00:00Actually, we did a photo shoot one time, this is way before Wednesday, and one of
00:04the looks that we did was super Tim Burton, Colleen Atwood coated, and when I
00:09posted it on Instagram, I said, who else feels like Jenner should be in a Tim
00:12Burton project? And like a year later, she ended up booking that. My name is
00:17Enrique Melendez, and I'm a fashion stylist.
00:30Me and Jenner have been working together since 2016. Wow. She was my first actor client.
00:44I had come from music. Super interesting to kind of figure out, because I'm like, how
00:49do I style a 14-year-old, and how do I make it feel age-appropriate, still have her feel
00:55passion-forward, and still being part of the conversation? Honestly, the first couple of
01:00carpets that we'd done, like, she would end up in like Us Weekly and People Magazine as
01:06like who wore it best at 14. I think that's where I kind of started noticing that people
01:12were noticing what we were doing was special. Later, we went to the MTV Awards. We went to
01:17like three racks of clothes, and we weren't finding anything that really matched, because
01:21she was getting older, so we were trying to figure out like, what direction are we going?
01:24And I remember we landed on a suit, placed it with a really, you know, tasteful black
01:28lace bra under, and I feel at that moment, I'm like, wow, she's an adult. And I remember
01:33getting some, you know, backlash on Instagram, but I'm like, she's not a kid anymore. You know,
01:38like, she's, she's a woman. And so I remember that. That was a, that was the pinnacle moment.
01:46It was Friday, like three days before the premiere, and I went and I was like, what, what, what dress is
01:54speak to me? Like what, what, what, what inspires me? And I'm a huge fan of Sex and the City and
01:59Carrie Bradshaw. And I just felt like she's such an iconic style reference, you know what I mean?
02:04And I was like, if I could get one dress, what would it be? It was two dresses actually that I
02:08loved. It was the naked dress, which she wears in the first episode of her meeting Mr. Big. And then
02:14there was a newspaper archival Dior Galliano dress. It was up until three hours before the premiere,
02:23where they finally got the okay. They drove the dress in to the city. We hadn't even tried the dress on.
02:32It comes in, it comes in a box. I open it up and I'm like, this is crazy that I even, it might not
02:40work. It might not fit her because we can't tailor it. It's an archival piece, private owner, $250,000
02:44dress. She came out and it was like, this was meant to be.
02:55Jenna's personal style is super, super simple, super streamlined. She would wear the same thing
03:00if she could every day. I tell her thank you because I'm like, a lot of times it's just for me,
03:04you know, she'll be like, yeah, I'll do it. I would wear this. I would just wear jeans and a t-shirt,
03:09but I'll do it if you want me to do it. She's truly a dream client and friend. I think ultimately
03:15Jenna, and I can say this, is just a lover of the art, the cinephile music. She appreciates fashion
03:22in the same way that I do. I think after Wednesday came out, it just became her thing, goth glam,
03:28but it wasn't something that we forced or we tried to do. It was just, it was natural. Actually,
03:33we did a photo shoot one time. This is way before Wednesday. And one of the looks that we did was
03:38super, super Tim Burton, Colleen Atwood coated. And if you look at the look, you'll be like, I,
03:45and when I posted it on Instagram, I said, who else? If you look at the caption, it said,
03:50who else feels like Jenna should be in a Tim Burton project. And like a year later, she ended up looking
03:56that Jenna is hands down the most like selfless person. And I always want to go on social
04:03media and protect her when I see, you know, people attacking her because she's not any of those
04:07things. And to be working with her in the fashion space is such a blessing because she lets me have
04:12fun and we have fun together, but I'm glad I'm good to be with her because I can protect her as much as
04:20as I can, you know, there's no one else I'd rather be doing that with, you know, so I, I, I'm really
04:29blessed to be able to work with someone, not only who is, you know, as a friend, but family.
04:46Thank you so much,
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