A publishing industry veteran with over 17 years of fashion and beauty media experience, Marielle Bobo is the Executive Director of Style & Special Projects for Interactive One. Widely known as a masterful creative director, Bobo joins iOne from EBONY Magazine, where, as Fashion & Beauty Director, she oversaw fashion and beauty coverage, including creative direction and styling for celebrity cover shoots and trend features.
Bobo began her impressive career as an agent at Wilhelmina Models. She soon transitioned to Allure magazine as a market editor covering accessories and fashion. Later, Bobo joined the style department at Hearst Magazine’s CosmoGirl and would go on to lend her expertise to Essence, Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), Vanity Fair, Glamour and Harper’s Bazaar.
Marielle has appeared on various television outlets including ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s The Today Show and CBS’ Entertainment Tonight. In 2015, she was invited to the White House among an esteemed group of fashion luminaries to participate in Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Fashion Education Workshop. Later that year, she was named one of Hello Beautiful’s 30 Most Powerful Black Women in Fashion.
A hilarious take on the world of professional football, HBO’s Ballersis a high-speed, adrenaline-fueled mashup of fast cars, wild parties, hot women and powerful men set in Miami.
And what’s a show about top athletes and high-performing execs without some dope threads? From co-producer and star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s custom three-piece suits to the designer kicks worn by Ricky Jerret (played by Denzel Washington’s son, John David), Ballers is chock full of mens style. In fact, the fashion is so lit that Season 3 premiered with a pop up shop and inspired-by capsule collection featuring top brands like Buscemi and Pyer Moss.
Here, costume designer Tiffany Hasbourne takes us inside the show’s enviable fashion closet, revealing how she landed her dream gig and sharing the secret to looking “Ballerific.”
For more behind-the scenes fashion, check out the gallery below.
