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celebrity stylist james yardley Didn’t always work in fashion. “My degree was in photography, which I studied in London,” Yardley said. However, Yardley always loved fashion and began interning attitude mazazine. “The more I worked with the fashion director, who went on to become my boss for three or four years, the more I learned to love fashion,” Yardley said. After all, Yardley started out working as a stylist and now has actors like heated rivalry Star Connor Story and ted lasso Make Hannah Waddingham a star on your client list.
For the latest episodes of Who Wears What PodcastYardley shares how she got her big break in the industry, how she ended up working with Story, and more. Scroll down to read excerpts from the conversation.
Before we dive into all your work, I’d love to hear a little about your background.
My degree was in photography, which I studied in London. I really liked it a lot. I did fashion, but my big thing was documentary photography. I loved documentary photography. I assisted the photographers and it was a horror show. I think that could be a very brutal scenario in terms of aid. I gave up the idea of becoming a photographer and now I can’t even tell you how to use a camera.
How did the styling come about? How did you get started?
It was a very different time at that time. In short, interning was still free. You didn’t get paid for anything. I looked at it every day like, “This is an experience, a very addicting experience.” The more I worked with the fashion director, who went on to become my boss for three or four years, the more I learned to love fashion. I started doing menswear with models and that was amazing. And then he had some very famous clients. She had Kylie Minogue.
I think I’ve heard of that.
Just icons Kylie Minogue and Nicole Scherzinger. She had a few people like that, so I really started learning the glamor of womenswear as well. And then he hired me.
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at what point heated rivalry What was the first time you (and Connor Storey) actually started working together, and how did you know he was the right client for you?
I get a call from Nick Todisco. I feel like I owe Nick Todisco. He calls me up, and says, “I have this guy. He’s gorgeous, incredibly talented. You have to see the trailer for the show.” I looked at her Instagram, and she’s really creative. He has created his own editorials in the past. So I said, “Let’s do it.”
A lot of my portfolio with men’s clothing was very edgy, very over the top – which I like – but he was far more sophisticated in his notes of what he liked. He came to my very small apartment at that time. We did a fitting. …We could have done it in half an hour, but I think it was two and a half hours. I immediately discovered that she was a real pleasure to work with. I think that’s the best way to put it.
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How did you start working together on a strategy about what you wanted it to look like? How did we move on from earlier press moments – pinstripes, high-waisted trousers, strong tailoring? How did these early elements become so central to her red carpet look?
I think the fact that we are connected with each other is pure luck. …Maybe it was something in the universe that brought us together because he had the same taste level as me and so did Hannah (Wadingham) and other customers. I reference old Hollywood a lot. I do it with Hannah, with Marilyn Monroe—the likeness of the picture. Same thing with him also. It’s old Hollywood with a modern twist. People may have noticed from my stitching that it’s always a little above the waist, but that’s her real waist.
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Then the wide-leg pants, the pinstripes – it’s very early Hollywood. It’s the same with blazers and shirts. We’ve experimented with many different silhouettes that are very similar but there is always, always a variation of something else.
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This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
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