Tim Bitici – Leading Editorial Stylist and Famed Fashion Guru

Tim Bitici is a famous fashion editor and art director in New York City. His editorial work is so famous; it has been formatted museum-style and exhibited in Paris, New York and London.  Currently, Tim is eCom styling for Kenneth Cole, Macy’s.com, Nordstrom and Amazon. Some of the campaigns he has been involved in include Pepe Jeans, Alvina Valenta Spring 2009 campaign, and the Lane Bryant campaign in 2009-2010.



Tim Bitici has worked with the top photographers in the world, on some of the most widely-acclaimed editorials. In the 2014 spring issue of Nylon, “Nylon Guys” he worked with photographer Sebastian Kim and model Elsa Sylvan on the “Navy Story” editorial. Other famed photographers he has worked with include Kirk Edwards, Gonzalo Machado, Yu Tsai, Jamie Isaia, Dan Martensen, Kurt Iswarienko and many others. Tim’s approach to style has been hailed by many magazines for his innate ability to create fresh, iconic images that are styled to perfection, while maintaining corporate identity.

As one of today’s leading stylists, Tim lends his expertise and style genius to many magazines including eCom , as well as commercial  photo shoots from Bridal, to Plus-Size. Recently, Tim was able to add the impressive title, “Fashion Curator” to his long list of accomplishments for covering Fashion Week and for mastering the art of trend-forecasting for the popular micro-blogging site, TUMBLR.

Stepping outside the bounds of the two-dimensional, Tim has also used his talents to style videos for Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Avril Lavigne. In 2004, Tim styled Madonna and the dancers for Britney Spears’ “Me Against the Music” video. In 2003, Tim styled Justin Timberlake and Lindsay Fridmont for Justin’s “I’m Lovin’ It” video, and Avril was styled by Tim for her “Losing Grip” video.

Tim Bitici became a fashion household name with the success of “A Magazine” which he led creatively for six years in Milan. From 2004-2010, Tim art directed and styled for this weekly fashion magazine which involved both in studio and on location worldwide shoots. Within just one year it had become Italy’s most popular and widely circulated weekly fashion magazine. It was during this time that he was responsible for helping to launch the careers of high profile models, as well as now world-renowned photographers.

Tim Bitici – On Style

A native New Yorker, Tim Bitici knows style. He has been named “fashion expert” by Star Magazine, “fashion guru” by Racked, NY, and “top fashion editor” by Oprah Magazine. His sense of style and fashion has earned him the “favorite editor” title among countless magazines such as Glamour, Interview, O’Magazine, Flair, Vanity Fair-Italy, D-Magazine, etc.

Tim Bitici takes his style inspiration from everywhere; city streets, flea markets in London, even old movies. He has successfully worked with such well-known celebrities as Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Rachel Weisz, and Uma Thurman, the latter two of which he styled for the Red Carpet.

When it comes to designers, Tim tends to admire the old school designers like Belgian fashion designers, Veronique Branquinho, and Martin Margiela. The more modern designers he admires include Public School and the Row because they are relatively new on the scene and each has their own unique, fresh voice.

To him, a woman should embody the effortless ease and confidence of having two things: good sex, and a good hairstylist. To help achieve this confidence, when getting ready in the morning, Tim Bitici suggests that a woman should pay close attention to her top, as it is the most noticeable item of clothing, not to over-accessorize, dress for her body type, and never over-obsess about what to wear. And despite what many people believe, comfort is not the enemy of style.

Working in the fashion industry for over ten years and being named “Stylist to the Stars” in Star Magazine, to be recognized as being the “most stylish person” Tim Bitici has ever seen must truly be an honor. In 2001, Tom Ford worked with Tim on a fragrance shoot for Carolyn Murphy. Tim Bitici describes Tom as oozing style that had a palpable effect on the room and was a combination of being cool and confident. The effect was derived not so much from what he wore, but how he wore it. While at the same time, his ex-assistant would be his candidate for “My Style” because of her cool, carefree, effortless confidence. The overwhelming theme when dissecting the essence of style is simple – maintaining an aura of cool, suave confidence, that steps out beyond what it is you wear.

Tim Bitici – Famous Fashion Stylist with No Regrets

Tim Bitici knows fashion. He knows creativity and what it means to be classy, chic and elegant. Style has always been in his blood. As a teenager, he felt that Vogue fed his soul more than food ever could. And it shows; his start in fashion was with an internship for Vanity Fair and Glamour magazines while attending Pace University. And, he says, it’s a hard road. Despite what people may think, it isn’t always glamorous, but if you feel you have talent, with hard work and dedication, you can reach the top.

And reach the top, he did. Currently he’s the E-commerce Contributing Stylist at Henri Bendel – Limited Brands in New York City. He styles and creates the on-set photo shoots from concept to completion. He’s also the new contributing fashion editor at Nylon Magazine. Nylon is an edgy magazine that accurately depicts New York City, matte and raw, rather than Hollywood-style gloss. Tim’s vision for this magazine is to mix high-end fashion with low-end fashion while keeping a cool street vibe.

For six full years, Tim Bitici was the Fashion and Art Director for “A” Magazine – a magazine he himself (along with his director and creative team) started up. It only took a year and “A” Magazine was Italy’s best selling Fashion Weekly and even today boasts 250,000 subscribers internationally. While with “A Magazine,” Tim directed and styled major photo shoots, both in the studio and on location worldwide. He was responsible for launching the careers of many high profile models and photographers. Some of these models include Agyness Deyn, Candice Swanepoel and Crystal Renn. Tim Bitici choreographed over 300 editorial fashion stories while working for “A Magazine.”

His impressive career has been a long, varied one filled with fashion successes and a long list of admirers in the fashion industry. Tim Bitici describes himself as classic, simple and edgy. He doesn’t give a whole lot of credence to role models in general because Tim follows the beat of his own drum. He believes that style isn’t taught, you’re just born with it and when you are, it can be felt by others like a living, breathing entity. Inspiration, however, is everywhere. Tim finds inspiration on city streets, London flea markets, and even old movies.

Tim Bitici is a fashion stylist with no regrets because he has followed his own path, and allows his own clear, stylized vision to set the standard for every one of his shoots.