San Francisco Bay Area

Stylist,
maker,
art director.

A decade of building garments from pattern to finished piece, styling them on editorial sets, and directing the eCommerce and campaign shoots that sell them. I run a shoot end to end, casting through post, and I direct fit from the inside out, because I made the thing being fitted.

Editorial & Campaign Runway Product & eCommerce Garment Construction
Menswear editorial look in an embellished jacket, Elevated II, San Francisco
Elevated IISan Francisco
01
Editorial & Campaign

Looks built,
then shot.

San Francisco

Tonal Imagery, New Line

I built every garment in-house for a multi-set on-location shoot, then styled and fitted each one on the day, producing content and campaign assets for the NABUHA line.

Styling
Kaleo Diego
Garment construction
Kaleo Diego
Production
NABUHA
Photography
Tonal Imagery
Hair & Makeup
Sourced and briefed by Kaleo Diego
San Francisco

Tonal Imagery, Series Two

For the second series of the line I built every look to read two ways at once, solo and as a group, so the same garments carry a single frame and a full lineup across multiple set-ups.

Styling
Kaleo Diego
Garment construction
Kaleo Diego
Production
NABUHA
Photography
Tonal Imagery
Hair & Makeup
Sourced and briefed by Kaleo Diego
02
Runway & Presentation

Built for
the walk.

San Francisco

Elevated II
Fashion Show

I built and styled every look end to end for the walk, then held continuity across a rotating roster of photographers shooting the same run of show.

Styling
Kaleo Diego, full looks
Garment construction
Kaleo Diego
Production
NABUHA
Photography
Various, on site
Hair & Makeup
Sourced and briefed by Kaleo Diego
San Francisco

Luminous Spaces
Fashion Show

I styled every look from garment through accessories and finish, then ran backstage through the full running order so nothing changed between the line check and the walk.

Styling
Kaleo Diego, full looks
Garment construction
Kaleo Diego
Format
Live runway presentation
Show
Luminous Spaces SF Fashion Show
Annual event

NABUHA
Visionary Summit

I built the full garment lineup for the NABUHA flagship show and presented it as one cast, backed by a team across social content, marketing, photography, and makeup.

Styling
Kaleo Diego
Garment construction
Kaleo Diego, full lineup
Production
NABUHA
Team
Social and content, marketing, photography, makeup
03
eCommerce & Advertising

A line built
to one look.

Signature Fragrance Line

AURÓRA & OÚDRA

I art directed a multi-SKU product campaign across the full line to a single consistent treatment. The backdrop environments are AI-generated, built to my direction shot by shot rather than pulled from stock, then composited with the product and graded so every SKU reads as one set. I directed post through to final delivery. The discipline is the one studio eCommerce runs on: a full line held to a single treatment, no frame drifting off the look. The frames below are the finished campaign deliverables.

Direction
Art direction and campaign concept, Kaleo Diego
Set design
AI-generated backdrop environments, art directed by Kaleo Diego
Compositing and grade
Directed by Kaleo Diego, with digital editing support
Deliverables
AURÓRA, OÚDRA, VETÉRRA, travel bottle, and the signature set
04
Construction & Events

Fit directed
from the pattern.

Made to order

Bespoke coat
for a musician

I drafted, constructed, and fitted this coat for the stage: detachable shoulder pads change the silhouette between looks, and a restyled cummerbund doubles as a waist belt.

Design and construction
Kaleo Diego
Detail
Detachable shoulder pads, restyled cummerbund waist belt
Discipline
Pattern, fabric, proportion, finish
Private commission

Couture
wedding gown

I designed and constructed the couture wedding gown, styled the groom, and helped style the set and the leis worn by the wedding party. One hand carried the look from the gown through to the room it was worn in.

Design and construction
Couture wedding gown, Kaleo Diego
Styling
Groom, Kaleo Diego
Event styling
Set and wedding party leis, supported by Kaleo Diego
Discipline
Pattern, fabric, proportion, finish
What I bring to a studio
01

Style-out and on set

Looks pre-built before the shoot, then held and fixed live as the camera finds the problems.

02

Fit and tailoring direction

Construction-level diagnosis. Pinning, rigging, and pressing decisions made from how the garment was built.

03

Multi-SKU consistency

A product line carried across deliverables to one treatment, so the set reads as a set.

04

Directing a crew

Casting, hair, makeup, photographers, videographers, and digital editors briefed and run to a single creative intent.

05

Continuity across shoots

A look held across a rotating roster of photographers and multiple set-ups, so a line reads as one line in every shoot it appears in.

06

Retail-floor fluency

Four years styling men professionally on the retail floor, leading a store team. Real fit blocks, real customers, the vocabulary this work runs on.