What was the process like when you and Phillipe first met and you decided to build this brand together? Now, as The Blonds continue their legacy of custom performance wear, documented in their upcoming book, The Blonds: Glamour, Fashion, Fantasy, and set to publish in September, we catch up with David, reflecting on the duo’s work with artists like Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, and Madonna, and project the future of performance style.
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Dripping in gold, metallic fabric and oversized diamonds, it’s the first full look you see in the video, setting an opulent tone. “ Beyoncé wearing the first corset that we ever made in her ‘Upgrade U’ video, that really is what set it off, for sure,” David says, reminiscing on the opportunity. Success was quick for the young designers, eventually landing retail space for their work in Hotel Venus back in 2006, owned by renowned Sex and the City stylist Patricia Fields.Ĭhasteness, Soda Pop, and Show Tunes: The Lost Story of the Young Americans and the Choircore Movementīut it wasn’t until later that year, when Beyoncé’s team knocked on their door for the first time, that The Blonds knew they were on to something. David, who had built his career in visual merchandising, was ready for a shift, and there before him was Phillipe, a young man hungry to build a fashion empire.
It was 2000 when the duo met, finding solace in their shared love for music, fashion, and nightlife.
“They literally thought she was out there buck naked.” But David and his partner, Phillipe Blond, who have studded and beaded their way to the inner circles of music royalty, are used to such provocative attire. “Everybody just flipped out because it looked too real,” recounts designer David Blond, both star-struck and bewildered at the momentous public response to his work. Here, before tens of thousands of fans and internet of onlookers was an artist who had never been so bold as to bare her body in such a way. When Beyoncé stepped on stage in a bodysuit back in 2014, her entire was encrusted in jewels, complete with 3D nipples.
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