RYUJI SHIOMITSU, 24
Freelance stylist, teacher at Fashion Institute of the Philippines Clients: SM Ladies Fashion, ETC, Memo, Oxygen, Penshoppe, Cinderella, GMA
Artists Center, Mega and YStyle
Stylists are... the scriptwriters and storytellers of fashion.
My aesthetic is inßuenced by... the pulse of fashion inßuences. It includes whatÕs happening generally in fashion, in international Fashion Weeks, on the streets, general information, and anything that might strike my curiosity.
I grew up wearing... sport shirts and sweatpants because that was all that Þt me before (I was 220 pounds or more at my heaviest).
I wouldnÕt be caught dead in... a white sport shirt and tacky sweatpants (again).
My Þrst project... my mentor John HerreraÕs Holiday 2009 collection. He asked me to style his Philippine Fashion Week lookbook.
You can often find me pulling out from... a wide array of strategic places: from malls to designer ateliers. I almost always use the formula Manila-Makati-Ortigas-Quezon City to optimize brand and designer pullouts.
First rule of styling is... be inspired! All day, every day! ThereÕs no room for second-guessing!
Dream shoot involves... Steven Meisel shooting on location with Pat McGrath the makeup artist, Guido Palau the hair stylist and me as the fashion stylist with 40 trunks of options from blue chip brands!