Visit our Circulation department for print subscription information. Yang said her clients, who include Angelina Jolie, Calista Flockhart, Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar, must be sure they'll look good in pictures seen around the world. They need to know their 'package,' so to speak, looks the best that it can. Foolish attire could stall a star's progress faster than Joan Rivers can cackle. En vogue once again, Cher heeded the pundits' advice last year and attended the Oscar show in a far more conservative black gown.
Stylists are the fashion gladiators.
The second she put her toe on the red carpet, looking so gorgeous in that beautiful dress, she became a star. Keeping up with the trends is too much work for most working actors, said stylist Phillip Bloch, whose Oscar clients have included Sandra Bullock and Salma Hayek. Celebrities aren't on the cutting edge of fashion. They don't have time. In recent years, some designers have tried to eliminate the middleman and form relationships with celebrities independent of stylists.