For years, men’s red carpet fashion was just a side dish of cookie-cutter tuxedos. Now, the entrée is often there.
Menswear is in the limelight thanks to cover pushers such as Harry Styles, Timothée Chalamet and Billy Porter – and the designers and stylists behind them. And this year’s awards season will be a visual feast.
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When the stylists are helping to make images at this year’s Golden Globes, Ilaria Urbinati is leading the pack.
The veteran image maker will dress up Barry Keoghan, nominated for “Saltburn,” James Marsden, up for “Jury Duty,” Tyler James Williams, nominated for “Abbott Elementary,” and Ramy Youssef, attending “Poor Things.”
Born in Rome and raised in Paris, Urbinati began her career in fashion as a buyer before entering the world of styling. Based in Los Angeles, she has retail experience; she opened a store in Silver Lake in 2008, Confederacy, now closed, which carries brands such as Etro, Alaïa, Proenza Schouler, Martin Margiela, Michael Bastian, Rag & Bone and APC She collaborated on a line of tailored clothing that was featured on Ryan Gosling’s. A character in “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” has done capsule collections for Eddie Bauer, Montblanc, The Mighty Company, Rebecca Minkoff, London Sock Company and Roots of Fight, and had partnerships with Porsche, Walmart and David Yurman. She is frequently named in The Hollywood Reporter’s “Most Powerful Stylists” issue, and has graced the cover alongside client Dwayne Johnson.
Jeanne Yang is no stranger to top stylist lists. Based in LA, she began her career as managing editor and associate publisher at Detour Magazine. Over the years, its client roster has included Christian Bale, Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, Jamie Dornan, Taika Waititi, Simu Liu, Kumail Nanjiani, Regé-Jean Page and Anthony Mackie. At the Globes, she will be dressing Alexander Skarsgård (“Succession”) and Joseph Lee (“Beef”). In 2023, it was announced that Yang had joined Content Anonymous as a manager and producer. She works across all divisions, representing emerging talent, developing and producing film and television projects, leading new ventures, branding deals and working on Anonymous Content’s creative incubator, The Lab. Lee is among her clients.
The stylist is Evet Sanchez, who recently dressed Leonardo DiCaprio during his “Killers of the Flower Moon” tour. She wore Gucci tuxedos at the LACMA gala in LA and at the 2023 Gotham Awards in New York. Meanwhile at the Cannes Film Festival, he wore a custom Alexander McQueen. In the past, Sanchez has styled music videos for Common and Jack White. (She’s also done red carpet work for the likes of Emma Watson and Rosario Dawson.) A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, she holds educational certificates in sustainability and corporate sustainability from UCLA and NYU, focusing on advocacy do for social and marketing. a change of environment as part of her styling work.
Warren Alfie Baker is another one to keep an eye on. The LA-based stylist specializes in menswear with clients including Andrew Garfield, Zachary Levi, Glen Powell, KJ Apa, Diego Boneta, Harry Shum Jr., Finn Wolfhard, Patrick Dempsey, Dylan O’Brien and Lucas Hedges. At the Globes, he will be dressing Ben Affleck, serving “Air,” Matt Bomer (“The Traveler’s Mate”) and Andrew Scott (“All of Us Strangers”).
The well-known stylist Jamie Mizrahi, who dresses both men and women, will have an obscure star to dress at the Globes: Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear”), who recently appeared in his first Calvin Klein advertisement.
Mizrahi began working with stylist Elizabeth Sulcer before taking a job at Vogue in New York. She then moved to LA where she assisted stylists Petra Flannery and Simone Harouche. Her big break came when Eva Mendes asked her to dress her for the “Place Behind the Pines” press tour. (She will also dress Jennifer Lawrence, nominated for “No Hard Feelings,” and Riley Keough, nominated for “Daisy Jones & The Six.”)
Samantha McMillen is also a well-known name for both men’s and women’s stylists. At the Globes, she will dress Charles Melton, up for his role in “May December” and Mark Ruffalo, nominated for “Poor Things” (along with Elle Fanning, nominated for “The Great,” Brie Larson, nominated for ” Lessons”. in Chemistry,” and Jodie Foster, nominated for “Nyad”). McMillen began her career working in public relations for designers Richard Tyler and Giorgio Armani before becoming a stylist in 2001. Her campaigns and collaborations include work with Tiffany & Co, Hugo Boss, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Dior, L ‘Oréal, Tag Heuer and Omega. She was also on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Most Powerful Stylists”, posing alongside Larson.
Other notable stylists are Chloe Takayanagi, who is dressing Teo Yoo (“Past Lives”) and presenter Simu Liu; Michael Fisher with Kieran Culkin (“Succession”) and Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”); Chloe Hartstein with Billy Crudup (“The Morning Show”) and Nick Braun (attending “Succession”); Ryan Hastings, who is working with Chalamet (“Wonka”); Mark Avery with Ryan Gosling (“Barbie”); Jeremy Strong’s Jenny Ricker (“Succession”); Megan Bowman Gray with Steven Yeun (“Beef”); Mark Holmes with Bill Hader (“Barry”); duo Wayman and Micah with Colman Domingo (“Rustin”), and Rose Forde with Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”).
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