![]() “The studios dictate that we work for flat rates, with all expenses coming out of our fee for our creativity and labor. We had no voice in deciding how these standards were created and, quite frankly, these standards are unsustainable,” says Slutsky. “From a stylist point of view, the studios have created an ‘industry standard’ pay scale that no stylist agreed to. The money required to take on clients has made breaking into or even maintaining a career as a celebrity stylist extremely difficult. That’s something that happens on a very frequent basis.” By the time we’re complete, I may be five to 10 thousand dollars in the hole, and I have to wait 30, 60, sometimes 90 days to get reimbursed. “I have staff, so I have to pay my team and pay my assistants to get the job done. “For example, if there’s an advertisement for a film rollout and they hire a celebrity stylist to do it, the stylist now has to go out and use their own credit card and their own funds to purchase items and buy everything that’s needed,” he explains. Not only that, there’s also usually a net 60 or net 90 clause to get your money,” Mozie says. “Across the board, studio budgets are extremely low in terms of what they give the stylist for the clothing and for their work. Two of the policies at the top of the list of concerns for the L.A.-based creative known for styling Colombian singer-songwriter Maluma, singer Jon Batiste and actor Jeremy Pope are pay rates and payment terms. “As somebody who’s worked as a costume designer, a celebrity stylist and a fashion editor, I’ve definitely seen a lot of unfair situations and policies that don’t serve us,” he says. ![]() stylists union “a beautiful thing,” can attest to the need for reform. Nigerian designer and image director Ugo Mozie, who calls the U.K. in all honesty, it’s a bit of a relief to learn I’m not alone, but rather part of a global community who has been struggling with the same issues.” “I personally relate to all of the experiences relayed by the stylists in the U.K. are inspired to band together in a similar effort. stylists coming together to unionize and says it’s her “sincere hope” that stylists in the U.S. It’s for that reason she stands behind the U.K. “We service the same types of clients working for the same networks,” explains Slutsky, who’s styled actresses Mandy Moore, Jessica Williams and Elizabeth Olsen. New York-based stylist Sarah Slutsky says conditions in the U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour's Solid Rocket Motors Arrive at California Science Center In line with a wave of labor activity this year - and as the dual writers and actors strikes continue in Hollywood - the stylists union seeks to regulate their pay structure with a goal to establish rate cards and best practices to account for late hours, last-minute requests, prep work and upfront costs related to pulling looks, tailoring items, shipping clothes and travel for which many say they aren’t compensated. stylists recently announced the formation of the Celebrity Stylists Union, a branch of Bectu, the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union in Europe. The quest for improved working conditions in Hollywood has mobilized across the pond and into another industry, as a group of U.K.
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