Emma Chamberlain’s ‘Timeless’ Style, According to Stylist Jared Ellner – WWD

Emma Chamberlain is indisputably considered one of Gen Z’s true “It” women.

Since stepping onto the scene with YouTube as a 16-year-old, the social media star has launched her personal entrepreneurial ventures, together with her personal espresso firm, Chamberlain Espresso, and serving as inventive director of magnificence line Bad Habit Beauty. She can also be an envoy for Louis Vuitton, attending its fashion reveals and sporting its girls’s put on often.

Chamberlain’s grasp on style is noteworthy, and whereas she has all the time been recognized to decorate herself nicely, this 12 months has marked a major one for her. She made her Met Gala debut and attended Paris Trend Week as soon as extra, all with the assistance of her stylist Jared Ellner.

The 2 first met when Ellner helped type the YouTuber for a shoot for Storage Journal two years in the past, whereas he was nonetheless working there as an assistant to the fashion director. “We simply hit it off — I beloved her,” Ellner advised WWD. “It was an unimaginable day.”

Afterward, her publicist requested if he wished to type Chamberlain once more sooner or later, which he stated he would. Finally, Ellner left Storage and moved to New York Metropolis with the hopes of changing into a stylist, however was not sure on learn how to proceed provided that he went to Parsons for style design and had not essentially styled full time earlier than.

Then Chamberlain’s publicist reached out and talked about she was searching for a full-time stylist, asking if Ellner would step as much as the plate.

“It was so past fortunate. The timing labored out extremely nicely, it was stunning,” he stated. “Then we sort of simply hit the bottom working.”

Chamberlain was one of many first stars to embrace the resurgence of developments from the late ‘90s to early Aughts period, managing to mesh items like a classic Paul Frank or Von Dutch crop high and low-rise cargo pants with Louis Vuitton loafers. With that, Ellner merely leaned into her sense of style and helped elevate it.

“​​She has unbelievable type. She’s really a dream consumer and particular person to work with as a result of she has such a very good sense of her personal type and a very good eye that it makes working together with her easy,” he stated. “I’m such a fan of how she places herself collectively already, so being requested to assist with that was the absolute best dream job I may’ve ever requested for.”

Relating to defining and drawing inspiration for her type, Ellner believes that Chamberlain may be very “traditional” and versatile.

“She seems timeless, it doesn’t matter what she does, I really feel like she has an excellent capability to put on new issues and classic issues and make all of it look traditional,” Ellner stated. “She jogs my memory a variety of early ‘90s style. She will be able to pull from a variety of completely different references. She all the time tends to make one thing look very pure, so it may possibly go one million other ways as a result of she’s tremendous adaptable.”

Just lately, Ellner helped put collectively among the YouTuber’s largest style seems this 12 months, together with the customized glowing, sequin- and rhinestone-studded Louis Vuitton costume she wore to her Met Gala debut. The costume featured triangle cutouts, exhibiting off her midriff and the edges of her abdomen, a backless design and an uneven practice on her proper facet.

Whereas the stylist has put collectively loads of memorable ensembles for Chamberlain since they’ve labored collectively, the Met Gala look was his favourite.

“I undoubtedly can’t take full credit score for that as a result of it was such a collaboration with Emma with Louis Vuitton,” Ellner stated. “There was a lot love and labor put into that from all sides. It was each of our first [Met Gala] and I feel she actually wished to ensure that this second was her showing grown-up. She’d by no means actually stepped out and showcased style like this.

“She had such stunning concepts. We have been sending forwards and backwards a variety of photographs of Cher and completely different silhouettes, like classic Prada,” he continued. “We wished to make use of this second to actually make her youthful however very grown-up and getting into a brand new gentle of style period for her. In order that was a really, very particular one.”

To date this 12 months, Ellner and Chamberlain have labored collectively on cowl shoots for L’Officiel Philippines, Forbes France and Numéro Netherlands, in addition to picture campaigns for Chamberlain Espresso and her “7 Days, 7 Appears to be like” video section for Vogue.

“It’s truthfully surreal, however it doesn’t actually really feel that overwhelming and scary as a result of I’ve such an incredible companion on this on the finish of the day,” Ellner stated. “I get to work together with her, and I really like her thoughts, how she thinks and what she needs a lot that it’s onerous to lose sight of that. It by no means feels daunting or intimidating. It’s genuinely simply thrilling.”

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