{"id":206863,"date":"2021-03-20T00:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jenna-tyson-reveals-costume-secrets-from-flo-millis-roaring-20s-video\/"},"modified":"2021-03-20T00:53:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T21:53:00","slug":"jenna-tyson-reveals-costume-secrets-from-flo-millis-roaring-20s-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jenna-tyson-reveals-costume-secrets-from-flo-millis-roaring-20s-video\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jenna Tyson reveals costume secrets from Flo Milli&#8217;s &#8216;Roaring 20s&#8217; video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Jenna Tyson reveals costume secrets from Flo Milli&#8217;s &#8216;Roaring 20s&#8217; video<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Flo Milli swung into 2021 in a gleaming sweep of diamonds, crystals and sequins.<\/p>\n<p>After <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2021\/01\/10271154\/flo-milli-rapper-roaring-20s-interview\">having a breakout year<\/a> in 2020, the r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKC68IKhSMm\/\">took to her social media pages<\/a> on Jan. 14 to tease the single art and an audio snippet of her Kenny Beats-produced track \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Roaring-20s-Explicit\/dp\/B08SWJ1523?tag=nypost-20\">Roaring 20s<\/a>\u201d \u2014\u00a0which features a sample and interpolation of the song \u201cIf I Were a Rich Man\u201d from \u201cFiddler on the Roof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the track\u2019s single art, which was shot by Spike Jordan, Flo Milli rocked a custom three-piece suit designed by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.5001flavors.com\/\">5001 Flavors<\/a> that hinted at the coming luxury of the track\u2019s video.<\/p>\n<p>By the first week of February, the glamorous visuals for the track had been released, with the video featuring a concept aligned perfectly with the song\u2019s title.<\/p>\n<p>The video, which was directed by Child, pulled inspiration from 1920s style and one specific entertainment icon \u2014\u00a0the incomparable Josephine Baker. Flo Milli even nicknamed herself \u201cFlosephine Baker\u201d in a behind-the-scenes clip from the video shoot she <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKzLNDihrhB\/\">posted on her Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flo Milli - Roaring 20s (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4DUj_Jrq1hs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Featuring bouncing choreography from Sean Bankhead and endless sass from the Alabama-born rapper, the visual roars to life in its first shots. But it is the video\u2019s costumes that are the true showstoppers, with stylist <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/msjtyson\/?hl=en\">Jenna Tyson<\/a> and her talented team dreaming up and executing several unforgettable looks for the visual. <\/p>\n<p>A mentee of the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.co.uk\/fashion\/article\/misa-hylton-fashion-anti-racism\">legendary stylist<\/a> Misa Hylton, Tyson has been working as a costume designer and fashion stylist for nine years. So she was well-equipped to take on all the challenges of prepping the \u201cRoaring 20s\u201d video\u2019s styling concepts in just one week ahead of it being filmed in Atlanta, Georgia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And to give us the full rundown on the video\u2019s gorgeous costumes, Tyson chatted with the Post about the details behind styling the \u201cRoaring 20s\u201d video and how she brought its breathtaking fashion story to life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get your start in the industry as a stylist?<br \/><\/strong><br \/>I\u2019m originally from California and I moved to New York to chase my fashion dream. One of my favorite costume designers of all time is Patricia Field. She\u2019s always been an inspiration to me. I remember reading an interview of hers where she was saying that the major inspiration of her career has been New York City as its backdrop. So I was in California reading that and I was like, \u201cOh, OK, I gotta go to New York. Say less.\u201d So I did just that in under a year. I went to New York, worked in retail and stuff like that. And then my favorite stylist at the time was Mariel Haenn. She was doing a lot of cool stuff for Rihanna. That was during the Rated R time. I was obsessed with her. I was researching her thinking, \u201cOK, I wanna work with her because I love what she\u2019s doing and what she\u2019s creating.\u201d And then I had read an article of hers that was saying that she had gotten a lot of inspiration and a big break from the legendary fashion stylist Misa Hylton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So that research is what led you to connect with Misa Hylton?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was like, \u201cOK, where is Misa?\u201d I\u2019m in New York, I know she\u2019s in New York. Where is she? She needs to mentor me, she needs to put me onto the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. That\u2019s how I wanna get in, too. This was like 2012. But I could not find her. She had <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, she had Instagram, and it\u2019s like you couldn\u2019t find a contact. I couldn\u2019t find a professional entry point to her, and it was very frustrating for me. That same summer of 2012, she had sent a tweet out saying that she was starting <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/misahyltonfashionacademy.com\/\">The Misa Hylton Fashion Academy<\/a>. So she was having interviews at her office on Broadway, and I went down and was one of the first people to interview for her fashion academy. I got accepted and that was my entry point. That\u2019s one of those moments where it\u2019s just like, okay, this is meant to be for those pieces to come together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now how did you begin your styling work with Flo Milli?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flo\u2019s manager is Ebony Ward, and a stylist I used to work for, Bobby Wesley, is a stylist for Future, Young Thug, Gunna, Roddy Rich. I worked with Bobby for years, and Ebony manages, in addition to Flo, Gunna and Future, of course. We all had working relationships and she got Flo as an artist. She pulled us all in to what would be the organic placement of that job. She initially actually wanted to hire another stylist that I had worked for previously. His name was Eric Archibald. He\u2019s a costume designer, so he was in Los Angeles costume designing. So I had helped him on an initial project. I was helping him put a team together to work with [Flo Milli], and then her and I, you know, we clicked. I really liked her energy. So then Ebony was like, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you style her?\u201d And I was like, \u201cAlright, cool. I\u2019ll style her for a couple of things.\u201d It\u2019s so important in fashion that you have a cool connection and a proper kinetic energy [with who you\u2019re styling], so that the person could be comfortable. Because if you\u2019re not comfortable, you could be wearing anything and it\u2019s going to translate. You have to like who\u2019s dressing you as much as you like what they\u2019re dressing you in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So that connection with Flo Milli made you confident you, too, would be a great pairing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We got along cool. She\u2019s a very high vibrational energy girl. I have the same kind of energies that she does, and we hit it off. That\u2019s it. That\u2019s how it got in motion. But I had met her prior, too, when I had worked with her on the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.papermag.com\/flo-milli-misa-hylton-america-2648589130.html\">Paper Magazine shoot<\/a> with Misa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That was the denim shoot, correct?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, that was the denim, all the custom pieces that we did.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Flo Milli Roaring 20s\" class=\"wp-image-17607311 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brandonalmengo\/?hl=en\">Brandon Almengo<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>When it comes to ideating concepts for something like a music video or photoshoot for Flo Milli, what is the process your team goes through in the early stages of a project?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The creative comes from a lot of different places. The creative might come from the director, the creative might come from her management Ebony, the creative might come from the editors, the fashion editors, it might come from anywhere. But it\u2019s not where you take it from, it\u2019s where you take it to, right? Once it comes into a concept, then I go over the ideation with my team. Then we figure out, \u201cOK, this is what they want, but how do we make it something that we know is fly? Something that resonates with everybody.\u201d I\u2019m a millennial but my team is Gen-Z. So it\u2019s like we talk and say, \u201cI wanted to have a cool factor that transcends. I want [Flo Milli] to be able to speak to everybody. I want her to feel super cool and relevant but I also want there to be real fashion elements in it.\u201d We just take that with everything and then just figure out how do we make it different, how do we make it truly fashionable and how do we make her look the best she possibly could.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where did the inspiration for the \u201cRoaring 20s\u201d video come from, and why did you all choose to tell the song\u2019s story through this specific creative vision?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was Ebony and Flo. The time that we\u2019re in of this global pandemic, to them it was very indicative of the 1920s. When the Roaring Twenties started, the world had just gotten over the Spanish flu pandemic and everybody was so sick of being stuck in the house. Everybody got dressed up and was drinking up and it was just a party. So that\u2019s what everybody is anticipating outside when it truly opens up again. They were thinking of that plus Flo got put on in [2020]. Last year was really when she blew up and it was in the middle of the pandemic. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>What came after they locked in the overall video concept?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[The video concept] was all of [Ebony and Flo Milli\u2019s] whole creativity and creative direction. She chose the director, a Black female director named Child. Then I came on and took over doing fashion styling and costume designs for the whole video. I have two assistants, they\u2019re both Black females. I have a friend of mine, Mary Giggler, who is a dope fashion stylist. She does a lot of editorial things and costume design as well. I brought her in to help me to create the looks for Flo, because again, we did [custom pieces] for everybody. It was all custom for Flo, all custom for her dancers, and then we dressed everyone else in the video. This includes Sean Bankhead, who intros the video, and all of the background actors. It was a lot of people to dress for the team and the time that we had.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was it like to work with a team comprised predominately of Black creatives to make the video\u2019s concept reality?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ebony called in all of her friends. It was really a moment of Black excellence I was styling, she had a Black director, she had a Black [hair stylist], she had a Black [make up team]. Another good friend of Ebony\u2019s, an incredible director and photographer, Spike Jordan, took that initial photo that teased the video that you saw, which was a fantastic image. She has so many creative, talented people there, just because of relationships and how we had all been there. For a young Black professional and a female like Ebony to have created this space for her artist, another young Black female. To be surrounded by Black creative excellence. What a time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You even had Sean Bankhead as the choreographer to add to the Black excellence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was very powerful. To have everybody have been somebody that came up in the game, that came up in the entertainment industry as an intern or an assistant and now dominating their fields. And then to look around and the majority of the people there were Black. Like what an excellent time. At a time like this, where so many people aren\u2019t even employed, for us to be able to be working in a space like that was very powerful. And I think that just translated through the whole video, with the imagery, with the looks, with the performances.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Flo Milli Roaring 20s Video\" class=\"wp-image-17607694 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/SALE.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/SALE.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/SALE.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/SALE.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/SALE.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spikejordan\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brandonalmengo\/?hl=en\">Brandon Almengo<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>I remember looking at all the credits that people were posting on social media in the days after the video went live. I was clicking through to see who made the video happen and I was so inspired seeing that it was a predominately Black team.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The team was Blackity, Black, Black. And for us all to be pouring into a 21-year-old Black woman on the come up, that\u2019s iconic. To give her the courage and the support, and the confidence and really everybody come in and doing their job. There was no skimping. There was no pinching. She really had each and everything that she needed to have the star power that she embodied, and then that she poured all over her performance shots. She killed the video. She came in like the super star that she is, and it feels so good to be her seniors and to be looking like, \u201cThat\u2019s right, you ate that up.\u201d It makes us so happy because we\u2019re working tirelessly behind the scenes. But to pour that into somebody that\u2019s so deserving and that looks like us. That can tell these next generations that you absolutely can do it. You put the work in, you can have whatever, you can be whatever. It\u2019s so powerful and empowering. You don\u2019t have to be anything that they tell you you have to be. You don\u2019t have to be a character, you don\u2019t have to be naked, you don\u2019t have to be s\u2014. You could be you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How important was it for you all to be able to use an iconic figure like Josephine Baker as reference for the video\u2019s styling concepts and to be able to share that piece of history with viewers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think it was super important for Flo and Ebony to present that to the world. For us, for me and my team, it was just the imagery part of it. I love so many classic people. I love so many old Hollywood figures. I love all that era. It\u2019s like the things that make you want to get to know someone. It\u2019s those iconic images that you see. You could tell me anything you\u2019re looking for, and in my brain, I\u2019ll be like, I know that this person wore something like this. Let\u2019s find that photo because it\u2019s emblazoned in your mind. When it\u2019s a real cool creative and when people really hit the mark and do something that\u2019s really glamorous, elegant, quality, top-tier fashion, you never forget it. So for me, [this video] was one of those moments. As iconic as Josephine was \u2014 because she had her de-clawed panthers, and all her diamonds and her revealing moments \u2014 I wanted to make sure that Flo\u2019s ensemble were as impressive as Josephine\u2019s. So that they\u2019d be memorable and iconic and people would want to watch the video not even need to hear the song. They\u2019d just be like, \u201cLet\u2019s see that skirt bounce again. Let me see her in that suit again. What was that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>And how did that goal of making this video an iconic moment show up in your costuming choices?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To me, Flo\u2019s such a fashion girl. She\u2019s fashion forward, she has a great figure. She\u2019s tall, she\u2019s thin, she\u2019s a beautiful girl with brown skin. There\u2019s so many things about her that are just iconically beautiful. I just wanted to make sure that we were constantly highlighting them. Because I think so many times, especially as a Black person in America, people love to try to quantify and label us within the confines that they think we are acceptable of. I want to make sure that constantly, especially in wardrobe, we\u2019re just hitting it out the box for her all the time. She\u2019s Flosephine today, she\u2019s Flo Milli tomorrow, and every time I just want it to be more impactful than the last time. So that people know that there are no limits upon her. You know she could be and she will be, and she will do anything, and she is gonna eat it up every time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Flo Milli Roaring 20s\" class=\"wp-image-17607302 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brandonalmengo\/?hl=en\">Brandon Almengo<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>So let\u2019s talk the specific looks in the video. What was the inspiration for the white suit.<br \/><\/strong><br \/>It was some runway inspiration that we had for the suit originally. But one of my assistants was a textile student at FIT. So her, Mary, and Kenny, they sourced that textured white fabric in New York. And then once we found that we loved it, we already knew what kind of suit we wanted to have. We knew we wanted a jacket with tails. I knew that I wanted a dickey instead of a proper shirt. We know that we wanted a bowtie that was similar to the Tom Ford bowties. I have a lot of OGs in the game that are my mentors, so I know all the places. When I knew the suit I wanted to make, it wasn\u2019t even a question in my mind, I\u2019m like, let me call [Guy Wood] from 5001 Flavors, because they do some of the best custom suiting that everyone sees on the carpets. He has some of the best tailors in New York. So I called Guy. I was like, \u201cHey, I\u2019m working with this new artist. I need this kind of suit.\u201d He was like, \u201cNo problem. Give me the fabric. Tell me what you need. I got you.\u201d So he made the entire suit, the cummerbund, the pants, the jacket, the bowtie, made it all for me custom, turned it around in a crazy amount of time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How fast was he able to get those pieces made?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We prepped that video in seven days. So that suit I think he did for me in two to three days. I got the fabric on a Friday, the suit was done on a Tuesday kind of a thing. And they don\u2019t work on the weekends. That\u2019s the thing about using the OGs. Guy has been doing what he does since the \u201990s. So when you call him like that, he\u2019s like, \u201cYeah, of course. I got you. It\u2019s nothing.\u201d When you go to the people that are known for doing those iconic things, it seems it\u2019s always quick and it can happen. It\u2019s magical. But I spent a lot of time interning and assisting, so I have a lot of contacts and have a lot of relationships with people. We have a mutual respect from the work that I put in with people and with their peers. They saw me work and not sleep and hustle as an intern and an assistant. So the people that I can call everyone may not be able to call.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about the tailoring for the suit? How did you get it so precise because it fit Flo perfectly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have amazing tailors in Atlanta that did all of the customization for that because we just went off measurements to make the suiting. My tailor in Atlanta is fire. She\u2019s one of the best. She\u2019s a master tailor and she did all of those alterations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The quality of a look truly comes through in those little details. And it\u2019s great to also be able to support Black-owned brands and Black designers and tailors that are doing such phenomenal work in the fashion space.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Exactly. I know that 5001 Flavors have made some of the dopest suits that we\u2019ve seen on the red carpet, whether it\u2019s a suit for Diddy or Nipsey. So it\u2019s like, why would I go to [Dolce &amp; Gabbana] or Tom Ford. I could give 5001 my money, and I know they\u2019re gonna have an equal quality. Just because it\u2019s a house that people deem luxury doesn\u2019t mean that\u2019s where luxury stops. It\u2019s greater than that. I\u2019m always going to go to 5001 Flavors, even when it\u2019s the Grammys for Flo. Even when it\u2019s not a video. If it\u2019s suiting that we need, why wouldn\u2019t I go to 5001?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Flo Milli Roaring 20s\" class=\"wp-image-17607309 lazyload\" width=\"618\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-milli-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-milli-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-milli-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-milli-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-milli-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236 1236w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brandonalmengo\/?hl=en\">Brandon Almengo<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Can you tell me about the crystal look Flo Milli wore in the shots on the swing?<br \/><\/strong><br \/>That was our Josephine Baker look. There was the reference photo that we had. It was her with the chandelier earrings, and she had this crystal set on. She was a bit more provocative than what we had to be in this video. Obviously [Flo] is a little bit younger and her life is a little different. Mary actually made those earrings. She had a jeweler history as well, so she made the earrings. And then I was going through the Garmet District in New York looking for what I wanted. I knew what I wanted it to look like, but I hadn\u2019t found anything. I built that top with one of my tailors in New York. The appliqu\u00e9 pieces that you see for her crystal bra, I built them on top of a bra. I actually flipped it because they did it wrong the first time. I\u2019m a Virgo and it\u2019s all about the details for me. I had them take it apart and put it back together because I\u2019m that particular.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about the crystal shorts you paired with the bra?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I had the panty made, and then my tailor in Atlanta had to remake it because it just wasn\u2019t perfect. The little panty was actually a necklace. Mary had made me buy this necklace. She was like, \u201cThis necklace will be like the bra top.\u201d Then I\u2019m like, \u201cI don\u2019t know, it looks a little provocative.\u201d But it was so expensive that I was like, \u201cWhere are we going to use this necklace, Mary Giggler?\u201d When I went to fit Flo, I just had the vision to put the necklace on top of the short because it wasn\u2019t hidden enough for me. When I put it on top of the short our tailor pined it and it was perfect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you pick the accessories for that Josephine Baker look?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A designer in New York created the Flo Milli crystallized gloves. My first assistant Habibat Toun Julmat, she stone the thigh-highs on set. We were on set probably like 12 to 13 hours. I had the girls working down. We were running back and forth. It was very high intensity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are so many days and hours of work that go into making a three-minute video many viewers may not even think about.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Literally so much. There was a headpiece that was supposed to go on that look. So we made the headband and blew up the headpiece because it wasn\u2019t doing what I needed to do. I didn\u2019t have time to finish it all, so we put the crystallized headband on her. And it just hit. Everything worked out. God is good. Everything is gonna work out the way that it\u2019s supposed to work out. It doesn\u2019t always seem like that in the moment, but it\u2019s the reality.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Flo Milli Roaring 20s\" class=\"wp-image-17607303 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spikejordan\">Spike Jordan<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the story behind the bodysuit Flo Milli is wearing during the dance sequence in the video? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let me bring Mary Giggler back into it. I have this really, really dope guy in New York that I get all the appliqu\u00e9s from. Where I got the pieces for her crystal bra top is the same place that I got the crystals for that bodysuit with the feather skirt. As soon as I saw it, I was like, \u201cOh my God, I need that.\u201d But the way that it comes, is just those stones. It\u2019s just the appliqu\u00e9. It doesn\u2019t come on anything. I\u2019m just walking in circles like, \u201cWhat am I gonna put this on?\u201d Because I need it to be on something. I love it. Once I love it, it\u2019s over. Then I had to find a bodysuit, a very expensive bodysuit to put [the appliqu\u00e9] on. I think it was snowing that day and we\u2019re all rushing around the city in the snow. We go to get the bodysuit. OK, cool. It\u2019s perfect. Then we take it to the tailor and tell them to attach this, put this here, cut this out. We go through the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now how did the feather train become a part of the look?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mary was like, \u201cJenna, we have to make this skirt from \u201cMoulin Rouge!\u201d they had this dope feather skirt.\u201d And I\u2019m like, \u201cOK, I\u2019ve never seen \u201cMoulin Rouge!\u201d She\u2019s going on and on about it. So we all stop and watch this scene with Nicole Kidman and this outfit on the swing in the skirt. The video\u2019s director had wanted to do that swing moment. Originally it was supposed to be the swing with the feather skirt. We are going back and forth and I\u2019m like, \u201cFine, this skirt.\u201d I used to be a milliner and I used to make hats, so I used to find all about feathers and feather shades and all this stuff. I knew I wanted to get these feather boas, which are very expensive. And I was trying to skimp it a little bit because I\u2019m like, \u201cOh my God, we still have to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> to Atlanta. We\u2019ve gotta do all these things. I need all my assistants with me.\u201d It was intense. And Mary is like, \u201cWe need more. There\u2019s this gold mylar that\u2019s like $400 dollars for the pack.\u201d She\u2019s like, \u201cWe need to twist the mylar in the feather boas.\u201d We did all these things by ourselves. We built the whole skirt out, and then I had our master tailor, Diedra Reese-Toney in Atlanta, just attach it to the bodysuit. But we had already put all of the pieces of that skirt together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So I\u2019m sure the actual shoot day had to be extremely hectic with you having to get Flo into so many complex looks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was all of us working through the night burning the midnight oil \u2014 me, and Mary Giggler and then my two assistants. They were so tired of us and all of these ideas. In addition to that, then we had the dancers\u2019 costumes. We made those as well. Like that skirt that you see them in wasn\u2019t a skirt. That was just this fringe appliqu\u00e9 that was on this netting. So we had to cut it out and make it a skirt. Then we had to attach it with this other band to these panties that we got them. And then when they got ready to be on camera, my assistant Habibat<strong> <\/strong>was freaking out because it\u2019s like they were weighing down the panties. So they\u2019re on side the stage stitching them into these skirts. Then we got these bras for them and attached the ostrich feathers to the top of the bras and to the bra straps. Then when they got on stage, their boobs are flying out. So we had to stitch them into them. It was a labor of love. When I tell you these girls were worn out by the end of this video. And it was cold and we were in a tent in Atlanta. They were so tired of me and these costumes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you have to make any major alterations to Flo Milli\u2019s looks while on<\/strong> <strong>set?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She wanted to detach the skirt from her bodysuit because she kept stepping into it. We had it so long so that it would be dramatic and would sweep the floor. But when she would do her dance moves, her heels kept getting caught in the bottom of the feather boas because we had bound them together so they had little pockets. So we literally had to stop the camera. It was me and my two main assistants, two other assistants we have in Atlanta, plus the tailor, plus her assistant. It was five of us literally cutting the bottom of these boas open and then binding them back up shorter and shorter to make sure that it could be high enough, because everybody wants her to wear this skirt now. So now we\u2019re just ripping s\u2014- off the bottom, cutting it as fast as we can. And then I\u2019m literally on the floor and laying, trying to twist it up to the right heel height like, \u201cKick. Kick. Kick.\u201d So we could see if it\u2019ll stick inside of the boa. We got it, but we were worn out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m tired after just listening to all you had to do to get that one look just right. Was it just a one-day shoot?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was a one-day shoot. We got there in the morning, set everything up for background, for dancers, and we hadn\u2019t had a fitting. We only fit Flo. So we hadn\u2019t had a fitting with anyone else. So it was a very intense day on set. Because normally what they do is hire a stylist and then they hire a stylist for the background. But again, like I said, I\u2019m a Virgo. I\u2019m a little particular. In addition to that, I have a background in costume design, so I was like, \u201cI could do the whole thing. It\u2019s not that deep.\u201d Then when I got there I was like, \u201cI\u2019m sorry y\u2019all. I\u2019m sorry I did this to us.\u201d But it looked great, so I was partially sorry.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Flo Milli Roaring 20s\" class=\"wp-image-17607308 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brandonalmengo\/?hl=en\">Brandon Almengo<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>During the shoot day, was there any particular moment where you realized, \u201cThis it it. We got what we wanted. This video is about to pop.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would say definitely when we saw the white suit come to fruition. I would also say our moment where we knew it was a hit was seeing her on stage with the dancers in the look with the feather skirt. Seeing her on stage with the dancers \u2014\u00a0and them hitting it and her hitting it \u2014\u00a0was really that star quality where we were like, \u201cOK, well, this is about to be something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What were you thinking once the video shoot wrapped after a whirlwind week to get everything prepped for it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was like, \u201cAlright y\u2019all, let\u2019s get this stuff in the car and get her changed. It\u2019s her birthday and she\u2019s going to celebrate at the house with her friends. Then let\u2019s get ready because her birthday party is tomorrow night and we\u2019ve got to be ready to get her in her birthday outfit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The work doesn\u2019t stop is what you\u2019re telling me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t stop. I didn\u2019t have a minute to think about [the shoot] because it was, \u201cOkay, her birthday is here. We have all the looks. Does she have what she needs? Can we get her dressed for this and then get her through this night of her birthday so we can all pack this stuff up, get it organized and get back to New York. Because we don\u2019t live in Atlanta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>When Flo Milli first teased the \u201cRoaring 20s\u201d track with the single art in the white suit, what was your reaction to the buzz surrounding the look and the song. Because we didn\u2019t even know what\u2019s coming in full with the video, but you definitely did.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was really proud of what we had all accomplished, and I was really excited that everybody was so excited about her being fully dressed and just seeing a beautiful girl and a fashion girl in that moment. When I first started working on Flo, I was like, \u201cYou\u2019re gonna be a fashion girl.\u201d To me, that was like point one of this journey to get her to be the optimal fashion girl in the game. So then the reaction to her in a suit with a bun, jewelry and just beautiful makeup, I was elated. I was so happy that\u2019s how it was being received for the first sneak peek.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Flo Milli Roaring 20s\" class=\"wp-image-17607529 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Flo-Milli.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spikejordan\">Spike Jordan<\/a> \/ RCA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What was your first thought when you saw the finished video?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I loved it. I thought it was great. I was excited. I knew people were gonna love it. I\u2019ve worked under a lot of legendary stylists and I\u2019ve worked with a lot of legendary artists. So to see someone up at the level at which Flo is in her career, and to know where it\u2019s going, knowing that she doesn\u2019t even know what\u2019s coming, it\u2019s so exciting. We\u2019re really just getting started and she\u2019s so deserving. She\u2019s such a lovely human being. It\u2019s so nice to help create something for somebody that\u2019s so deserving of all of the success, and all of the recognition and all of the praise that\u2019s coming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you face any limitations when it came to pulling off the overall vision of the video?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flo is a new artist. So is her budget an exorbitant amount? Absolutely not. But it\u2019s deeper than that. It was not about the money. I would rather spend every dollar of the budget making sure that this video was excellent so that she feels the support behind her is real. She\u2019s a huge star. The money is gonna come. Sometimes we have to sacrifice today for tomorrow. And this project was a labor of love, and I wouldn\u2019t do one thing differently, if I could go back. It\u2019s the impact of the image for things like this that is priceless. It\u2019s worth it for people to be able to see themselves, for kids to be able to be like, \u201cWow! I want to do that.\u201d To do something different. Everything doesn\u2019t have to be what we quantify what we\u2019ve seen a female rapper be. I want to see it go higher and deeper and better. That\u2019s the cool part about having mentors. My mentors want to see me take it somewhere else. They\u2019re tired of the same stuff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I love when you were saying how for you as a costume designer and stylist, you have those iconic styling references in your mind. I can pull a lot of those out, too, where I remember this shoot that an artist did that I just loved. So what does it mean for you to now have this timeless styling moment in your own archive of work as a stylist?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, first of all, I really appreciate you saying that. It\u2019s amazing. I don\u2019t think that I\u2019ve thought about it in that way, not even yet, because we move so quickly. But I was talking to Misa and she was saying that to me. When she was congratulating me, she was saying how to treat your archival things and how proud of me she was in this moment. I think speaking to her about the video and her giving me her feedback on it really was that moment for me that was like wow. This is, like you said, a part of my creative footprint that\u2019s officially in the world in a different way for me as an artist. So it was really very special and a blessing. Just something that lets you know that you were really created for something that\u2019s so much bigger than yourself. You do things because you want them to be excellent, because that\u2019s how we were raised. And then for them to have an impact like this and be for the betterment of our people, it\u2019s an unexplainable sense of pride and enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does it mean for you as a Black stylist to be able to be a part of this young Black woman\u2019s legacy as an entertainer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it\u2019s a Black team behind a Black woman, it hits different. It\u2019s time that we bring that back. And we\u2019re not one-sided. Look at where Ruth Carter is today. Look at everything that Zerina Akers has been able to accomplish. Look at Misa, Eric Archibald and June Ambrose. There\u2019s so many dope, talented Black stylists in the game that deserve their flowers and deserve opportunities. But we\u2019re still not being allowed in a lot of these opportunities, as if we don\u2019t have the talent. To me, these moments continue to kick that door open to let people know it\u2019s deeper than hip hop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there anything else you want to add about your work?<br \/><\/strong><br \/>Black excellence is what I want to close it with. We\u2019ve been that. I just want to make sure people know that we\u2019re not going nowhere. We are only turning it up and we\u2019re so multi-dimensional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And we have good tailors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Period. We are talented for real.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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