she also trains younger generations of hairstylists through her academy, hair scholars. camille, welcome. thank you so much. welcome to you both, ladies. thank you. now, you both work with strong, powerful women, from angela bassett to michaela coel when it comes to your personal style, zerina, what makes you feel confident and powerful? you know, i love a good suit. i love wearing pants, i love wearing long, lean silhouettes. and i love experimenting with fashion in a way that, even like what i like to call twisted basics, you know, which is really a classic item. so, let s say your blazer, classic white button downed shirt, but has a twisted element. you know, whether then it s a double collar or, like, it buttons to the left, you know, and there s some interest that makes it really special and collectable. so i like to always experiment with classic, like, twisted basics. camille, how would you describe your personal style? my personal style, i think it s like kind of like
thank you so much. welcome to you both, ladies. thank you. now, you both work with strong, powerful women, from angela bassett to michaela coel. when it comes to your personal style, zerina, what makes you feel confident and powerful? you know, i love a good suit. i love wearing pants, i love wearing long, lean silhouettes. and i love experimenting with fashion in a way that, even like what i like to call twisted basics, you know, which is really a classic item. so, let s say your blazer, classic white button downed shirt, but has a twisted element. you know, whether then it s a double collar or, like, it buttons to the left, you know, and there s some interest that makes it really special and collectable. so i like to always experiment with classic, like, twisted basics. camille, how would you describe your personal style? my personal style, i think it s like kind of like yours. it s very simple, very classic, but then, i like something with a twist, and i always think about
on the armancette glacier, where rescue work is ongoing. this is bbc news. at ten o clock we will be here with a full round up of the days news. a warm welcome. i m kim chakanetsa. there are many ways that someone can make their name in hollywood. it could be an award winning performance, or even a headline making appearance. and behind any memorable look is often a team of talented creatives who ve worked tirelessly to bring it all together, both on screen and on the red carpet. today, i m in hollywood to meet two incredible women who are responsible for some of the most iconic looks of the past few years. zerina akers is an emmy award winning fashion stylist and costume designer. she s best known for her work with beyonce. she was queen bey s personal wardrobe curator for seven years. and you can see her creations on the visual album, black is king. in 2020, zerina founded black owned everything, a platform supporting black artists and creators. zerina, welcome. thank you.
camille, family also played a crucial role in your career choices. you re a third generation hairstylist. did that mean spending a lot of time in the salon as a young kid? 0h, definitely. being a third generation hairstylist is, you know, one of the things i m most proud of. i have a big family, lots of hair stylists. and, like, when i go into a salon and ijust smell it, it makes me happy. like, i love the smell of perms! i love the smells of relaxers. and. relaxers? oh, yeah! like, i love all the smells of the salon cos it s familiar to me. it s totally familiar. and, you know, always, we had to work in the salon. so you had to sweep hair, take rollers down. you had to earn you getting your hair done. so, at the end of the day, that s when we would, our cousins, we would shampoo each other s hair and get ready to get in the chair. that was the moment! well, now i do everybody s hair, but we still. that s what we do. we get together and i do everybody s hair. so. that s beautiful. yeah
really strong and beautiful and really inspiring. yeah. camille, family also played a crucial role in your career choices. you re a third generation hairstylist. did that mean spending a lot of time in the salon as a young kid? 0h, definitely. being a third generation hairstylist is, you know, one of the things i m most proud of. i have a big family, lots of hair stylists. and, like, when i go into a salon and ijust smell it, it makes me happy. like, i love the smell of perms! i love the smells of relaxers. and. relaxers? oh, yeah! like, i love all the smells of the salon cos it s familiar to me. it s totally familiar. and, you know, always, we had to work in the salon. so you had to sweep hair, take rollers down. you had to earn you getting your hair done. so, at the end of the day, that s when we would, our cousins, we would shampoo each other s hair and get ready to get in the chair. that was the moment! well, now i do everybody s hair, but we still. that s what we do. we get togeth