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Saturday Style: Camille Yvette
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Camille is a designer/stylist out of L.A. and has styled magazines like J’adore along with many others. We got the real deal from her about the African influenced styles she uses :
Bossip: Who would you like to work with?
Well of course the list is long but I hope to very soon work with some of my favorite artists like Erykah Badu, J Davey, Muhsinah, Santi Gold; the list goes on and on! There are so many talented sistahs right now…… with great personal style. I see pieces on and off the runways and immediately think of who would look amazing in them. There are also many many photographers whose work I admire that I hope to work with in the future. Too many to name.
Bossip: When, where, and how did you get started?I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I’ve been passionate about fashion since I can remember and at 9 years old I decided I was going to be a fashion designer when I grew up. I got my degree in Textiles & Clothing and Marketing and soon realized it wasn’t design I wanted to do, it was wardrobe styling and fashion journalism. I wanted to start my own fashion and style magazine and this is still a goal. My good friend owns a successful modeling agency in LA and I started working with her models and began developing contacts and building my portfolio. From there, my work spoke for itself and business grew. I’ve been blessed to work with and maintain great relationships with so many talented people. I’ve been exposed to many different cultures and styles and have never been conventional in my personal style or way of thinking and this has always translated into an intriguing edge in my work. I am SO excited about the direction of high fashion and street style right now because anything goes! There’s no time like the present to express your individuality and I’m glad to be doing what I’m doing right now.
Bossip: Who are some of your favorite designers?
Dries Van Notten, Jonathan Sanders, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Duro oluwo, Balenciaga, Matthew Ames… The list goes on and on. I’m also VERY inspired by design aesthetics of traditional cutlures like the use of color by the Zulu and Maassai tribes in Africa, beading patterns of Native American attire, and origami-like construction of traditional Japanese wear.
PM. What is your goal for 2009??
To continue to grow; travel abroad while discovering new cutting edge designers, artists and cultures to be inspired by. I’d like to work with the artists, models and photographers I enjoy and see more of my editorials published in the magazines I read daily. Like everyone else, I want my business to be the best it’s ever been!Bossip: What was your prized first purchase in fashion as a youth or as an adult??
Well this wasn’t a “first” purchase but 2 years ago I found a Duro Olowu dress at the Salvation Army for $8! Duro Olowu is a Nigerian-born designer out of London who uses vintage and African fabrics to construct his pieces. His pieces sell for up to $3500!! I shop thrift and vintage stores weekly but this was, by far, my most prized purchase yet.Bossip: Do you read Bossip??(don’t have to answer, optional question)Every single day!! It’s part of my morning ritual. haha.
Camille’s styles are in a bunch of your daily advertisement, but most people don’t know it. Fashion and designing is her blood.
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Hannibal
7/18/09, 09:31:am
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biggurl
7/18/09, 09:35:am
so how come im the 1st to post this time!! because its about african influence!?! Yall are a d*mn trip! you ppl would have infected this sh*t if it was about riri or beyaki. Yall play too much
charlieblanko
7/18/09, 10:39:am
thats real biggurl. They dont know about that real da real though.
Go ahead camille
LICKITY SPLIT..
7/18/09, 10:47:am
Is she in BLACK FACE? I’m offended…
roCco.
7/18/09, 11:02:am
Beautiful. Been an admirer for awhile now.
charlieblanko
7/18/09, 11:32:am
@lickity…no she is just that dark
ghana princess
7/18/09, 11:34:am
she is in blk face and why does she depict africa like that?????????????????????????????????????
The Lime
7/18/09, 12:33:pm
I don’t think is black face cause her arms are the same color.
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charlieblanko
7/18/09, 13:22:pm
ghana and lickidy. You guys are dumbfounded. It is a dark woman doing the modeling. That is it..black face would be asinine.
gebb
7/18/09, 14:53:pm
Ain’t got nothing on Stoned Cherrie from South Africa…
Triph
7/18/09, 15:34:pm
This totally looks like what the white mane train her ignorant ***** to show as art. This could have been a great opportunity to show how beautiful dark skin really is. This slave decided she would paint a white mouth on here. Screw her and the makeup artist. Jah phan dem!!!!!!!!
charlieblanko
7/18/09, 15:57:pm
Triph…pick up a book. Please. SMH
BlackDiamondcenter
7/18/09, 17:50:pm
You go girl ….Make that money with your dark self!!!!!!!
YUNG BERG
7/18/09, 18:28:pm
shawty kinda hot for a dark butt. but, i don’t wanna go out with her or nothin like that. we could kick it and be cool and all. she just can’t be showin up at none my pool parties or nothin like that. i can’t be gettin all that brown jel in my pool. her baby hair aint gone hold up in all that chlorine, that’s all i’m tryin to say. i aint racist or nothin like that though.
KocaKola
7/18/09, 18:57:pm
She looks really good but I wouldn’t call this 100% african because she has a perm.
just sayin'
7/18/09, 19:18:pm
This is NOT a picture of the photographer Camille Yvette. This is a picture of a model named Suwana who lives in Los Angeles.
oklahoma girl
7/18/09, 23:30:pm
lol @ yung burg. you know your wrong for that comment
The Kind of Smell you Smell when you Smell a Smelly Smell
7/20/09, 04:02:am
damn shame, she ripping those African tribes off. Those people have been doing this stuff since the beginning of civilization. Hope she’s kicking back a lil something to Kenya.
The Kind of Smell you Smell when you Smell a Smelly Smell
7/20/09, 04:05:am
@Koca Kola
child, you go to random African countries and see those women have relaxers and weaves!
Oenix
7/20/09, 11:16:am
I have seen many african women who do NOT look good with chemically treated hair. No different than some asian women I have seen with curly perms. That is not to stay that people shouldn’t experience with different looks – just that sometimes, the original & natural hair suits YOU best.
Rrrrroe Ski Love-
7/20/09, 12:29:pm
Bossip if you don’t remove this Aunt Jemima bull***** off of this site, I’m calling Jesse and Al. The main picture is nice, but when you open the lid, the ***** looks stupid, and unattractive.