About Raquel
Raquel Vidal is a NYC area stylist specializing in wardrobe and still life for print, web and film. She’s available for studio and location shoots, wardrobe fittings and castings. By popular demand, she now also offers up personal shopping and closet editing and image consultation services for private clientele. It seems everyone now needs professional-looking photos of themselves and she can help you look your very best.
Raquel earned her BFA in Apparel Design at the Rhode Island School of Design and headed to New York after graduation, landing jobs as a fashion design assistant at several fashion houses that quickly revealed the copycat culture, sheer drudgery and lack of creativity that sharply contrasted with her creative four years in art school. She decided she must’ve made a mistake and should have studied shoe design, so got into FIT’s Accessory Design program, but had 9 months to wait. To alleviate her misery, she quit her design job and started temping at Conde Nast, much to the dismay of her family. So, it was quite by accident that she discovered how much she loves photo styling, when one day she was placed at Vogue magazine, assisting famed fashion editor, Polly Mellen. She worked her way through the building as a temp in the fashion departments of Vogue, Glamour, Vanity Fair and GQ, eventually landing a full-time job as a fashion assistant to the Senior Fashion Editor at Mademoiselle and deciding she preferred it to the idea of accessory studies. She was able to get a lot experience there, build a portfolio and start a freelance styling career. Her work has graced the covers of magazines, billboards, TV commercials, print ads, catalogs and music videos and she has worked with a wide variety of models, celebrities in arts and entertainment and political figures. She’s very grateful to have followed her heart professionally right out of the box and still enjoys the work she does. She has traveled extensively for work – chasing sunsets, fall leaves, snowy mountains and warmer climes. She loves the artistic variety styling presents and thrives in a fast-paced creative environment where visual problem solving skills and collaboration with others comes into play.