will agree to speak to me on two conditions: A) That his name features in the headline of the article, and B) that he is credited not as a stylist but as an “image architect”. The various world leaders that have been profiled within the pages of this magazine, it should be said, have arrived at their respective interviews with fewer caveats. But then again: no president has ever thought to dress in a for the premiere of .
“If a journalist does not adhere to those requirements then I will not pick up the phone,” Roach says from his home in Los Angeles earlier this week, the delicate timbre of his voice softening a sometimes overwhelming assuredness. “I remember the very first time I spoke to a magazine and the headline read ‘Ariana Grande’s stylist’. But I deserve more than that.
I would never have become the person you’re talking to today if I had spent my entire career being referred to as ‘someone’s stylist’. You wouldn’t be talking to me if you thought people didn’t want to read about me.” This wasn’t my first encounter with Law Roach’s hard-won sense of self-worth.
Back in February, I asked him who he thought should be on the next cover of British at Erdem’s autumn/winter 2024 presentation. He answered, “I should be on the cover. It’s about time, right?” It was a lighthearted response that says so much about the state of current celebrity styling, wherein background talents now aspire to be just as visible as their A-list clients.
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