It was the night before Remy was set to headline for a Sunday night fashion event. While he was out sourcing materials he received a call from stylist Joe Exclusive and his assistant Jamarcus. They needed a custom jacket commissioned for stylist Jason Griffin and his client, music artist Lil’ Mama.
They had an MTV event just around the corner and a vision of a jacket they desperately needed but COULD NOT find. Remy had an event to take care of too, tomorrow night’s fashion show! He still needed to finish his sewing and prepare for the show but the thought of designing this custom jacket was burning in the back of his mind. With an 11:00 pm wrap up Sunday night, he made a call, got the details and had taken on creating a Michael Jackson inspired look straight off MJ’s “Bad” album cover.
On the cusp of finishing one project, Remy was on the verge of beginning a new one. No rest for the driven. Embarking on an intense four day process to have the “Bad” Jacket designed, finished and shipped to New York City for Lil’ Mama’s 21st birthday and taping he had to get down to business.
Day one and two was all about study, research and gathering materials. “To me the jacket should be bold and a statement for fashion forward tastes,” said Remy. “The statement I wanted to make with this design is it can work with anything and not necessarily have to be with a biker look. You can dress it up and still adhere to the doctrine of elites or dress it down and be admired for a rebellious state of mind.” Keeping the entire design black and silver, his fabrics of choice were black leather and polka dot suede. “When your ‘Bad’ black isn’t just your color but your persona,” said Remy. With zippers wrapped around the jacket, along the arms and hand sewn silver buckles that pop as the accents, the form fitting jacket captures that persona to a tee.
Day three: construction time. It’s 7 hours into the process and the jacket is 85% done. With Griffin already in New York he’s pressed to center all of Lil’ Mama’s looks around this jacket. The sound of anxiety riddles his voice since he hasn’t even seen the final look and of course it’s not even finished. There’s only two days left till the fitting, one day left to make shipment cutoff and plenty of sewing and designing that still need to be finished! Cutting their conversation short Remy had to get back to work.
“I’m racing against the clock. I was sewing and the thread breaks! The leather was fighting me like a mad cow gone wild,” Remy said. But among the mess, the re-cuts and re-designs it was finally finished Wednesday night. Day four was last inspection and finishing touches. “It’s hard to tell from the photos because this jacket is all black but in person its one amazing looking jacket. Now I only wish I could make a men’s version and I will,” said Remy.
Finally, the product was shipped and scheduled to arrive on time for Friday’s fitting. This jacket was to be the main attraction. The show featuring the “Bad” Jacket was set to air on the MTV Network for the next three years. Lil’ Mama, the MTV Crew and Griffin were all anticipating the arrival of this look. After all Remy was the LA designer commissioned to give them EXACTLY what they needed. Will Griffin like it? Will it fit Lil’ Mama and the entire look of her wardrobe? Did he succeed? We have yet to see.
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