stylists and hair & make up artists Jul 2016

Eliza Baird is a highly experienced international food stylist and home economist based in London. Since starting in 1996, she has successfully forged an excellent reputation in the food photography world, using her natural creative style and technical brilliance for social media promotions, editorial, advertorial, books, PR, lifestyle, packaging, advertising, video, TV commercials and recipe development.

Eliza has worked with a large number of well known brands as well as smaller companies. Specialising in coffees, hot chocolates and tea, she has worked with leading food photographers and celebrity chefs. Eliza is good at working with everyone including celebrities, children, and animals!

Visit her website for further information.

London-based fashion stylist Emma Lightbown works throughout the UK and internationally. With a down-to-earth attitude, friendly approach and keen eye for detail Emma has enjoyed styling a variety of projects including advertising, editorial and commercials. She has also worked as a TV presenter and producer.

Emma’s obsession for organisation and a good brew can help make any shoot run smoothly. Previous clients include Sky, Honda, Citroen, FHM, Men's Health, Touch of Silver and Berkeley.

Sicilian-born Fabio Mercurio settled in Bologna where he graduated from the Academy of Fashion and Costume. With a solid background designing bags and accessories, he began working as a stylist and set designer in 2008. His penchant for the quirkily-beautiful landed him jobs for TV commercials and Italian celebrities, editorials and a range of campaigns.

His work is featured in cutting-edge magazines worldwide including Schön, Eclectic Magazine, Satellite Magazine, Fashionisto, Fucking Young, Sicky Magazine, Razor Red, Slave, Papercut and Vangardist, as well as in look-books both for niche brands and prestigious Italian web retailers.

A mix of past, present and future is Fabio’s trademark: blending playful with twisted, couture with sexy, folklore with clean-cut shapes, he is able to appeal to a broad audience. Versatility is also key: whether with men’s or women’s fashion, sartorial or streetwear, he masters the fine art of balancing the dynamic and the quiet.

From collaborations spanning dark avant-garde photographer Mustafa Sabbagh or French fashion icon Gilles-Marie Zimmerman, to assisting established legend Fabrizio Ferri for Saks 5th Avenue and the amazing English photographer Ian Derry, some of his most recent projects include long-standing partnership in Denmark, Norway and Spain as well as CBS for shoots with Cote de Pablo, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jake MacDorman, and screen icons Christine Baranski and Mayim Bialik.

Hers Agency represents top London home economists, food stylists, general props stylists, production buyers and interior stylists working on commercials, films, Web video, television and food photography.

Clients include advertising agencies, design companies, PR, publishers and food photographers working across all areas of the food industry: advertising, PR, direct marketing, food packaging, cookery books and magazines. Other services include food consultancy, product development, cookery demonstrations, recipe development, recipe testing, food writing, propping, styling on set, and art direction.

Clients include McDonalds, Tesco, Absolut Vodka, KFC, Old El Paso, Asda, Waitrose, Knorr, Jus Rol, IKEA, Maille, Haagen Dazs, Onken, Kellogg’s, Tatler, Amazon, Costa, EAT, ODEON, Pizza Hut, Lidl, The Sunday Times, Morrisons, John Lewis, Carrs and Orion Publishing.

Isabella Sarti is a freelance make-up artist and hair-stylist based in northern Italy. Her curiosity and professionalism and the will to operate at the highest standards has led her to constantly update her knowledge by successfully working and studying around the world in major fashion capitals such as New York, London, Paris and Milan.

She collaborates with an ever-expanding number of photographers and directors, skillfully managing to earn respect and trust among the crews. Always up for a challenge, she has worked in different fields ranging from advertising to editorial, from catalogues to videoclips and film-making. She is also no stranger to the catwalk scene, locally and internationally - London Fashion Week, amongst others.

Among the latest international acknowledgments for her work, Vogue America invited Isabella to celebrate Gina Sanders' involvement in Condé Nast. Moreover, she has worked with world-renowned Italian actress Isabella Ferrari and Italian celebrity Roberta Capua, among others, and has been published in a number of international magazines, including Satellite Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Huf-Magazine, Fault, Sicky Magazine, Kaltblut and Schon!. She also has an on-going collaboration with Marie Claire that sees her work regularly published.

Lara Gerin, known around the world for her talents as a model, celebrity stylist and wardrobe designer, was born in a small town near São Paolo, Brazil, but now calls New York her home base.

Several years modelling in Paris, Madrid and Tokyo for clients such as Chloë, Thierry Mugler and Issey Miyake gradually opened her eyes to the fact that what goes on behind the scenes is often much more interesting than what happens on the runway. In short, she developed an eye for fashion, an ear for listening to her clients’ needs and wants, and an all-around resourcefulness that allows her to produce stunningly beautiful results, no matter what’s on hand.

Lara’s work and experience run the full gamut of what any true stylist is called upon to create. She is equally adept at editorial shoots, wardrobe design for large-scale television shows as well as the intimacy of celebrity and personal styling. From classic to avant-garde, Lara knows what she’s doing. “I love the challenge of delivering what the client wants!"

Petra Wiebe is a Munich-based freelance stylist, fashion editor and art director. Working with international photographers, clients, fashion magazines and top-models, Petra organises photo productions, styling, art buying, model booking, location scouting, travel and hotel reservations. She is a competent, experienced and reliable business partner whose clients continually trust her with their brands, allowing her the space for creativity and fresh ideas.

A sucessful combination of concept, planning, styling and production went into Petra's latest editorials and advertising work on location in Morocco, Brazil, Lanzarote and Austria. Featured in this Spotlight is a selection of her work for Bespoke Magazine, Line International, Equistyle and Gala Magazine.

In Germany Petra worked as a production editor for Oz Verlag and as a stylist and art director for Madeleine Katalog, and she has just returned from swimwear and lingerie shoots in Brazil.

Visit Petra's website for more information.

Sabine Fischer offers a wide range of styling for fashion, editorial, catalogue, advertising, personal work and film, and also styles for stills, props, funishing and interiors.

Educated as a fashion designer, she has great experience working for numerous brands to provide creativity and modernity. Alongside her work for photography and film she creates interiors for restaurants and private houses.

Latest projects include clients such as ADO, Audi, Canon, Ferrero, Harper's Bazaar, Lufthansa, Peter Kaiser, Phillip Morris, Premier Inn, Kupferberg, VW, and many more.

Silvia Gerzeli is a freelance make-up artist and hair stylist based between Florence and the Italian lakes, working across Italy and internationally. She specialises in fashion make-up and hairstyling for photo and video clients.

Her passion for make-up means her portfolio is constantly growing thanks to the many collaborations she is involved in. She also focuses on special effects and body painting and continually studies new techniques, with regular trips to London and across Europe to work with local professionals to learn about the latest styles.

She collaborates with Lui Magazine as an art director and teaches at a renowned make-up school in Florence and Rome.

Silvia is extremely diligent and precise and "absolutely loves" her job! She appreciates the many different facets and genres that allow her to provide clients with the very best results - not only concerning make-up and hair, but also through her presence on set.

Simone Jay has a long standing career as a stylist.

She has worked for all major Dutch companies and has now been commissioned by The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam to create styling ideas for the Rijksmuseum webshop products. The Rijksmuseum webshop sells a variety of products, including scarfs, china, jewellery, playmobil, reproductions, vases, all related to a specific theme, like Rembrandt, the Night Watch, Vermeer, Delft Blue, Van Gogh, Impressionism, Stills, Asia, Marten Oopjen. For the new webshop the products needed an inspiring context to show their beauty and high quality. Simone developed the creative concepts, chose the locations and backgrounds and overlooked the photography from an art directors’ point of view.

She has also committed to working with Jelier&Schaaf who provide props and interior design for many major commercials in The Netherlands.

Valeria Orlando is a make-up artist with more than 20 years of experience collaborating with many renowned photographers including Mario Testino, Steven Klein, Johan Rench, Eolo Perfido, Andrea Massari, Nikolay Biryukov, Stefania Paparelli, Benedikt Renc and Andeer Brogard.

Milan is now her home, but she has travelled throughout the world to locations including Rome, Rio De Janeiro, London and New York City.

Valeria is a multi-faceted artist whose work ranges from fashion to advertising, editorials and catwalk events. Her work has been published in leading fashion magazines and she has collaborated with renowned stylists such as Donatella Versace and celebrities including Catherine Zeta Jones and Lena Katina. In September she was a key artist at New York Fashion Week.

She speaks Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently. Honesty and passion are the distinctive elements of her approach, and she continually works on her professional development to improve her knowledge about new techniques in the cosmetic industry.

She is represented by Beleza in Rio De Janeiro (Brazil), Current Studios in the USA, and HM Battaglia in Milan (Italy). Valeria also has her own make-up line V)Or.