Celebrity Stylist Erin Walsh Fetes First Book
With a foreword by friend and client Anne Hathaway, Erin Walsh’s new book, The Art of Intentional Dressing, aims to make dressing and wearing diamonds a transformative experience.
Erin Walsh Toasts Her Debut Title “The Art of Intentional Dressing” at The Portrait Bar, on April 30, 2026. (Matteo Prandoni/BFA.com)
With Met Ball pre-gaming events in full swing, dressing with intent takes on a new meaning even before Monday’s star-studded—and diamond-filled— gala in support of The Costume Institute occurs. This year, it collides with the fevered release of The Devil Wears Prada 2, opening nationwide May 1st.
Integral to star Anne Hathaway’s looks—worn while promoting the film, appearing in Vogue, and attending the Met’s fundraising fête—is celebrity stylist, creative director, and A-Frame Agency founder Erin Walsh. With the launch of her first book, The Art of Intentional Dressing, she now adds author to her CV.
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Amid a whirlwind worldwide press tour to promote the movie, Walsh found time to gather guests such as Stella McCartney, Laura Brown, Ariana Debose, Hung Vanngo, Fernando Garcia, and her friend and star client, Anne Hathaway, to toast the new tome in New York. Only Natural Diamonds spoke with Walsh at her book launch held at The Portrait Bar inside The Fifth Avenue Hotel to discover intentional dressing with diamonds.
A Book is Born: Erin Walsh Celebrates the Release of The Art of Intentional Dressing
Walsh began her career as a “Voguette” in the early 2000s, working for long-time editor Phyllis Posnick. This experience shaped her career path. When the pandemic hit, about 15 years into her career in celebrity styling, she had time to reflect.
“I knew I wanted to make this book 10 years ago to heal the relationship that every woman had with fashion and getting dressed, which led to feeling bad about themselves. That was the genesis,” Walsh tells OND. She adds, “More importantly, what is the substance and the purpose behind all of this? I always felt that what I was doing wasn’t just dressing people or making them look good.”
Thus, she set out to devise a plan. This led to her signature CREATE (clarity, ritual, editing, alignment, truth, expansion) method, which transformed dressing into a pleasurable and fulfilling act for her clients and beyond.
Diamonds Dazzle with Intent at Erin Walsh’s Book Launch
Jewelry is often seen as a finishing touch, but Walsh never feels it is accidental. With clients like Hathaway, Selena Gomez, and Mindy Kaling—a self-professed diamond lover—Walsh recalls moments when a specific necklace or pair of earrings transformed an entire look for her clients, highlighting jewelry’s a-ha moments.
“When you put on a great piece, usually the final touch, there’s often an audible gasp. For example, with Annie at The Met last year, when she wore the Bulgari diamond and the large rectangular pyramid sapphire, that reaction happened. Moments like these occur often,” she continues. “Choosing the jewelry is a distinct process, but when someone puts it on, there’s a visible change—almost like a portal of transformation opens—affecting posture, stance, and presence.”
Choosing the jewelry is a distinct process, but when someone puts it on, there’s a visible change—almost like a portal of transformation opens.
For jewelry styling, Walsh suggests trusting your intuition. “Once you try it on, you will know if it balances you or enhances the look by the way it feels on you. Especially with jewelry, take a beat. It’s not about rushing into things. How is it making you feel?
Erin Walsh and Anne Hathaway Nurture a Creative Partnership with Bulgari
Both Walsh and Hathaway wore Bulgari to the event with the actress sporting a B zero1 gold and diamond Rock Chain necklace, a Serpenti diamond cuff and matching earrings.
On this latest tour, stops included Mexico City, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, New York, and London. The tour featured looks from Balenciaga, Valentino, Versace, Stella McCartney, and Louis Vuitton.
In London, at a gala reception following the premiere, she wore a Vuitton black-and-light-grey striped gown. She paired it with a Bulgari High Jewelry Serpenti Necklace in white gold, featuring two pear-shaped emerald eyes and 63.85 carats of pavé-set diamond, plus coordinating Bulgari Serpenti diamond and emerald clip earrings valued at $67,000. A red Vuitton dress in NYC was paired with a stunning Serpenti wrap bracelet and Diva Dream diamond earrings.
Walsh also knows the jewelry well, having visited Lucia Silvestri. Silvestri has been with the company since she was 18 and has served as Bulgari’s Creative Director since 2023.
“About a year ago, I visited her in the workshop. She has a deep understanding of the power of gems and their ability energetically to transform how you feel,” says Walsh. “Watching them mold gold and work with diamonds and other stones, knowing how to put those elements together to become a transformation vehicle, was incredible. They have energy. You feel it when you put it on, or if it’s something nostalgic for you, that is somebody you love or some version of yourself that you’re learning to be; it’s like an instant portal for me.”
Diamonds Get Personal at Erin Walsh’s Book Launch
Walsh’s own relationship to diamonds is deeply sentimental. “I’ve been lucky enough to inherit some beautiful diamond stacking rings from my mom. My husband has them at the moment, but I wear them every single day. My wedding ring was an estate Fred Leighton diamond ring from the 1880s. I was shocked when I received it. I feel very lucky every time I wear it,” she says.
Some of the stylists’ friends in attendance included All the Cool Girls Get Fired co-author Laura Brown. She was sporting her engagement ring by fellow Aussie designer Stefano Canturi, which she describes as “a diamond that looks like a diamond smash landed on another diamond.” She reveled in Walsh’s party, knowing full well its significance. “People showing up for you was the greatest thing in the world and the greatest response and gift you could ever have,” Brown says.
Stylist Mariel Haenn—and the wife of Hoorsenbuhs director Kether Parker—was sporting a diamond tennis necklace and a matching bracelet. Being married to a jeweler can be dreamy for most diamond lovers. “I like to tell him my diamonds are shrinking,” quips Haenn, about angling for even bigger gems, and stated with intent.
