But since Lamar embarked on his Grand National Tour with SZA in April, his team has hired at least two new stylists—Marika-Ella Ames and Zara Mirkin—who each outfitted the rapper in various shades of camouflage, studded belts, and dice-printed shredded denim during the tour’s American leg.
In an Instagram post from June 1, Ames shared an array of Lamar’s tour looks and thanked the “30+ independent and emerging makers, true craftsmen and young designers based across the world [who] made this possible.” On July 9, Mirkin, who is a fashion editor at large at Dazed magazine, posted her own contributions to KDot’s onstage wardrobe, tagging the skatewear giant Supreme as well as small-scale New York City-based designers, Robin Goods and Gabe Gordon. Via emails to GQ this week, representatives for Ames and Mirkin respectively declined to comment for this story.
For now, it’s unclear if Lamar and McNeill are still working together, or if they plan to in the future. (The rapper is not listed among McNeill’s star clients on her agency’s website.) As of press time, McNeill could not be reached for comment.
Nonetheless, Lamar is now one of a growing cadre of famous men who have switched up their longstanding styling arrangements this year. Pitt hired McNeill to style various casual looks during his F1 promotional duties in June, while the actor’s longtime stylist George Cortina still outfitted him for the red carpet. Fantastic Four star Pedro Pascal enlisted Jamie Mizrahi, who also dresses Jeremy Allen White, to replace his previous stylist, Julie Ragolia; Superman’s Nicholas Hoult, previously a longtime client of Wendi and Nicole Ferreira, did the same by hiring Jason Bolden. Meanwhile, back in March, Justin Bieber added Jenna Tyson to his styling roster after primarily working with Karla Welch for over a decade.
