For lack of a less ubiquitous phrase, they make it work.
Traditionally, the “B-side” refers to the flip-side of a record.
They pull the references, scour the archives, and paint the picture you see on the big screen.
The celebrity, model, or actor is the single with the most air time.
But the glam team?
They’re the producers, conductors, friends, and family.
For lack of a less ubiquitous phrase, they make it work.
Because the origin of a look is just as important as the look itself.
The backstory deserves its own hard-earned glory.
“Her features are so delicate and I love working with the contours of her face.
The creative connection I have with those two is something I cherish,” Stiles says beaming.
In that same vein, Stiles wanted the final look to feel tough and not remotely ethereal.
She chose incongruent shades for the eye, excited about the color-clash.
“Beauty can be anything, which is why it’s so wonderful.
It can be sensual, beautiful, repulsive, and empowering,” Stiles says.
She characterizes her 20s and 30s as a softer, more traditionally feminine time in her makeup exploration.
That said, Stiles is still inspired to break with convention.
Her references feel punk in a world of red carpets and painstaking perfection.
“I like the weirdos and misfits,” she says.
“The bad kids who played dress up every day like their lives depended on it.”
“Those images are seared into my mind forever.”
She didn’t just interact with icons from afar, though.
Stiles worked as David Bowie’s makeup artist for years in the early aughts.
Those days were, and will always be, the highlights of my career," she says.
When I ask about her favorite on-set memory, she takes me to church.
“Its not one moment, itsthe moment,” Stiles answers, her eyes practically dancing.
That feeling is so satisfying.
Whenever that moment happens, my creative bucket is filled and Im satiated."
Have a point of view."
So, there you go.
She wore Moschino and Russell pulled blue and grey streaks through her hair.
According to him, it’s been a dream ever since.
“Lily is so open our vision and inspirations; she’s so collaborative.
What more can you ask for?
She’s stunning and she wants to push a lookshe’s such a muse to me.
I’m so grateful to work with someone like her.”
The first hair look on set was an easy one to conceptualize.
“She was wearing a veil, what was I going to do?”
“I pulled it back,” he says with a laugh.
And it’s been an outlet for him all his life.
“It’s such a release,” he says.
“Beauty, to me, is expressing your creativity and individual style.”
Russell’s beauty icons are many and widespread.
He idealized a certain photographer for his entire career and finally had the chance to work with them.
When the photographer told Russell, “The hair is beautiful,” it was monumental.
Before the interview is over, Russell breaks to laugh and chat with Lily.
Their friendship is really lovely to see.
“I’m modeling,” he yells to her before she leaves.
She answers, “You better work, honey.”
And that was a wrap.
