June 23, 2009 - Hard at work and just finishing his shopping for the Kanye
West jacket materials, Designer Remy Hou received a call from Joe
Exclusive (one of his stylists) and his assistant Jamarcus.
They called to mention singer Teairra Marie was doing a shoot tomorrow!!
That gave Remy about 24 hours to complete an entire jacket. Impossible,
right? Well he pulled it off! The theme for the photo shoot was the alter
ego's of the artist - one of them being The King of Pop himself (R.I.P),
Michael Jackson.
Prior to the shoot everything was in order except for the iconic "V"
stripe, red-leather jacket. Proceeded by his talent and reputation Remy’s
style for unique designs and impressive craftsmanship came into play and
he received the call to fit Teairra with one of his hot custom looks.
"Joe was saying that I only make men’s attire but Jamarcus jumped in and
said I make female clothes too! So that is how I got the phone call and
the opportunity. They asked if I could do it and I said YES!” Remy said.
“So I came back home and made the black jacket that I saw Pharrell wear to
the BET Awards. I sent it to them and they told me that it wouldn't work
because in Thriller MJ wore red pants and red jacket. Now I'm stuck, they
need the jacket by 12pm and I have no red jacket,” Remy said. “Tomorrow
I'm off to get the materials [for Teairra’s shoot], while the Kanye design
is burning strong in my head."
Previous Kanye Jacket Article
http://remtek.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/airyezzy/
June 24, 2009 –
Determined to give the client exactly what they need Remy was up till 2 am
that night but up early and at the fashion district by 10:30 am to find
the materials he needed.
“I walked and walked and couldn't come up with the material. I was losing
hope. At 11:20 am, I finally found the red leather material, what a
relief!
After a quick lunch break with his driver/hairstylist Jase, Remy made it
home by 1:30 pm. He managed to get an extended 4 pm deadline but time was
still of the essence.
"I finally finished at 2:30 pm and they said for me to be at the location
by 4 pm sharp. I cleaned up the jacket, inspected it to make sure the
threads were clean and every piece was sewn right.”
"Got on the dreadful 405 North and was stuck at Culver City. To top things
off I was low on gas and had to exit and refuel. It's 3:40 pm and I was
pushing it! All my hard work, dedication, time, thought, effort and sweat
seemed like it was going to go to waste.”
"I couldn't back down now so I raced to my destination 'cuz I knew even if
I'm late, at least I put the effort and if I didn’t miss this opportunity,
I would learn that I can overcome deadlines and deliver a product under
such short notice."
With time ticking away deadline hour had arrived and Remy was still in
West Hollywood on Sunset. They were stalling time at the photo shoot
anticipating the final design of the jacket that would complete the artist
and the photographer’s vision of Teairra Marie's alter Ego in the Thriller
look.
Remy finally arrived at 4:15 pm, just as they were about to depart.
“A stroke of luck blew my way by just a split second, till then I finally
learned that success was measured on how much you strive for excellence! I
handed the 2 jackets to Jamarcus and Joe was waving- success!!!"
Once the jackets were delivered Teairra and her crew checked out the works
of art and did their thing in front of the camera.
"After delivering the jackets I headed home. Took the freeway at 4:48 pm,
of course its rush hour, didn't get home till 6 pm! That's L.A. love for
ya."
At 8:49 pm Remy received a text message from Joe Exclusive:
"U R THE MUTHAF*CKIN SHIT!!!!!! THESE JACKETS R MAJJJJOR!!!!"
Written by: http://www.ar1as.com/
Edited by: http://www.erickasantos.com/
For more background on Designer Remy Hou please visit his Official
Website: www.engineeredbyremy.com
