Stylist Michael Fisher is helping make fashion a less intimidating and more empowering space
A post shared by MICHAEL FISHER (@mjonf)And while everyone wants their clients to look fabulous, Fisher has made it his mission to go beyond the surface by using his keen eye and sartorial wizardry to empower his male clientele to be their best selves. “I always style for the person.
I consider them first and foremost,” he told SaksFifthAvenue.com. “I need to decide how fashion-forward they are and what they feel comfortable wearing.
I concern myself more with making them look and feel confident. I want the person to be seen and punctuated by their look.”Combining his vision with his client’s taste, Fisher has created a space where these high-profile gentlemen, both queer and straight, feel relaxed enough to experiment with their appearance.Whether its Oscar Isaac in a skirt at a Moon Knight screening, Jake Gyllenhaal’s transformation into a style king in a baby-pink tuxedo at the Tonys, or Bowen Yang rocking Commes des Garçons, Fisher has mastered how to get guys out of their comfort zone without having them go viral for all the wrong reasons.A post shared by MICHAEL FISHER (@mjonf)“I do think I have a good instinct for tapping into what their DNA is, what they feel comfortable in, and then just kind of elevating it and pushing it forward a bit,” he said of his process to Vogue.In an industry that can be overly fixated on the superficial and tends to use clothing to present an illusion, Fisher has also flipped the script on fashion by utilizing it as authentically as possible.He told The Hollywood Reporter, “The biggest challenge for me is not in finding clothes that fit the body; it’s the clothing that fits the personality and makes that personality shine.” Talk about an Oprah “aha” moment!A post shared by MICHAEL.
