, because she has helped many top brand creation and design images, her life is busy without a moment's leisure. It sounds incredible. I'm tired of changing people, but she enjoys it.

One weekend, after working for Loewe, a leather brand in Paris, Katie Grande was in Paris with Mark Jakob, the creative director of LV Vuitton (Marc Jacobs). In the evening, she was in London with her husband, musician Steve Mcgee (Steve Mackey, now he is on tour with his band Pulp), and then returned to Paris with designer Giles Deacon (Giles Deacon) to work for brand Emanuel Ungaro (Emanuel Ungaro), Giles Deacon is the creative director of the brand. Katie Grande swam into the boutique of Azzedine Araya (Azzedine Alaia). Azzedine Araya just wanted to go out, and Katie Grande had to sit comfortably in his apartment with Grace Jones to see some footage of his high fashion show. Grace Jones drank red wine and stood up excitedly from time to time, clapping: "it's too exciting! It's too exciting!"

So Katie Grande himself was calm, but had no response to it. She grinned and said, "I didn't expect this day to be so happy. I think so. Yes, that's what I intend to do.

I positioned myself very young.

Katie Grande is 40 years old, but she has always been a teenager, and this is what she wants to keep. She didn't think she would be surprised at the location she found for herself, but she also said, "sometimes it's scary. I seem to feel that I have always been like this. I don't know how I became like this.

She is the editor of the famous semi annual fashion magazine "Love". This magazine is indeed a moneymaking (only this position is enough to show her important position in the publishing world). She and Mark Jakob (the most important fashion designer of the time) have worked together for 10 years in LV, and are always commended.

The fashion show of LV is launched at the end of each season. The editor who comes to watch will be strongly influenced by LV fashion show when they return to work. Creating surprises as much as possible is tantamount to advertising for fashion.

Katie Grande is also responsible for the fashion show of Emanuel Ungaro, Giles Deacon, Johnson Sanders (Jonathan Saunders), Roy Wei and Topshop. In all of these fashion shows, she was almost involved in all the work, from theme design to choosing the right cloth. During the quarter, she developed an advertising style for 6 major fashion brands, including a presumptuous Mark Jakob advertisement, starring actress Helena Berhan Carter. She made faces and wore spot matching gloves that were deliberately mismatched.

When Katie Grande was asked, was she going to invite Helena Berhan Carter? She said, "no, it's Mark Jakob's idea. Last February, Helena Berhan Carter wore two different shoes at the Oscar presentation ceremony, so he was fascinated by Mark Jacobs. Even before the dress was finished, he planned to invite her. Before sending off, he sent me a short message to remind me to use weird shoes. Then I used those weird gloves. Later on, Helena Berhan Carter wanted to reverse... " {page_break}

Clothing materials are arranged in alphabetical order.

It makes people wonder whether her private life is so strange. She said, "yes, on the one hand, you really have to work hard to meet the needs of your customers. But working for these people can also bring a lot of unexpected gains. I certainly did not work in white. You have to get a lot of money to work. It's very difficult to work with Steve Maggie. We have to work hard to adjust our worksheets. But we've worked together for a long time, 14 years. You must make sure that everyone is taken into account. "

Steve Maggie had to endure Katie Grande's wardrobe everywhere, and she felt guilty. Not long ago, her assistant left and gave the house to Katie Grande, so she could put her clothes on.

Her bedroom and the whole second floors are occupied by a series of alphabetic archiving materials, including some brand suits and jackets in the 50s and 60s of last century, as well as shoes, bags, many jeans, a series of military uniforms, and materials from the beginning of her shopping. She said, when I worked for Prada (Prada), I started to buy this brand, I mean a lot. There is a museum that wants to look at some of the archival materials, so in some ways, Steve Maggie may have to hang up his trousers.

I am a hard-working person.

It was about the last week of July. In Love's quiet office in London, the rain outside was like a torrent. But under Katie Grande's desk there were two huge flowers, so the whole room was like a garden full of flowers. Katie Grande has just concluded the financial conference with the Love publisher Contech. She said with a laugh, "our budget is very tight for this budget issue. I think we'd better tell them before we go on holiday, so that they can't go."

And publishers may expect worse. 2011 there are 432 pages in autumn and winter. This is very good. This period has the praise of "discipline, obsession and desire". This is the usual eccentric style of Love. It has appeared two times: the first time is the cover of some young actresses; the second is the new fashion week, with a series of cover covers including Lara Stone and Kerrey Sten McMenamy, who have nothing but moisturizing cream and tears. Katie Grande said, "Kristen McMenamy said," Oh, my God, really? I am 47 years old. " But they are beautiful women, aren't they? "

Other editors may be alarmed at the idea that cover stars do not use cosmetics, but the controversy has almost become an unwritten agreement in Love. "People always say that we do things to attract attention," she explained. But for this cover, I don't want to get too much attention. I don't think every time you can let Beth Ditto naked, or let Kate Moss kiss the radio. "

When Katie Grande was attending a fashion show or a party, her pictures might disillusion her. The clothes she wore directly from the T stage, Giles's fluorescent sweater, or the irregular brown curls made a big knot. She just laughed and showed her teeth.

And wearing Watanabe Junya (Junya Watanabe) and ankle boots, Wakubo Rei's "Comme des Garcons" navy uniform (and socks), tight blue Mark Jakob shirt and hair tied into ponytail, she became the neat and beautiful girl. This dress makes it easy to think of Prada's latest fashion show, but it also greatly strengthens her description of herself, a hard-working person.

She described herself as saying, "those who study hard are no better." After all, she used to be the winner of the flag badge. If only the weird jewellery is in the right place, the fashionable publishing company won't find you. Companies like Miuccia Prada, Giorgio Armani Giorgio, and Gucci (Musia Prada) will not hire you.

In addition to the pink big plastic ball she had to comb her hair, the only accessory was the girl's ring. She pointed to the jewel on her right hand and said, "this is my grandmother's engagement, grandma's engagement ring. Grandma passed away last year, but when I was 7 years old, I asked her to have her jewelry, so I waited for a long time.

Katie Grande's tone of voice was very positive. She was also very friendly and was about to laugh at herself or deliberately play her Bermingham accent for comic effects. Although her magazine is like a foraging forum, there is no Katie Grande's conceit and arrogance. When asked how she and Mark Jakob started this quarter, hoping for an exaggerated answer, she said, "Mark Jakob and I will start with each other first. He would say, "what are you thinking?" I would say, "I don't know. But I like white very much... " {page_break}

Help must be provided by designers.

Katie Grande was born in Liz, grew up in Bermingham, and was raised by her father after her mother left. It was his father who brought her some magazines that opened up a new world for her. Since then, she has decided to become a fashion editor. She said: "Diana Vreeland (Diana Vreeland), Polly Merlin (Polly Mellens) and Grace Coddington (Grace Coddingtons), I care about all of them."

After graduating, she entered the central Saint Martin School of art and design in London, but dropped out in second years, and then her boyfriend, photographer lankey, started the magazine Dazed & Confused. She said, "you will be tired of reading until a certain time, and you want to do something real, not pretend you are doing it. It could be worse now. You know, tuition is very expensive. "

"Young and frivolous" is one of the most authoritative fashion magazines in the 90s of last century, which has attracted the attention of the fashion industry. She later transferred to "The Face". In 1998, she and her close friend Giles Deacon's career changed dramatically, and the famous fashion brand of Italy, Bottega Veneta, invited them to be executives. "We can't believe they will pay us wages," she said.

Since then, she has been in close contact with many fashion designers. Strangely enough, she said, "the most important thing she provides is sympathy." It takes a lot of money to make those fashion shows well. If you are working with new customers, you can't just leave them once in a while. As a stylist or consultant, you must always be there to help them. The designer comes out after the fashion show and is always in charge of helping them. "

This responsibility is very heavy. "Fashion is an art," she said. "In this art, you have to do things according to a timetable that does not belong to you, and only fashion is like this. For example, the record company wants Adele to release a new album next year, but it should be arranged according to her schedule. "

Designers are really stressed.

She also pointed out that the workload of designers has doubled recently, because there are two fashion shows in the spring and autumn fashion show, the early autumn series and the holiday series. "Even for the best teams in the world, there is a lot of work. I still have to take care of everything and still have to take all the work. I have to check whether they will like the heel of a pair of shoes and whether they should be flat bottomed. And this is not my money, because the company needs the money to keep it profitable, so I ended up working for the company without compensation. She said.

She said, this is very stressful for designers. I don't know John Galiano (John Galliano), but when he started taking over, he completely changed. He probably didn't think he was dealing with bags or jewellery. I mean, his college series is a bunch of sticks in his hair. That's the most.

She continued, "I am not saying that everything happened is correct." When John Galiano was dismissed by Dior and his own brand, Katie Grande said his words were anti Semitic. "This is clearly another matter. I just said I could not simply be himself. It took Mark Jakob a long time to love it, and he knew how to deal with it. Obviously, Alexander MacQueen did not have to. It had to be said that it was a pity. You only think in the end if those things don't happen, will the results be different? She said.

So she said her job was to remind designers that what they did was "should be fun." Every time before the fashion show, you will find Katie Grande busy there. She has to make sure that every pair of shoes is suitable. When Carmen Kass comes in, she gives her a bottle of perfume. When everyone is tired at 3 in the morning, Katie Grande will play the song that is fixed. "Kass" She said, "I just walked out. I have a lot of work, but it is moderate. They are much more tired than I am, and I have to go on for a few months. "