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Harry Lambert (born 1987) is a British editorial and celebrity fashion stylist. He is best known for his work styling musician Harry Styles, actors Emma Corrin, Josh O'Connor and Eddie Redmayne and football player Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Harry Lambert grew up in Norwich, England, the son of a policeman and a nurse. [1] His obsession with style and clothing was sparked by a VHS tape of Madonna music videos that his mother used to show him on repeat as a child. [1] Lambert's father was also a very flamboyant dresser. [2] As a teenager, the Topman in Norwich denied him a job because they felt he "wasn't cool enough." [2] He eventually became employed at the River Island Topman, and his earliest work as a stylist was decorating the mannequins there. [2] He also dressed mannequins at his local charity shop. [1] Lambert studied photography at the University for the Creative Arts in Kent, it was here that he discovered the profession of fashion stylist. [2]
In the summers while he was at university, Lambert was an intern for fashion magazines. [2] As an intern at Vogue , he had the opportunity to work on shoots high profile industry professionals such as photographers Tim Walker and Nick Knight, fashion designer Lucinda Chambers and Popstar Cheryl Cole. [3]
Lambert worked for a senior menswear stylist in London for two and a half years. [2] [4] Following this, he worked as a freelance commercial stylist for Asos and Topman. [5] Lambert also assisted with styling fashion shows at London Fashion Week for designers JW Anderson, James Long, and Xander Zhou. [3] In 2013 he was a guest judge on Elite Model Look UK. [6] He became committed to pursuing styling long-term after he bejeweled roller-skates for Little Boots to wear in a shoot for The Guardian . [5]
Styles met Lambert in 2014. [5] At the time, Styles was a fan of Yves Saint Laurent, and emulating Mick Jagger's fashion. [5] Lambert presented him with a wardrobe he described as "playful", that was inspired by Gucci and JW Anderson. [5] At first, Styles felt that the flares he was presented with were "fucking crazy" but he loved that Lambert "had fun with clothing." [7] Lambert has connected Styles with many small designers, lifting their names up to the mainstream in the process. In 2015 Styles wore clothing by Daniel W. Fletcher. [8] Styles purchased every shirt in his graduate collection when Fletcher was only 24, [8] and wore them on talk shows, causing the launch of his collection to sell out instantly. [9] He wore Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY on the Late Late Show with James Corden in 2017, and custom Harris Reed during Live on Tour in 2018. [10] Lambert and Styles collaborated with Reed on outfits for Styles' "Lights Up" music video [11] and the December 2020 profile of Vogue. [7] Similar to Fletcher, Reed was in the process of graduating from Central Saint Martins when he was commissioned. [11] Styles wore clothes created by the designer Steven Stokey-Daley in his "Golden" music video, [12] as well as items by designers Emily Bode, [7] Arturo Obegero, [13] and Lazoschmidl, [14] among others. Styles collaborated with Lambert on his Met Gala outfit [15] and for his Vogue photoshoot, where he wore a Gucci dress on the cover. [7] He partnered with Styles in 2021 to launch the gender-neutral nail care and lifestyle brand, Pleasing. [16]
Lambert worked with Emma Corrin and Josh O'Connor on red carpet attire for The Crown , [17] [18] [19] but they were forced to deliver looks digitally instead of for talk shows, premieres, and awards due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [20] [21] He also worked with O'Connor for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where he wore a custom Loewe look. [22] Lambert styled Corrin for the 2022 Laurence Olivier Awards, where they wore a Loewe dress, and for the 2022 Met Gala, where they paid homage to Evander Berry Wall. [20] [21]
In 2021 Lambert started working with football player Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Their first work together was for Highsnobiety. [23] Later that year, Lambert styled Calvert-Lewin for the cover of Arena Homme +, where he wore a flared short suit and a glittery pink Prada handbag. [5] In 2022 Lambert worked with Calvert-Lewin on a British GQ editorial. [24]
Lambert has also styled Barry Keoghan [25] and Alexander Skarsgård. [26] Brands he has worked with include Harvey Nichols, [27] Paul & Joe, [28] Jo Malone London [29] and Gucci. [30] He styled campaigns for designers S.S. DALEY [31] and Harris Reed. [32]
Lambert's work has sparked debate about gender norms in fashion. [33] However, he claims that debate is not his intent, saying that commentary on gender is simply "a byproduct of what we’re doing [. . .] I'm aware that what I do is having an impact, but is that top of the agenda for me? No.” [5] He says that he hopes when he is gone that people remember him for "silly things such as putting Harry [Styles] in pearls" and "when people dress up as Harry for Halloween" because "It means that we’ve done something that has had cultural impact. It means we got through." [5]
Lambert has lived in east London since 2009. [34] He lives with his partner Antonio. [34]
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