While studying architecture at New York’s Pratt Institute, Costume Designer and Stylist
Lee W Moore began his career at the New York studio of Japanese fashion legend
Mitsuhiro Matsuda in 1985, working with editors and celebrities at the peak of Tokyo’s
avant-garde influence on global style. In 1987 as the French ‘enfants terribles’ fashion
revolution began to eclipse Tokyo’s createurs, he joined Jean-Paul Gaultier at the moment
of Gaultier’s iconic second runway, the ‘Russian Constructivist’ collection,
which launched the label to superstardom and put Lee in the
rare position of working with the biggest celebrities and fashion
editors, photographers and retail fashion directors of the time. The combination of
duties as press liaison to the major magazines, sales contact to the top stores, and
coordinating celebrity requests (facilitating Gaultier and
Madonna’s first collaboration which led to her addition of his aerodynamic cone bras and corsets to her style
language) he found himself positioned to become as a stylist in his
own right.
As Lee began styling for magazines such as Vanity Fair and Interview (while also
working as a menswear buyer for New York’s iconoclastic Charivari stores) he also
began designing wardrobe for tv projects with New York’s Ford
Models. While shooting for Ford in Los Angeles he met
renown beauty photographer/director Rebecca Blake who hired him to style a Max
Factor tv campaign which then led to his first major music video commission,
Prince's ‘Cream’ and “Diamonds and Pearls’. Lee has been based in LA ever since, styling celebrities
and designing for commercial and print campaigns, music videos and television.
In 2002, Lee’s experience in fashion, pop music and celebrity glam was enlisted by
Capitol Records to create the image for a newly signed Nashville artist, but in the mold
of mainstream pop style. This project was an early example of the visual re-branding of
country music during it’s evolution into the mega-genre that it is has become. Lee’s
work with Nashville artists and labels has been influential in the
transformation of the genre’s look and influence on style. He works with many
established artists but his forté and passion is developing new artists, creating a unique,
representative and instantly recognizable style vocabulary for them, and shepherding
their visual brand as they evolve as artists and performers. Among his current and
former clients are Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church
and Sam Hunt.
Lee is currently working with mega-star Nashville artist Luke Bryan on the television competition reality show ‘American Idol.
Celebrities (partial list) /Advertising/Music/Television
Luke Bryan Jodie Foster Max Factor Capitol Records American Idol
Keith Urban Matthew McConaughey Cover Girl Universal Music Superbowl #L!
Lady Antebellum Charlize Theron Miller Beer EMI Dancing With the Stars
Eric Church Diane Lane Budweiser Sony Music The Voice
Dierks Bentley Halle Berry Pennzoil Warner Bros Music Tonight Show
Sam Hunt Will Smith Fosters Beer Disney Ellen
Trace Adkins Denzel Washington Chevy Trucks Curb Records Today Show
Kenny Rogers Cameron Diaz Levi Strauss Castle Rock Jimmy Kimmel
Sugarland Julia Louis Dreyfus Guess Jeans Virgin Records Tonight Show
Jody Watley Jerry Seinfeld Cabelas Buena Vista Conan O'Brien
Martina McBride Eric McCormack Redken CBS Oprah
Bryan McKnight Debra Messing Ford Models ABC Stephen Colbert
Ricky Martin Jeff Goldblum Diet Coke Vogue James Corden
LL Cool J Salma Hayek Pepsi Vanity Fair The View
Tupac Shaquille ONeal Slice INTERVIEW The Talk
PRINCE Racquel Welch Lexus Motors GQ David Letterman
Boyz2Men Gwyneth Paltrow CMA Awards Playboy Celebrity Apprentice
INSYNC Jennifer Lopez ACM Awards Entertainment Weekly
Tony Bennett Naomi Watts MTV Awards Elle
John Lee Hooker Laura Dern Grammy Awards Billboard
Eric Clapton Meghan Mullaley CMT Awards Rolling Stone
Def Leppard Tom Hanks Billboard Awards Esquire
Meatloaf Christopher Walken AMA Awards People
Jason Aldean Jared Leto Peoples Choice Awards Harpers Bazaar