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We spoke at 9:30 a.m. on a Tuesday in January, but, based on how put-together June Ambrose looked, you wouldnt be able to tell. Showing up dressed to the nines for an early-morning Zoom meeting was standard for a stylist to the stars.
Wearing a navy big-bop cuff hat from Esenshel and two-toned statement glasses, the 51-year-old designer and stylist had just returned from Paris Fashion Week. Ambrose was in attendance at that controversial Schiaparelli runway show the one with faux animal heads on dresses. She described it as a bit savage.
However, I did enjoy seeing Doja Cat in all the red stones, Ambrose told HuffPost. Because theyre comparing it to Missy Elliotts Shes a Bitch moment. I love it.
Ambrose orchestrated that look in 1999, when a bald Missy Elliott was wearing an all-black, dominatrix-style catsuit from head to toe with encrusted jewels on her brow and forehead as makeup in her music video.
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