Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Beyoncé's Stylist Zerina Akers on Her Emmy-Winning Costume Design for Black Is King and Founding Black Owned Everything

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🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Best known for her work with Beyoncé as both her personal stylist and the costume designer for Emmy Award–winning Black Is King, Zerina Akers is showing no sign of slowing down. Recently, her work with Megan Thee Stallion has been nothing short of superb; the collections she designed for Macy’s have almost completely sold out; and she’s continually building her e-commerce marketplace called Black Owned Everything, which seeks to incubate, amplify, and empower a community of brands to reach diverse and engaged audiences. On this episode, get a peek inside her brilliant mind—including the behind-the-scenes stories you don’t want to miss.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Cartier.
0:04.0	With the Santos watch, the first modern wristwatch was born by the hands of Louis Cartier.
0:09.0	In 1904, he fulfilled the wish of aviator Alberto Santos Dumont
0:14.0	to be able to read at the time on his pocket watch mid-flight without letting go of the controls.
0:19.0	Santos became part of a legacy of creativity, innovation and timeless elegance in watchmaking
0:25.0	with his visible screws and precise proportions.
0:28.0	It continues to be a pioneer.
0:31.0	Shop Santos de Cartier at Cartier.com
0:44.0	Welcome to Who Outwear with Hillary Kerr.
0:47.0	Your direct line to the designers, stylists, beauty experts, editors and taste makers
0:52.0	who are shaping the ever evolving world of fashion.
0:56.0	I'm your host, Hillary Kerr and today I'm speaking with Zarina Acres.
1:01.0	Zarina is, of course, the founder of Black Owned Everything.
1:05.0	She's also an Emmy Award-winning costume designer and a masterful stylist
1:11.0	with clients including Beyoncé and Megan Mastallion.
1:15.0	She's also designed sold out collections with Macy's and was one of the brilliant brains
1:20.0	behind the Nordstrom X Nike shop.
1:23.0	Zarina is here to take us inside the costume design process for Beyoncé's musical film Black Is King.
1:29.0	We're also talking about her show-stopping work with Megan Mastallion
1:33.0	and Zarina is giving us plenty of recommendations on the hottest new brands on her radar,
1:38.0	including everything she's living in right now.
1:41.0	It's all coming up on Who Outwear.
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