Michelle Hébert
| Michelle Hébert | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991 Inland Empire |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.michellehebert.com/ |
Michelle Hébert (born January 23, 1991) is a fashion designer, multimedia artist, and educator. She specializes in evening wear, couture gowns, and bridal wear.
Early Life[edit]
Hébert was born to a mixed-race family of African, European, and Asian ancestry, and grew up in a working-class household. She attended Mount San Antonio College to study fashion design.[1]
Career[edit]
Hébert knew she wanted to be a designer by the age of ten. She arrived at fashion design after illustrating wardrobes of comic characters inspired by Japanese and American artists as a child.[2] Hébert found redrawing the clothing of her characters to be tedious but she enjoyed designing their outfits. As a high school sophomore, she was named one of the "17 Best Dressed Girls in America" by Seventeen Magazine. The award persuaded Hébert to take her career in fashion more seriously and led her to earn an A.S. in fashion design and an A.S. in fashion merchandising at Mount San Antonio College. While attending college, she launched her couture business. Initially lacking resources, Hébert crowdsourced funding.[3]
Hébert primarily conducts her couture business through social media, which consists of custom bridal, evening wear, and other client pieces. She also teaches fashion through online learning platforms.[4]
Her work has been worn by celebrities including Alicia Keys[5], Brenda Song"[6], Dita Von Teese[7], Karrueche Tran[8], Kiana Ledé[9], Lili Reinhart[10], Nicole Zefanya, Quinta Brunson, Sabrina Claudio[11][12], Symone[13], SZA[14], Taryn Manning, Tinashe[15], and Kaia Gerber[16]. Hébert's work was also featured in Joseph Gordon-Levitt's series HitRECord[17] and in a Buzzfeed production with Eugene Lee Yang[18].
In addition, Hebert appeared in Billboard Magazine, Vogue[19], Vogue Italia, ELLE Croatia, as well as in independent magazines.[20] Her work was exhibited at the Los Angeles Music Center.[21]
Design[edit]
Identity, gender, and race have been consistent interests for Hébert, who identifies as multiracial and multicultural. "I see things fluidly," she wrote in Allen & Houston Magazine in 2021. "I realize I always have because I have lived between categories my whole life."[22] Elsewhere she has described her mixed-race and working-class background as giving her an "outsider" perspective on the fashion industry.[23] Hébert also takes pride in her relation to John Anthony Copeland Jr., who attempted to instigate a slave revolt in 1859 at Harpers Ferry, Virginia with the abolitionist John Brown. Copeland's failed efforts helped spark the American Civil War.[24]
In 2021, Hébert designed a piece inspired by black suffragists for the singer, songwriter, and actress, Kiana Ledé. Kiana wore the piece in "Your Attention Please," a Hulu production that showcased the work of black creators.[25] The thirteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race also featured Hébert's work. The series winner, Symone, wore a piece designed by Hébert with armor created by Michael Schmidt. Recounting the piece, Symone explained, "I played with fragility and hardness, to show the strength that Black women portray."[26]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Los Angeles fashion show benefits female small business owners". Wells Fargo Stories. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
- ↑ "Los Angeles fashion show benefits female small business owners". Wells Fargo Stories. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
- ↑ Luib, Aileen (2016-10-07). "How Designer Michelle Hébert Created a Fashion Brand in Her Garage". THE BALLER ON A BUDGET - An Affordable Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle Blog. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
- ↑ Hébert, Michelle. "Behind the Scenes: Create a Dress like a Fashion Designer". Class101. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ↑ Steinkopf-Frank, Hannah. "Meet the TikTok Sewers Inspiring Others to Get Creative". Shondaland.
- ↑ Aziz, Sandy. "Brenda Song" (Digital magazine). MOD Magazine. p. 116-117.
- ↑ Szony, Franz. "The Tightrope Girl". Franz Szony. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ "Publications". Michelle Hébert. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ↑ Hébert, Michelle. "The meaning & history behind @kianalede 's custom look". Tiktok. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ "Pulse Spikes" (Winter 2018). Winter 2018: 48-63. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ↑ Levy, Margaux; Ng, Shermin. "Fashion Calling: 16 Indie Labels Celebs Are Loving". Harper's Bazaar Signapore. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CPHfChFpkcH/
- ↑ Allaire, Christian. "Armed With Style and a Message, Symone Earned Her Drag Race Win". Vogue. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ Billboard Staff (19 October 2017). "Khalid, SZA & Julia Michaels Photos". Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ Levy, Margaux; Ng, Shermin. "Fashion Calling: 16 Indie Labels That Celebs Are Loving". Harpars Bazaar Singapore. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ↑ Melby, Leah. "Clinton Cindy Crawford's Daughter, Kaia, Is About to Be Kardashian-ized". Glamour. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ↑ "Michelle Hebert". IMDbPro. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ↑ Wang, Eugene Lee (January 3, 2016). "The Most Beautiful Wedding Dresses You've Never Seen Are From Asia". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ Allaire, Christian. "Armed With Style and a Message, Symone Earned Her Drag Race Win". Vogue. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ Hébert, Michelle. "Publications". Michelle Hébert. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ↑ Joan, Jaclyn (June 19, 2014). "Fashion Exhibit Accompanies Ballet Preljocaj's "Les Nuits" at the Music Center". Living Out Loud Los Angeles. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ Hébert, Michelle. "Michelle Hébert". Allen & Houston Magazine. III (II).
- ↑ "Los Angeles fashion show benefits female small business owners". Wells Fargo Stories. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
- ↑ Hébert, Michelle (June 19, 2021). "Celebrating my family's history today". Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ↑ "Hulu Celebrates Black Creators with YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE". Nerdist. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
- ↑ Allaire, Christian. "Armed With Style and a Message, Symone Earned Her Drag Race Win". Vogue. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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