From Vacuuming Carpets To Dressing Hollywood's Biggest Names
About this episode
Rod Allen Baker shares his journey from janitor to celebrity stylist, detailing his experiences dressing Hollywood's biggest names.
Celebrity stylist Rod Allen Baker is back and this time Ken and Megan get the full origin story. Rod started college on a gymnastics scholarship that got dropped a week before training camp, ended up at Kansas State, and took the only job available at a clothing store — janitor. One night covering for the Brad Pitt looking salesman who had a date at the Elton John concert, Rod sold more in one shift than anyone in the company's entire history. That was the night he knew exactly what he was supposed to do. He breaks down how he built his client list in Denver by walking into offices next to nice cars and asking who owned them, how he landed ESPN and started dressing the biggest athletes and promoters in the world, and the night George Foreman walked past everyone on set to find the clothing guy and ordered every single fabric in the book. Then there's the story of calling the number George gave him and getting his mother on the phone. Rod shares what it was like dressing Kelsey Grammer for Frasier, working with Jay Leno through his entire Tonight Show run, getting a live on-air plug from Don King, and making a white cashmere tuxedo for Kelsey Grammer's wedding. Plus Megan falls…
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