CANDICE LAMBERT is a retired Lietenant in the US Coast Guard turned in demand Los Angeles based celebrity stylist. She is best known for her “street meets high fashion” style. Candice has worked widely in the music and fashion industry, as a stylist for music videos, photo shoots and award shows. Among Candice’s high-profile clients are Green Day, Pentatonix, Linkin Park, Bon Jovi, Don Henley, The Eagles, Kelly Clarkson and Garbage.
Candice’s work has graced the red carpet at awards shows such as the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, Emmy’s, Tony Awards, the Grammy’s, Billboard Music Awards, VMA’s, American Music Awards and the Screen Actors Guilds. With her costume experience, as well as her ability to draw from street style to haute couture, Candice is known for setting trends and being on the cutting edge of what is next in fashion. She has the unique ability to draw on an eclectic range of ideas and references, which has made her a consistent favorite amongst top tier photographers and directors. She is a true collaborator. Her capacity for forecasting trends and her hallmark effortless chic, has established her position in the celebrity fashion world as well as in the music industry
In this episode we talk about:
- the value of saying No even to things you WANT in order to prioritize your health
- her father giving her an ultimatum of when she was in college when she was getting Cs
- why she chose to join in the Coast Guard over other military branches
- becoming a bootcamp trainer and then becoming a a coxswain (drives the boats)
- often being the only female and how she dealt with that and keep her head up.
- going to Afghanistan and how that set in motion asking herself what was it that when she was younger she really wanted to do
- doing anything she could to get into the fashion and music industry at 27
- how often we stop ourselves from what we want to do for the fear of what others will think
- How a Craigslist intern ad changed her life and put her on her path
- how becoming successful can often make your life and decisions so much more complicated
- how she approaches styling and wanting the artist/person to feel empowered instead of molding them into someone else and following trends
- being an advocate for her clients and not letting management and labels force them into things that aren’t them
- how many YES people often surround people of success which really doesn’t serve them
- moving from intern, to second assistant, to first assistant to being the main stylist and the pressure, doubts, and concerns of being the lead stylist
- how she brings her best to the job by researching and over-preparing
- how she navigates different personalities and working with highly creative people and their whole teams
- how her Coast Guard background has made such a valuable impact on her that she has brought to styling and the entertainment industry
- how everyone is led differently and what will empower one person won’t another
- reminding yourself to be grateful for it all when you have been in the business a while and get jaded
- how she deals with competition or comparing herself to other stylists
- dealing with negative comments online that people post about her clients outfits
- how people give their opinions and advice thinking they are protecting you
- Which keychain she chose from my line and why
You can find Candice @cdicelove13 and shop her collaborative jewelry collection with Konplott here!
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