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Alexander Allen is a top celebrity stylist. He has worked
with some of the top talent in the music industry.
From having transformed Eve from ‘round- the- way-girl
to red carpet must-see; to draping R&B songstress Monica
in Ferre’ and Gaultier for her various editorials; to
adding his magical touch to Singer/Actress Beyonce’ for
People’s Magazine Top 50 Most Beautiful People; to spicing-up
Oscar nominated actress Laura Linney and funk- tifying
rock star P!nk, there is no doubt that Alexander Allen
is a force to be reckoned with.
In 2006, Alexander will continue to create trends and
give our celebrities that “it-look” as he resumes his
work with six time Grammy Award winner Toni Braxton, Bad
Boy Entertainment Recording group Making The Band 3 and
female rapper Trina, among others. When not outfitting
his coterie of divas, Alexander can be found dishing out
style advice on BET, MTV, STYLE Network and on E!, among
others. (Press Release Information)
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Alexander Allen was gracious enough to take time
out from his busy schedule to speak with Thabiz.com. He
shared that black and white are two hot colors for clothes
this season. In addition, if you can't get your hand on
the "it" handbag of the season he shared with
me it's okay to still carry classic brown Louis Vuitton,
"Louis Vuitton is classic. Any type of Louis Vuitton
bag will be respected." He did add that you should
only bring out the limited edition bags such as the Murakami
bag and the grafitti bag only once in a blue moon.
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What is a typical day for you like?
Alexander Allen-A
typical day varies. My typical day right now is a lot
of administrative work catching up on e-mails, phone calls,
getting my portfolio out there getting new business. Whne
I have a project at hand it takes an appointment, doing
prep, shopping, going to showrooms, pulling clothes, doing
returns, flying to this location, flying to that location.
It really varies, it's not a standard procedure.
It sounds so glamorous. Do designers send you the clothes
before they are out in the stores?
Alexander Allen-It
depends. Yeah that's what the showrooms are for. I usually
work a season ahead as do fashion editors at major magazines.
I also am extended discounts and my clients are extended
discounts for us to shop.
Here is a spring 2006 fashion question. What is the hottest
bag this season?
Alexander Allen-The
hottest bag by far would have to be the Fendi B. Bag.
I believe they showed me at least 30 different versions
of this B Bag and they were all incredible. Everything
is about the buckle. It comes in a small version and a
big version. And it's two buckles. It's a bag with a huge
buckle and it comes with a big buckle and a small buckle.
Are there ever times when a clients budget can create
a problem?
Alexander Allen-Of
course, especially in today's economy. The budgets just
aren't how they used to be. So as a sylist you have to
be very resourceful, have your comp hat and stretch the
budget as best as you can because the record company or
whoever is extending the budget to you doesn't want to
hear "I couldn't do this" or "I couldn't do that."
Do you have any input in the hair style worn with an outfit?
Alexander Allen-Really,
you would think everyone had an input on the final input
but that's not really the case. I find that I work typically
independent of the hair and makeup because the client
and the hairstylist they're usually the closest because
they normally go everywhere with the client. So they say,
"Oh I'm going to do this hairstyle," without even asking
what is she wearing because 99% of the time I'm dressing
ladies. So I kind of have to work around the hair and
sometimes the hair doesn't compliment the outfit and vice-versa.
But hey, if that's what the client wants you can't argue
with them.
Is there a challenge styling Eve the rapper verses
Eve the actress?
Alexander Allen-Whether
you believe it or not there are no challenges dressing
Eve. It's always just Eve and myself in the styling process.
Which is ideal for me and ideal for any stylist. The challenges
arise when the client doesn't know what she wants or she
doesn't know what image she is trying to project. Therefore
you have to deal with the clients publicist, manager,
record company people, etc. Let it be known everyone isn't
going to like everything. If you , you being the stylist,
have a strong relationship with the client, and it's just
about the client and the stylist, it's ideal. There's
no obstacles, no third party, no he-say/she say. I believe
that's why Eve is where she is right now.
I know you picked out the outfit
for Trina's Glamourest Life cover art. I think it was
great.
Alexander Allen-I'm
a stylist, I saw it, and I see certain things and I
know what would work for a particular client. I saw
it and I said, "This will be great for Trina. It will
show a little skin but it will cover her up, it would
clean her and bring everything together, it would focus
mostly on the beauty of Trina and not just the body
because she is a gorgeous girl. I love the album cover.
That dress is actually by Baby Phat. It's very tasteful
for Baby Phat. She's wearing Valentino costume jewelry
and it just works.I think it's a very strong image for
Trina, one of the best of her career.
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