Stylist Enrique Melendez Recounts Jenna Ortega's Style Evolution
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For celebrity stylist Enrique Melendez, working with Wednesday star Jenna Ortega has evolved over the years. "Honestly, at the beginning of her career, we kind of followed a blueprint, so to speak," Melendez said. "Zendaya, what she was doing. Selena Gomez, Dove Cameron, Sabrina Carpenter … They all had a show on Disney, and they kind of followed a business model." As Ortega got older, Melendez worked with the actress to transform her style. "As we started spending more and more time together, she started booking different types of roles, and I think we just kind of explored what her actual personal style was and also what she would gravitate to in wearing on red carpets and press," Melendez said.
On the latest episode of The Who What Wear Podcast, Melendez shares what it's like styling Ortega's press tours for the hit Netflix show, how styling a red carpet look versus a press junket look differs, and more. Watch the episode here, or to find excerpts from their conversation, scroll below.
How did you guys start to figure out what her true style was?
Honestly, at the beginning of her career, we kind of followed a blueprint, so to speak. Zendaya, what she was doing. Selena Gomez, Dove Cameron, Sabrina Carpenter… They all had a show on Disney, and they kind of followed a business model.
I think, as she got older, everything that we were wearing wasn't representative of who she was, as she was obviously discovering herself, and I'm discovering new things about her as we started to work together.
As we started spending more and more time together, she started booking different types of roles, and I think we just kind of explored what her actual personal style was, and also what she would gravitate to in wearing on red carpets and press, and stuff like that.
