Behind The Scenes And On Set With Stevie Boi
Recently I not only had the chance to take the lead as creative director for a shoot featuring luxury eyewear designer, Stevie Boi and his latest collection‘ Leather’— I also had the fortunate opportunity to sit down one-onone and ask the celebrity stylist, designer and on-air personality about his love of design, his latest collection and a few other questions in between. From social media to McQueen we covered it all. Even discussing briefly working with Lady Gaga on her upcoming album, ARTPOP.
Dana Elizabeth: Start from the beginning, how did you get into Fashion?
Stevie Boi: I got into fashion just by being spontaneous; I started off doing music and making music on social media platforms like Myspace and Youtube. Then I started making my own clothing so when I performed live, I’ d have things to wear. Then it turned into this whole entire production, I started making T-shirts with my logo on it and eyewear, accessories, and started designing shoes with multiple companies … and that’ s pretty much how it started …
D: At what age did you start to design? S: Sixteen …
D: What made you want to go into design and who really inspired you?
S: Grace Jones and Leigh Bowery, which is ironically Alexander McQueens’ biggest inspiration when it came to design. I just love crazy stuff, ya know? I always try to think of the 1980’ s when I design, that’ s what I’ m inspired by … the Andy Wharol era, Grace Jones and Leigh Bowery eras …
D: So how did you go from designing for yourself, to designing for others?
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