The Sunset Marquis is at capacity.
It’s Grammy week, and the Los Angeles hotel is buzzing with energy. Somewhat hidden on a residential street off the lively Sunset Strip, it’s been a second home of sorts for music’s biggest names, particularly this time of year. If the walls could talk, they’d share stories of debaucheries, most notably from the Seventies when rock ‘n’ roll was alive and well. Life is tamer inside its doors these days, and at 6 p.m. on Wednesday night, the restaurant is quieter than expected. Sitting in a back corner, iPhone in hand, is stylist Samantha Burkhart. She’s in the middle of “a logistics crisis.”
“I don’t have enough parking spots for the Grammys on Sunday,” she says. “I’m dressing 24 people on stage for Billie.”
Billie Eilish, that is, the 18-year-old force and arguably music’s brightest star. “And then there’s Rosalía’s 29 people,” she continues. “They’re only giving me two parking spots.”
It’s Grammy week, and the Los Angeles hotel is buzzing with energy. Somewhat hidden on a residential street off the lively Sunset Strip, it’s been a second home of sorts for music’s biggest names, particularly this time of year. If the walls could talk, they’d share stories of debaucheries, most notably from the Seventies when rock ‘n’ roll was alive and well. Life is tamer inside its doors these days, and at 6 p.m. on Wednesday night, the restaurant is quieter than expected. Sitting in a back corner, iPhone in hand, is stylist Samantha Burkhart. She’s in the middle of “a logistics crisis.”
“I don’t have enough parking spots for the Grammys on Sunday,” she says. “I’m dressing 24 people on stage for Billie.”
Billie Eilish, that is, the 18-year-old force and arguably music’s brightest star. “And then there’s Rosalía’s 29 people,” she continues. “They’re only giving me two parking spots.”
Billie Eilish
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Burkhart met Eilish before the Interscope Records deal, when the “Bad Guy” singer was all of 14 years old. “I think she’s had a real influence on removing boundaries with gender-based clothing,” says Burkhart, who dresses Eilish in a variety of brands — from high-end
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