Celebrity stylist Micaela Erlanger with her client, actress Lupita Nyong'o. Photo: Randy Brooke. Source: Getty Images
SUNDAY Style's Alice Wasley sits down with celebrity stylist Micaela Erlanger to talk frocks, awards shows and Jared Leto's hair.
YOU'RE fresh from the SAG Awards, where your client, Lupita Nyong'o, wore a beautiful multicoloured, graphic-print Elie Saab gown. What other clients did you have there?
I work with Jared Leto and Tatiana Maslany, who was nominated for Best Actress for Orphan Black.
How does it work logistically when you have multiple clients on a big night like that?
Lots of organisation [laughs]. Management skills really come into play.
Do you have them all in the same area, so you can dart between them?
You're lucky if everyone's in the same area. Two out of three were [at the SAGs]. I have a wonderful team who works with me. It really is about time management. I also think that I got lucky because everyone's red-carpet arrivals were timed differently this year, so I was able to balance it out and get everyone dressed and out the door.
Oh Jared. Such a dreamboat. Photo: Mireya Acierto/FilmMagic. Source: Getty Images
Were there any last-minute emergencies?
No, at this point we have it down to a science. And everything has been tested and double checked and fitted numerous times, and all that jazz, so it's smooth sailing.
Jared Leto was rocking a man-plait at the Golden Globes and free-flowing locks at the
SAGs. Do you have any say in his hairstyling decisions?
I do not take credit for his flowing locks; that's not my territory. But I think he has wonderful hair.
Do you have to coordinate? Because you must have to know how he's going to style his hair. Yeah, of course. There's a conversation, but it's just like with any client. The entire team — hair, make-up, styling — we're all working together.
How did you get into the styling game?
A series of internships led me to discover that this line of work existed. I always thought you had to be a fashion editor; I didn't realise that this really was a career path. I interned at various magazines and then I assisted various stylists, including my mentor [the late stylist Annabel Tollman]. Then I got a business degree at Parsons [in New York] in the design and management program. I started from the bottom up — I was doing those coffee runs and whatnot!
Erlanger with her client, Downton Abbey actress Michelle Dockery. Photo: Kevin Mazur. Source: Getty Images
Do you need your clients to 'get' fashion?
No! Not at all. When someone is excited about fashion and has an understanding of it, it's really fun and great. But I have clients who don't, and that's equally interesting to me because it gives us more of a clean slate to work with. We get to develop our eye and make choices, and we develop someone's image together. So, I think that whether or not you have an education in fashion doesn't make or break your red carpet.
Do you prefer to dress clients who are willing to take risks?
It depends on what you define as risk. I like having clients who are open-minded and aren't afraid to try something new and different. Being willing to try on a dress that doesn't look like much on the hanger, but comes to life when you put it on — that's great. And that's open-minded, I think. Sometimes you surprise yourself.
Any particular fashion moments that you see as iconic?
Julia Roberts in Valentino [2001 Oscars]. Remember that black-andwhite gown? That was so incredible. I also loved Cate Blanchett in Givenchy [2011 Oscars]. It was a really unusual colour combination, lilac and greenish. Of course my own clients [laughs]: Michelle Dockery at the 2013 Golden Globes in the gold-and-white Alexander Vauthier; Lupita in Ralph Lauren [2014 Golden Globes] and custom Prada [2014 Oscars]. Those were very exciting moments. Also, Rose Byrne in the pale-pink crop top from Calvin Klein [2013 Emmy Awards]. There are so many stylists who do such sensational work, and so many actresses who wear clothes so beautifully.
Olivia Munn (R) and Micaela Erlanger. Photo: Donato Sardella/WireImage. Source: Getty Images
How would you describe your personal style?
I think I have a sense of playfulness and whimsy in my approach to styling. I love colour, I love pattern, I love dresses. But when it comes to the daily grind, you'll find me in functional clothes. I will not be rolling racks in four-inch heels, I will be doing that in sneakers. They'll be Céline, but they'll be sneakers.
See Lupita Nyong'o and Jared Leto at the Academy Awards, showing on Nine Network on February 23.
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