- What's up, everybody?
I'm Scottie Beam
and I am here with the connoisseur of looks, honey.
I am with Law Roach.
Oh my God, it's so good to see you.
- Thank you, I'm happy to be here
talking to you and you look beautiful.
- Oh, thank you.
- Let's do it.
- How many hours of sleep do you get?
- Four hours of sleep and a nap sometimes
every now and again.
- What's the first thing on your mind
when you wake up in the morning?
- My business.
- I like that answer.
When did you fall in love with styling?
- My very first paid job.
Pre-social media, I didn't know that this was a real career.
So, I think I fell love with it
the first time I got a job and actually got paid for it.
- Do you have an alter ego, if so, who are they?
- I might have multiple personalities.
I don't know if they have a name
but styling Law is totally different
from Law that's on "Legendary",
that's totally different from
Law when I'm with my friends and family.
I don't know if I have Law-sha Fierce
or anything like that, you know what I mean?
- Who is your pickiest client?
- Maybe Zendaya, only because
we've grown up together and we've been doing this
so long together that I think she's the one
who tries me the most.
(Scottie chuckling)
(Law chuckling)
- I love that, I love that.
Is there anyone left on your list
that you have as a dream client?
- I've never have had dream clients.
I am a firm believer that the universe puts you
in people's life at the exact moment
you're supposed to be there.
I have people that I think are beautiful or stunning,
or I feel like we can make some magic together.
When it happens, it happens,
and we'll take it from there.
- Does success
look the way you thought it would?
- Success is very, very difficult.
I think it's rather easy
to acquire it.
Once you get there and maintaining it is the tough part
because you have to know how to maintain the business
and maintain a sense of being relevant.
And those things I think are really, really difficult.
- What is your favorite accessory?
- This was a gift from Jacob, the jeweler, Jacob & Co.
They gave that to me for Christmas.
It's incredible.
I wear it every single day.
I kind of like never take it off.
I'm just so grateful
that they sent me such an incredible piece.
- What's something you can't throw out,
but probably should?
- I got everything.
I literally have like my first pair of Gucci shoes
that I got when I was like 15 years old.
- Do you hold onto them for the memories?
- I hold on to 'em from the place like, oh, I'm a stylist
so I know I'll wear this again,
or the resale value of certain things.
I wanna be like this 90 year old retired stylist
who opens up his doors and like, "This is my archive."
You know what I mean?
- Yes, I love that.
- I create these excuses to keep all of these clothes.
- What is the most underrated styling tip
that you wish more people would consider?
- Confidence.
And I know that may sound a little cliche,
but it's true, right?
It's like, if you have the confidence,
and to say that you are the baddest bitch, period,
there's nothing or no one in the world
that can change your mind.
- Right.
- So, when you have the confidence,
everything else is easy, I believe.
The clothes just become part of the attitude.
- So, Law, who would you like to play you in a movie?
- You know how sometimes, movies,
they find an unknown?
- Yes.
- They go across the country and do all these auditions
and find this person who wasn't an actor.
And I think those performances
are the ones that people are blown away by.
I don't think nobody else that exists
can give you this, so.
- Exactly.
(Scottie laughing)
(Law laughing)
- What's one thing that people don't know about the work,
the work of a stylist?
- That it's really work.
- Yeah.
- It's a whole thing
and then it's also being able to run your business
like it's a business.
That's the most important thing.
Pay your taxes, you know what I mean?
Don't spend your money before you get it.
It's those things that I feel like we don't understand,
and necessarily as Black people that we always miss,
it's the business of it all.
I am a business first.
I am a creative second.
- What's your favorite city in the world?
- Chicago.
It's where I'm from.
I love that we have our own everything, right?
We have like the way we talk to each other,
the way we love each other, the food.
- Mmhmm.
- I love it.
And it's such a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful city.
- For a vacation, beach or city?
- Oh, beach, a hundred-thousand percent.
- [Scottie] Okay. - To the ocean, for sure.
It recharges you.
- Pancakes or French toast?
- Pancakes.
- What's one of your strange food favorites?
- Grilled cheese sandwich,
but I like to pour maple syrup on top of it.
(record skipping)
And it's so good.
That was a treat for us, when we growing up,
my sisters and brother.
Cause cheese ain't one of the things
you always had in the house,
but you had bread.
- Yes.
- You gotta do it though.
A grilled cheese, crispy, cheesy,
put a little syrup on it.
It's like sweet and savory.
Definitely a vibe.
- Sugar or salt in your grits, Law?
- I'm from Chicago.
Sugar.
- Okay.
Okay, we're good.
We're great, we're amazing.
- What was your favorite vintage BET series?
- "106 & Park", hands down, right?
And when I first started my career,
I got a chance to go to "106 & Park" a lot.
That was the thing,
and then you would bump into people you knew there.
Free and AJ was the definition
of early 2000s styles to me, you know what I mean?
It was just for the culture.
- What was your favorite BET Awards moment?
- When Mo'Nique did that parody of Beyonce.
I think that was really great
and I think it was
before its time, in a way.
That performance, and what she did,
speaks to the culture right now.
That had never been done, you know what I mean?
And she killed it
and those girls killed it.
And it was a statement
that I can do whatever you can do.
- Right.
- As Black people, we should always pay attention to that
and we need to celebrate
those people who were disruptors
and added to the culture and where we are now.
- Yes, much praises to Mo'Nique.
Do you remember any of your favorite BET Award looks?
- I've done a few.
Zendaya, she wore a little crop cut
and this kind of like shirt-dress
and these like super tall platforms,
so it was like all legs.
It's been a few Mary J. Blige.
Like when Mary just got the Icon Award,
and I did that performance and that red carpet.
And being a part of that performance
and styling her for that
and being in the room with her
when she got that honor,
I think is probably the biggest BET moment
that I've had. - Yes.
Hip-hop or R&B?
- R&B.
- Of course.
And that concludes it, Law. - That it?
Thank you so much for being real, honest,
sharing the wisdom.
Sharing your - - That was fun.
- Yes.
Thank you so much for doing this with us.
Tune in next time.
You don't know who's coming.