Rome Flynn | Style Issue 2019

STYLISTS
3 STYLE CONSULTANTS TO WATCH IN 2020
STYLIST
MICKEY FREEMAN
@MICKEYBOOOOM
WHEN/HOW DID YOU DISCOVER YOU COULD MAKE A LIVING
DRESSING PEOPLE?
The idea of styling as a career was always inside of me. In retrospect, I’ve been
subconsciously preparing myself for this career since elementary school. I was literally
my own muse. After high school, I began developing the necessary business
acumen to make it a reality. I would say what Misa Hylton was doing with Bad Boy
records in the late nineties was also a pivotal moment for me. I was literally my
first client I would say. Every time I walked out the door, I was a representation
of who I wanted to be and where I wanted to go in life, which was and still is the
driving force for my career as a stylist and designer.
HOW DO YOU CHOOSE CLOTHING FOR CLIENTS WHILE STILL
MAKING SURE THE OUTFITS REFLECT THEIR PERSONAL STYLE?
There are many methods I use which depends on the individual, but the one thing
I make certain to do is to try my best to connect with the client on a genuine level.
I like to find out about not only their past, but also where they want to go. In
doing so the visual aspect starts to sprout in my mind. Provoking the imagination
and invoking one’s inner confidence will always be in.
PHOTO CREDIT: MICHAEL CREAGH
LATELY THERE HAVE BEEN BIG SHIFTS IN THE WAY THAT MEN,
ESPECIALLY BLACK MEN, HAVE APPROACHED DRESSING. HAVE
YOU NOTICED A CHANGE IN THE TYPES OF CLOTHES YOUR CLI-
ENTS ARE WILLING TO TRY AND IF NOT, HOW HAVE YOUR CHAL-
LENGED YOUR CLIENTS TO TAKE GREATER RISKS WITH THEIR
WARDROBES?
There are many risks that my clientele are willing to take these days, some of
which that work and others that don’t. Most of my clients are public figures, so I
make an effort to let them know that how they perceive themselves may not be
the same as how the public perceives them. This sets the tone for them to become
more open, not to change but rather evolution.
FALL 2019 / 25