Fashion-conscious from a very young age, Beagy’s first full sentence was “Don’t touch my shoes”, the words of a true fashionista in the making. Raised in Europe, Beagy was exposed to a variety of styles and cultures that she incorporates in her style today. It was her love for fashion that brought her to New York to study textile/fashion design and merchandising. She began her career as a fashion merchandiser where she was sent on travels to countries like Asia to learn more about design production and fabrics.
Still on a journey to further develop her craft and passion, Beagy worked in many other areas of the fashion industry such as design, showrooms and editorial, it was during this journey that she built a sizable rolodex that would later help launch her career as a fashion stylist. Beagy is currently working as a fashion stylist and personal shopper. She recalls: “I never even considered becoming a stylist professionally. All of my friends & co-workers would come to me for style advice or to help them re-vamp their wardrobe. I was having so much fun doing it; I never saw it as a job”. If Beagy can’t be found on the set of a fashion shoot she is likely to be found shopping with a stack of YSL, Chloe and Roland Mouret in her arms… for her clients, of course.
Beagy’s latest venture is L’Armoire Du Styliste, an international clothing , shoe and accessory rental studio for stylists & editors based out of New York. She has used her experience of working with other rental studios and knowledge of the industry, to create a super studio that fills the void that others in the past have missed. “I want my studio to be a full service rental studio. When a stylist comes in; I want to know that at the end of the shoot, the designer will be happy with the way they were shown, the stylist & team will have great shots for their books and everyone will have an amazing tear sheet in a magazine that will make the editor of that mag happy. That’s my goal.”
XEX-CLUSIVE BEAGY ZIELINSKI INTERVIEW
Do you consider your work bizzare and/or how do you relate to that concept ?
I don’t think it’s bizarre, I think it’s Avant-Garde. Its art. It’s like letting the fantasy characters in my head come to life, I love it.
When you were young, living in Europe, what did fashion mean to you ? What does it mean to you now ?
Fashion for me was always and still is my life. I don’t know what I would do if I wasn’t in fashion. It’s my job, my hobby and my religion, and I love every second of the up and down rollercoaster that is fashion.
When your on set, and something doesn’t go as planned, how do you handle the situation ?
To be honest most of my best ideas come when I am under pressure and the clock is ticking. So I welcome those moments…it’s not brain surgery, its fashion! If you don’t have fun with it, you need to be doing something else.
What are some fashion tips that you would give to men and women ?
Have fun with fashion & dress for your body/look, don’t follow trends that may not work for your body/lifestyle just because some celeb is doing it.
Are there any positive memorable moments in your career as a fashion stylist that you remember while working with a magazine of a celebrity ?
Every day that I work in the industry that I love, learn more and grow as an artist if a great day. Even the rough days are “good days” as long as I learned something from them…
UPDATE: Catch Beagy Zielinski’s styling on Tyra Banks every Wednesday on the CW’s America’s Next Top Model (Cycle 16) !
|Photography by William Lords|
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