For the past 25 years, Emma Trask, who originally hails from Waitārere Beach, Horowhenua, has been slaying it as a stylist in the US, working with A-list celebrities including Scarlett Johansson, Beyonce, Cameron Diaz, Kiera Knightly, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Jared Leto and Carrie Underwood.
Aside from making her clients look good, her mantra as a stylist is to create an individual look, and the same concept threads through her newest venture, The Chrysalis Lab in Malibu, Los Angeles.
Trask’s upcycle atelier is a unique art studio-meets-retail space where