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Los Angeles-based womenswear artist Brian Lichtenberg creates bold, affable looks that altogether accouterment Hollywood's pop elite, authoritative him a admired of thrillseekers such as Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj. His aureate looks accept appeared in abundant videos: that's his chicken band lingerie on Lady Gaga in "Telephone," and additionally his hot blush and atramentous "Freakum" scuba dress on Perry in 3Oh!3's "Starstrukk" video.
["400px"]Lichtenberg extends his antic affection to all aspects of his activity and work, including his active yuletide spirit. He enjoys the aberrant aggregate of a balmy and brilliant altitude with Christmas festivities, and affairs to absorb the anniversary breakfasting with his ancestors on the beach. His admired melancholia anthems complete aloof as acceptable beneath lit-up approach copse as they do anywhere else.
How would you allocate your artful in a few words?Looking aback on all my work, I see that its actual graphic, bold, agleam and adult – accord or booty one or two, they usually still end up defining every allotment I create.
Thanks to that abrupt appeal, a lot of musicians approach to your work. Did you access architecture acquisitive to authorize a able band with that artistic community?I was consistently absolutely aggressive by music growing up, but it was never a ambition of mine. At the time, it was aloof a artistic aperture to be designing and authoritative accouterment and accessories. Aloof one ages afterwards I aboriginal started affairs my accouterment out of my friend's bazaar in Hollywood, however, my dresses concluded up on Gwen Stefani. It was again that I accomplished I could use my aptitude to dress the musicians I had consistently admired and listened to.
["400px"]What does Christmas feel like to you in California? Do you anytime appetite to absorb the division about added wintry?It candidly does not feel like Christmas here! One year, I did absorb a array of stereotypical, snow-filled Christmas in Idyllwild, California, this baby boondocks in the mountains.
What is your admired affair to abrasion for the holidays?It's absolutely the time of year aback I can abrasion mostly t-shirts instead of catchbasin acme actuality in Cali (laughs). I adulation that I get to layer. My compatible has been a atramentous hoody beneath a Celine covering moto jacket.
What do you adulation best about the anniversary season?I adulation that bodies are about in a added above mood, spending time with their families and absorption aback on the year.
["400px"]What is different about your family's Christmas anniversary rituals?Every Christmas Eve morning, we eat at this breakfast atom in Hermosa Bank alleged Martha's, again airing forth the bank afterwards. It's absolutely adequate and beautiful. What was a decidedly memorable anniversary moment for you in your youth? Wondering why there was a atramentous Santa and a white Santa in the aforementioned mall.
How are you spending New Year's Eve this year?I will be campanology in 2012 in Miami – added balmy weather! What are you alert to best generally these days?Most afresh aggregate from mixes by Jamie Jones, NGUZUNGUZU, and Jamie XX to Iggy Azalea, Drake and Lana Del Rey. Who is your ultimate agreeable muse?When I started designing I was absolutely bedeviled with Björk, so I anticipate actuality able to dress her would absolutely accomplish my career appear abounding circle. Can you accord a abrupt briefing of some of the musicians you've collaborated with?Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Peaches, M.I.A., Ciara, Katy Perry, Yelle, Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha, Keri Hilson.
What is the best arresting sartorial moment you've aggregate with a musician?Usually actuality able to watch them onstage in my apparel is thrilling, abnormally Peaches on New Year's Eve a brace years ago. She got absolute crazy.
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Brian's admired Christmas songs (listen on Spotify)Eurythmics – "Winter Wonderland"Paul McCartney – "Wonderful Christmas Time"Mannheim Steamroller – ChristmasAmy Grant – "Emanuelle"Tori Amos – "Winter"Elmo and Patsy – "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"Madonna – "Santa Baby"The Waitresses – "Christmas Wrapping"Run-DMC – "Christmas in Hollis"
Related• Camilla Staerk's Atramentous Christmas
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