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Ever wondered how Charli XCX's rebellious 'BRAT' style comes to life? Her longtime stylist, Chris Horan, reveals the inspiration, challenges, and secrets behind her outfits for the 'Von Dutch' and '360' music videos, red carpet appearances, and more.
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00:00For this era, she's given me like very much fashion girl, I feel like, because she doesn't play by anyone's
00:05rules.
00:12Hi, Who, What, Where? I'm Chris Moran, and today we're going to be talking about some of Charlie XCX's iconic
00:18rat looks.
00:19So the Von Dutch music video, Charlie had this idea, like we're going to do a very like combative music
00:26video where like I'm in a fight.
00:28We shot it at Charles de Gaulle. It's the first music video to ever be shot there.
00:33And then the airplane scene where she's like on top and inside, that was filmed at an airplane museum.
00:39They had a not in service airplane.
00:42Charlie was really all about like the song. It needs to feel like there's a lot of speed and velocity
00:48and like chaos.
00:50We kind of knew it was going to be this one look that would become severely disheveled.
00:54And so the tricky part for me was obviously I wanted it to be like extremely fashion and really cool.
01:02But at the same time, I was like, how are we going to destroy like these really expensive pieces?
01:06I like thank Charlie again for doing this because the boots like were not comfortable.
01:11But I was like, these are the best looking boots.
01:13They were like these high gloss, flat riding boots from YSL.
01:17And I was like, I really do think it's going to make a difference.
01:20The sweater is from Uniqlo.
01:21And we bought like, I don't know, 15 sweaters and just like distressed the hell out of them.
01:27Okay.
01:27So this look is actually kind of a funny way of how we got there.
01:32We were kind of putting together the looks on the fly.
01:34And then Imogene and Terry both were like, we really need something with color.
01:38I went up to Charlie's closet actually.
01:41And this is a Mugler dress that Casey designed.
01:44And it was just hanging in Charlie's closet and she had never worn it.
01:49And we were like, this is perfect.
01:50So this look is from the Brits this past year.
01:54And it is a custom Marnie look designed by Francesco Risso.
01:58I had a strong feeling like from the jump, the minute I saw this look and Charlie actually
02:05like one of the few times where she's like, I don't really know.
02:07We'll try it on.
02:08Like I don't get it though.
02:09We had a few other things that were like in transit that didn't make it yet.
02:14So we were kind of like, we feel really good about this, but we're still going to try
02:18on other things.
02:19And then nothing ever compared to how great this look was.
02:23So it was done.
02:27This look is by this emerging or small designer, LaRucci.
02:32I kind of thought it was one of the more like tame looks of the 360 fittings that we did.
02:38But Charlie immediately on wearing it, like putting it on, she was like, I'm obsessed with
02:42this.
02:42I feel like I can strut.
02:43She was basically like, I want this to be like one of the main performance take looks
02:48just because she felt so strong and like comfortable in it.
02:51This video was like a true experience in the best way.
02:56There's not very many music videos that are like fashion throughout the whole thing.
03:00And I just really wanted all of the girls to feel like themselves because they all do
03:05have such a strong sense of style.
03:06So I was just trying to like really make looks that they all felt like extremely hot and like
03:13excited to be a part of it.
03:14So that was like the whole goal.
03:17Okay.
03:18So this look is Charlie's Primavera headlining set look, and it is designed by Dilara.
03:24I'm not going to try and butcher her last name.
03:26And also there is a skirt by Alexandra Sipa that we had custom made in white.
03:33There are some specifics that she likes to make sure that we have in a performance look.
03:38Obviously being comfortable, having elements of movement are really important to her.
03:43Comfortable shoes, which is truly for me the worst part of making a performance look because
03:48obviously I want like the highest shoe possible.
03:52This is the after party look from the Met, also designed by Marnie.
03:57It is all like hand painted.
03:59The shoes are also hand painted to look like the pattern on the dress.
04:03This is like the kickoff week of these Givenchy sunglasses that she now pretty much wears like
04:09all the time.
04:10I think they're her favorite ones currently.
04:12This look we kind of loved because it was a different silhouette for her.
04:15We kind of like snatched the waist even more.
04:18It has like a, again, bitchiness to it, but it still is like something different that
04:22you haven't seen her in before.
04:24Okay, so this is the Met Gala look designed by Marnie and Francesco.
04:29So this started by me sending them some ideas about what I kind of thought would be a really
04:37amazing look.
04:38And it was kind of based around time and something like being really deteriorated and beautiful.
04:44I had sent that, this whole mood board, and then they came back with this amazing
04:48proposal that was deteriorated, but t-shirts and a little more like punk aesthetic.
04:54Charlie and I both immediately were like, this is the one.
04:58This is actually one of my favorite looks from the first album press shoot that we did.
05:03So this was shot by Harley Weir.
05:05It is actually made up of these like little booty shorts from Cormio.
05:11And the top is just like a helmet laying sheer top that I bought on forward, to be honest.
05:19This look is during the Met week.
05:21And it's just kind of like a casual walking around look.
05:25It's by R-13.
05:26The Brat Girl kind of does have a lot of, there's a lot of nipple happening.
05:31It's like a balance of finding when it's appropriate.
05:34And so yeah, this is kind of just like a cute distressed cardigan, baggy jeans short.
05:40And she was running to like, I don't know, some meeting.
05:42Okay, so this look is one of my favorites of all time, I think, with Charlie.
05:48And I think probably hers as well.
05:50It's a Jean-Paul Gaultier archive look from the spring 2004 couture collection.
05:57And this was for the fashion awards.
05:59We both were like, this is the look.
06:02Like, unless it doesn't fit, like this is, we're both obsessed with it.
06:05From this era, what I'm most proud of are probably getting to be in this like environment where we all
06:11thrive and can come up with ideas and everyone's respected in like a very unique way that I think is
06:18actually really rare in this industry.

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