One of the many glamourous fashion careers is that of a stylist. Most of us common folk refer to our hairdresser or maybe a make-up artist as a stylist but in the world of fashion, a stylist goes much further beyond styling hair. According to Jennie S. Bev , THE fashion, image and fun careers expert, "a stylist is an expert who uses art and science to make people and objects look good in order to make a statement." So the stylist is that person who dresses the celebs for their appearances and photoshoots, accessorizes them and transform them into the perfect image we see on screen or on magazine pages. We can break down stylists into categories such as Fashion Stylist, Celebrity Stylist, Image Stylist, Costume Stylist, Make-up Stylist and Photo Stylist, working with anything from apparel and accessories to food, furniture, landscaping and interior/exterior designing. Stylists mostly work in fashion houses, magazine publications, photo shoots, movie/video sets, advertising houses, haute couturiers or personally with celebrities and other wealthy individuals. They shop for the rich and famous putting together outfits for big-named events, smaller appearances or even their entire wardrobe, cause a celeb has to look good even when going shopping! Fashion.net has more insight on fashion styling and how to get your feet wet, its a very good read.

Anatolli Smith is the stylist that worked on the set of Cherine Anderson’s newest video, "Me and You Against the World" where she spoke of how happy she was working with him and the way he upped the fashion ante in this video. I followed up with Anatolli on his role of stylist, how he got involved in that field and what he has done so far. And yes, Anatolli is a Jamaican! Here’s what he had to say:

I’ve been working in fashion for a number of years. My first dabbling was while I was in high school at Wolmer’s, I wrote a weekly fashion column for the Observer’s TeenAge. Left high school and went to NY for Columbia where I started hosted a fashion tv program on the school’s network called "Style." While at Columbia, I did a couple of fashion magazine internships — Details, Flaunt and eventually worked pretty extensively with the style director of Flaunt. When I graduated college, I was already pretty certain that I wanted to be a fashion editor but wanted to make sure I had a really solid background in the substance of fashion, so I pursued a masters degree in fashion history and theory at FIT . Meanwhile I was hired initially as a manager but then became Fashion Director for a wardrobe management company where I managed the wardrobes of New York socialites and a couple of celebs, and worked as a personal shopper for some of the wealthiest, and craziest women in the city. In addition, I managed the collection archives of Zac Posen and the fur collections for Valentino in NY.

Since then I spent some time as an assistant at Elle Accessories magazine and interned with and assisted any stylist/fashion editor I could. Most of what I do is editorial and advertising and some celebrity here and there. I’ve worked on editorials for French Vogue, Japanese Vogue, Chinese Vogue, Italian Vogue V, V Man , W , Bazaar, NY Times and others, and have worked on a number of advertising campaigns and a some shows.

If you have any questions for Anatolli and his glamourous life as a stylist, drop them in the comments section and he’ll be happy to oblige! Check out Anatolli and Cherine on the set of the new video and see the brand new video below!!!

1. Lunch Fashion Bits - Cherine, Nell and Queen Ifrica
2. Megan Allison Accessories…Ethnic Jewellery anyone?
3. Cherine Anderson: Kingston State of Style!
4. Introduction
5. Male Work Basics