Lately I’ve been posting my “Friday Favorites” each week, but this Friday is a bit different. I couldn’t wait to share with you my latest work, styling a short film called “Doyers Street” directed by the talented Florian Innerkofler, starring Lily Gao and Laurent Caillat (who also did the brilliant score).
I worked with two of the most amazing local shops in Brooklyn on this, which leads me to the #FridayFavorites—aside from my dream team crew of course:
When Florian approached me to work on this, I knew it had to be done right and custom for our film. I approached the shop Kimera, in Boerum Hill, who I’ve worked with in the past and the owner was thrilled with the concept, as it was totally in line with her brand. We worked together to come up with the 3 dresses that Lily was going to wear, which to me, was the most important part of getting the feel of the film right. During the fittings, we decided to add an extra layer of fabric at the bottom of the dress so the hem fell below the knee, making it a nod to China in the 60’s (our inspiration), along with everything on the runways for this fall. I love that she married the traditional Chinese design through the beautiful traditional fabrics and collars, with modern silhouettes that felt both classic and fresh. Kimera also specializes in custom bridal and formal wear, so it was too perfect that the owner even designed a custom tie for us.
This shop is one of the hidden gems in Brooklyn that I happened to have heard about from another one of my favorite menswear gems in Brooklyn, Epaulet. They were so wonderful to work with and kindly held fittings for our male talent in their shop in Williamsburg. The sizing comes in basic 1,2,3,4,5 sizes, so once we figured out Laurent’s size, everything else fit. It made my job quite easy when I had so much fun picking out different fabrics and patterns in his size for suiting and dress shirts. This place is something I wish I knew about when I was planning my wedding because this is definitely the best one stop shop for a Brooklyn style groom and his party. Even a friend of mine’s fiancé is getting his suit custom made for their wedding and they embroidered his name into it (adorbs!).
Check out what I styled from these great shops in this film and leave a comment to let us know what you think!
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thank you for your great posting and background infos on our amazing shoot and the amazing designers we worked on