GET BUSY

VenessaMichaels "Get Busy" video is my Creative Directorial debut in video format. To make the settings feel authentically Angeleno, the video was shot in various Los Angeles locations including Highland Park, West Hollywood, and Glendale. I was particularly inspired to use the Luchador masks after watching a video about female Bolivian Luchadoras, one of the women said they felt like they could be anyone when they took on their character roles in the ring. We decided to use the Luchador masks to mark a trigger for each character to "Get Busy" in a similar fashion, almost as if they became an entirely different person. Wardrobe was selected to feel as natural as possible and with a primary color palette. It was way too much fun developing this project and my favorite part was that we realized post production that our entire cast and crew was made up of minorities, LGBT, and a majority of women. An exciting factor in a male dominated industry. 

NEVER SQUAD DOWN

The Never Squad Down music video is JSTJR 's 3 song EP release super-video featuring Uniiqu3 and Ma-less. I had the pleasure of styling all the main characters in the video. The most exciting part of this project was styling 5 very different women in a way that made them feel empowered, sexy, and comfortable. The biggest challenge was making everyone look like a cohesive team while still looking like the individuals they truly are. I had an absolute blast styling this project and my favorite part of this video was that I invited each girl to let me incorporate their favorite pieces of their own wardrobe into the final looks. 

MONDAY

Monday is a short film featured on HBO that I had the pleasure of heading wardrobe for. As the head costume designer I was responsible for working closely with the director to understand his idea of what each character should look like and manifest the ideal wardrobe for the film. This included fittings, multiple wardrobe duplicates, creating custom pieces, accessories, and being on set for shooting to ensure the consistency of each character's look. The greatest challenge for this project was also my favorite part of the job, which was to style each of these dramatically differing characters. Characters ranged from a policeman, to a chola, to the conservatively clean cut main character, to a party-boy drug fiend, and a homeless man.