After droppingtwo songs in 24 hourslast week, it’s safe to saySelena Gomezis having a moment — and her stylistKate Youngis ushering in this new era in her music with some major fashions.
Speaking with PEOPLE at the fourth annualWWDHonorson Tuesday night at New York City’s InterContinental Barclay, the in-demand celebrity stylist opened up about dressing her longtime client for success.
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“I also thought it was really great that her hair and makeup looked like Selena,” she added. “Sometimes it’s really fun to do costumes and to make it fun and crazy…But we weren’t doing costumes. None of it.”
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While out and about promoting her new singles“Loose You to Love Me”and“Look At Her Now”this week, Gomez has rocked everything from slouchy belted suits, to an animal-print midi dress and a classic houndstooth number.
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But each look is true to Gomez’s elevated girl-next-door style, and for Young, that was the goal: “This particular press tour was very much about Selena looking like Selena,” she explains.
Young (who’s worked with Gomez, now 27, since 2014) also discussed the pop star’s style evolution — fromchild starto best-dressed list regular.
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“She was so much younger when we started, and I think, when I first met Selena, the thing that we really wanted to do was make her ‘fashion,'” the stylist explained. “She had come out ofDisneyand she was turning into who we all know her to be now. It was about making her into a fashion woman and it happened.”
“She is very much a fashion woman and now she’s able to play different characters,” Young added.
Last Tuesday, Gomezdropped the first of her new singles(“Loose You to Love Me”), and the highly-anticipated track gives insight into the last few years of her life.
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“I want people to feel hope and to know you will come out the other side stronger and a better version of yourself,” she added.
source: people.com
