{"id":727,"date":"2025-02-05T20:10:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T21:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilotshopworld.com\/?p=727"},"modified":"2025-02-26T18:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:35:25","slug":"zana-bayne-on-designing-chappell-roans-rodeo-grammys-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/zana-bayne-on-designing-chappell-roans-rodeo-grammys-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Zana Bayne on Designing Chappell Roan's Rodeo Grammys Look"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zana Bayne<\/u><\/a> is every pop girl\u2019s secret weapon. The LA-based designer has long been a decades-plus go-to for custom performance looks, consistently dressing everyone from Lady Gaga to Beyonc\u00e9 and well beyond. This past year, Bayne has closely followed the rise of Grammy Award-winner Chappell Roan<\/u><\/a>, creating on-stage leather outfits for tours, festivals and special appearances like Coachella, the VMAs and Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/em> \u2014 all developed alongside Roan\u2019s stylist Genesis Webb<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>\n

The 2025 Grammys saw this creative team join forces once again, bringing the \u201cPink Pony Club\u201d to life on an oversized horse<\/u><\/a> and surrounded by dancing rodeo clowns. Roan wore a western-inspired Zana Bayne original, complete with five different jewel-toned metallic leathers, crystal studding, cowgirl buckles and cascading fringe. Styled with big, wavy hair by Dom Forletta, Victorian-inspired glam by Andrew Dahling and gemstone nails by Juan Alvear, Roan\u2019s appearance as this year\u2019s Best New Artist was instantly iconic.<\/p>\n

Below, PAPER<\/em> goes behind the scenes with Zana Bayne to learn more about her process.<\/p>\n

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What is your creative relationship like with Genesis and Chappell? Obviously, you have such a signature style, so what does that collaborative process look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

What I enjoy about working with Genesis and Chappell is that there\u2019s a level of trust between all of us, and respect for each other\u2019s strengths and opinions throughout. Chappell gives the concepts to Genesis, Genesis does her own research and brings the moodboard to me, then I take those references and run them through my own design filter and just put pencil to paper until it comes out right. Because I have a more specific aesthetic for my own brand, it\u2019s been so fun to play with themes that I normally wouldn\u2019t touch day to day. I love fashion, I love fantasy, and I love a showgirl moment and I get to really play with that part of my brain for her performance pieces.<\/p>\n

What makes a signature Zana Bayne piece? How do you see yourself reflected in Chappell\u2019s Grammys look? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I love structure, I love working with the beautiful shapes of the human body and then building my own curves into design. I love really thoughtful details, straps and buckles that make sense, and any style line that resembles a garter. I think there is something so delightful about leather appliqu\u00e9s; they\u2019re like little tattoos all over a garment. I love studding and corset lacing, and I got to incorporate all of the above into the Grammys look without any O-rings or black leather which have historically been some of my signature details.<\/p>\n

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You’ve been doing this for quite some time now. Is it still exciting to see your work on a world stage like the Grammys? What was your reaction to seeing it on Chappell live this time around?<\/strong><\/p>\n

During our final fitting, Kay (Chappell) asked me if I had done a Grammys look before. I\u2019ve been doing this for 15 years now \u2014 which is wild \u2014 and at first I was kind of blas\u00e9 about the response because I\u2019ve had the incredible opportunity to work with so many talented performers over the years including the Grammys: the belt Demi Lovato wore for her powerful performance in 2020, and various accessories for Sam Smith, Violet Chachki, and Gottmik during the 2023 performance of \u201cUnholy.\u201d But it\u2019s only in the last year or so that I\u2019ve gotten back to working on full vision entire looks, so this was really something special and certainly not the last time.<\/p>\n

How long does something like this take you, from ideation to completion? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I wish I had a really succinct and calculated answer for this, but it\u2019s complicated. The design discussions with Genesis started at the beginning of January, but then we paused during the fires. And then we had fittings, re-workings of the concept, edits and changes up until five hours before the Grammy\u2019s red carpet. We are constantly thinking on our feet and making sure the look makes sense with set changes and lighting. But in general there\u2019s never a lot of lead time, so I\u2019ll have a sketch approved in the morning and a sample by end of day, finessed and finished by the next morning.<\/p>\n

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You’ve made several looks to date for Chappell now. Do you have an all-time favorite?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love all of my children. They\u2019re all so special in their own way. I just borrowed back the Austin City Limits red and python look as well as the SNL<\/em><\/em> hand-painted gingham outfit, so that I could properly photograph them as they had to go straight from the sewing machine into a box for FedEx. ACL actually was Ubered directly to LAX. I love looking back at the details. But now this Grammys outfit definitely takes first place. The metallic chocolate brown leather is so sumptuous and the finishings are really so fun.<\/p>\n

Why do you think Chappell\u2019s look and music are resonating so strongly and widely right now? How does it resonate with you? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I think we are constantly being fed imagery of perfection, filtered faces, best angles and curated existences, and that is not most people\u2019s reality. So to have a performer like Chappell, who isn\u2019t perfectly polished and at the same time exuding pride in herself and confidence in her character exactly as she is, is really speaking to a lot of people who maybe don\u2019t get to see themselves reflected in popular media. I grew up having the craziest curly hair and a love for dressing creatively, and never felt like I looked like anyone else I knew. I embraced that and drew power from it, even though it\u2019s not always easy to be left of center. I really appreciate that about Kay as well, and hope she knows how inspirational and important it is to her fans.<\/p>\n

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What’s your wildest memory from the Abbey in WeHo? I’ve read that it inspired “Pink Pony Club.” <\/strong><\/p>\n

Believe it or not I\u2019ve only been to the Abbey once, and it was a pit stop on a party bus for Brooke Candy\u2019s birthday a few years ago. My Pink Pony Club\u2019s have been The Transfer in SF, Vandam at Greenhouse, GAG! at Metropolitan, Ladyfag\u2019s 11:11 \u2014 any time Michael Magnan and Honey Dijon were playing it was close to heaven.<\/p>\n

What music do you listen to when you’re designing and constructing custom looks like these?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I kind of have very specific musical needs for different points of the design process. When I\u2019m sketching and patterning I usually work in silence because my brain needs to hone in without distraction. If I have to come in super early to work then I put on Fever Ray self-titled. When I work late I start with Depeche Mode \u201cViolator\u201d and vibe out to gothy new wave. And definitely a ton of Amyl and the Sniffers<\/u><\/a> once I got into the groove of this project.<\/p>\n

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\nGrammys photos via Getty<\/em>
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