A recent phone call has Todd White’s head spinning. “I just had a call today and learned that I need to put together a mood board for a music video that, potentially, has 16–20 looks,” he says, shocked, over the call. “I’ve never done anything like that before.
” As if that’s not wild enough, the tight timeline to which he potentially has to adhere makes it even scarier. “You get these calls sometimes where you have 48 hours to pull something like this together.” Easy-peasy — at least for a stylist and costume designer of White’s caliber.
He’s an industry heavyweight, a creative director who’s been tapped by rap’s leading women like , , and to curate the iconic looks you see get tens and thousands of likes on social media. No matter whether they’re shutting down the red carpet, gracing the cover of a magazine, or filming a leading commercial, White’s fingerprints can be found all over their fittings —- and he’s just getting started. It all came from sending one direct message in 2017 that changed his life forever.
“I always say yikes because I feel like without that moment I wouldn’t be here,” he says. “I’m so grateful that I just took that chance.” White didn’t just wake up a few years ago and say, “I want to be a stylist.
” Since he was a kid in Cincinnati, he had a serious love for all things fashion. “I’ve always been attracted to art in general, but specifically fashion just because of the glam of it all, luxury d.