We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Mademoiselle Lilli a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Mademoiselle, thank you so much for taking the time to share your lessons learned with us and we’re sure your wisdom will help many. So, one question that comes up often and that we’re hoping you can shed some light on is keeping creativity alive over long stretches – how do you keep your creativity alive?
I keep my creativity alive by training it every day. I look for joy in small things, and I find beauty everywhere around me, especially in the people I meet. As a personal stylist, that’s my raw material: each client has a story, a body language, a way of moving through the world. My job is to notice what makes them unique and translate it into a wardrobe that feels like them, only more confident. Creativity isn’t a lightning bolt for me, it’s a daily practice of paying attention.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
I trained in Paris, and now I get to bring my French eye to New York, blending two cultures and two ways of seeing fashion. It’s ...