Remember when Alabama director Daniel Scheinert wore a tuxedo from Unclaimed Baggage to the Oscars? The store in Scottsboro is in the spotlight again, this time providing eye-catching clothing for a video filmed by a red-hot country star.

Ella Langley — a singer-songwriter, Hope Hull native and multiple ACM Award nominee — wears a vintage lynx fur coat in her video for “weren’t for the wind,” released on March 25.

The coat came from Unclaimed Baggage, according to Langley’s stylist, Huntsville’s Stefani Colvin. In the video, which currently has more than 1.5 million views on YouTube, Langley also can be seen wearing a suede jacket with fur trim and turquoise cuffs, also from Unclaimed Baggage.

Unclaimed Baggage is a one-of-a-kind store in Jackson County, about 40 miles east of Huntsville. It sells a wide variety of items found in unclaimed luggage and cargo, such as clothing, cameras, jewelry, electronics and golf clubs. The company mostly works with commercial airlines, according to its website, but the items also come from buses, trains, trucks and more.

The lynx coat and suede jacket sourced by stylist Colvin got a big thumb’s up from Langley and are part of the visual appeal of her “weren’t for the wind” video.

(Watch Langley’s video below.)

The video, which combines storytelling with performance footage, focuses on an aspiring musician, played by Langley, who accepts her boyfriend’s proposal. Her dreams for a recording career don’t sit well with him, though, and when a big break comes her way, he hides her letter from a record company.

She discovers the betrayal, the engagement ring comes off and she leaves the house to pursue her own path, with her faithful dog in tow. (Langley’s dog Crue, a Boykin spaniel, also makes an appearance in the video.)

Clothing worn by Langley in the video helps to set the tone for the story, Colvin said. Langley, 25, co-directed the video with Wales Toney, and she had specific ideas for it.

“The items Ella is wearing in the music video make so much sense,” the stylist told AL.com. “The video is kind of a ’90s rom-com vibe, kind of an ode to a ’90s country music video — she concepted this whole thing. The song really does tell a story, and she wanted that to come to life in the video.

“In the ’90s Penny Lane coats made a comeback. They were originally popular in the ’70s, and then in the ’90s and early 2000s, they were back in style. In the proposal scene, Ella is in a Penny Lane-style Georgiou Studio suede jacket with fur trim from Unclaimed Baggage.

“Ella’s go-to jewelry choices are turquoise, which has a fun backstory. She has a great relationship with her childhood mail carrier, who is Native American and now lends Ella authentic turquoise pieces, which is a part of her staple look. That signature look is seen in the music video during the performance scene, and we included some turquoise cuffs from Unclaimed Baggage into her outfit.

“When Ella leaves the ring behind and takes the dog, her guitar and the truck to follow her dreams, she’s in a nightgown and her amazing vintage lynx fur coat from Unclaimed Baggage. When I first showed her the coat, she immediately said she needed it, and I’m so glad we were able to make it happen.”

Colvin, 25, said she’s been styling Langley for more than a year-and-a-half, and the two have become friends.

“I started working with her before she blew up,” Colvin said. “Seeing this whole thing come to life has been so much fun. We’ve grown together, which has been so much fun.”

In an email interview, Colvin answered more questions about styling Langley and choosing clothing for the star from Unclaimed Baggage.

How would you describe the fashion style you’ve been curating for Ella Langley?

I would describe the style we’ve been curating for Ella as very classy, timeless but with a hint of fun, vintage-inspired pieces. We love animal print, we love a vintage piece of jewelry, we love fringe, we love an ode to something vintage and really cool. I also feel like the silhouettes are very classy and timeless. We’re not doing anything too trendy. I feel like Ella’s style would stand the test of time.”

How important is the use of vintage pieces, when you style her and for your overall aesthetic?

Vintage is very important to me. It’s something I’ve loved since I was 16. As soon as I could drive, I started thrifting and learning more and more about vintage. I’ve been selling vintage on the side since 2016 and then in 2020 I started posting TikTok videos and selling full-time. Now that I am a full-time stylist, I only sell vintage occasionally on the weekends — it’s something I still enjoy and allows me an opportunity to hang out with my friends. I have so much inventory and am always adding more because I’m constantly sourcing pieces for my clients, including Ella.

 Ella and I both love old clothes and old music, so the vintage pieces just make sense for her. And it’s always fun having something that no one else has. It’s also a very sustainable option when styling for so many events and shoots.

Ella usually has one vintage item in her outfits — it ranges from jewelry to coats to pants to shoes. We definitely like to mix vintage with modern. It just makes everything cooler in my opinion.

Tell us why you decided to pull items from Unclaimed Baggage for the “weren’t for the wind” video.

I grew up in Huntsville, so I went to Unclaimed Baggage multiple times growing up. I’ve made multiple YouTube and TikTok videos there in 2019 and 2020, which went viral. People find it so fascinating that a store exists to sell lost luggage, and the only location is in Scottsboro, Alabama.

This collaboration with Unclaimed Baggage for Ella’s “weren’t for the wind” video kind of happened by accident. My sister was home for Christmas and went shopping at Unclaimed Baggage. She sent a picture of the lynx fur coat featured in the video, and I couldn’t tell where she was. The coat was on a mannequin behind the counter and kind of looked like an antique store. I told her to get the coat and asked how much it was. She said she thought it was $299, so I said, “Buy it right now.”

Her phone died and I wasn’t able to talk to her for the next 45 minutes. I was freaking out thinking, “Oh my gosh, I need this coat right now and I am in Nashville and not going to have a chance to go down and get it.” Her phone finally charged, and she had left without the coat. So, I called the store, and they said it was actually $700.

I wasn’t sure Unclaimed Baggage worked with stylists or artists, but I decided to shoot my shot and DM’d them on Instagram. The rest is history.

The video shoot was postponed twice due to weather, so it took longer to release than expected, but it turned out amazing. I’m so grateful to Unclaimed Baggage for gifting Ella the pieces, and she wears a lot of the jewelry all the time, including at a recent show. We have some other styling opportunities in the works, and I’m excited to see what I can find at Unclaimed Baggage for her.

When you work with Ella Langley as a stylist, how much collaboration is involved?

Ella and I absolutely collaborate when we’re choosing outfits and accessorizing. I do all the sourcing, come to her with a huge rack of clothing and pick out pieces to try on for an outfit. Sometimes there are standout pieces, like the lynx fur coat, that she’s drawn to and wants to try on first.

My job as a stylist is to source all the pieces and make sure they are on brand for Ella’s signature look. We’ve spent a lot of time curating this distinct style she has. I’m very happy she trusts me to be so hands on in her styling, but Ella does care so much about her art and everything involved with it, so she has a big part in it as well.

Will we see clothing from Unclaimed Baggage on Ella Langley again?

I hope to get some more pieces from Unclaimed Baggage on her in the near future. We have a clutch that she will be wearing during the ACM Awards in May, and I hope to add some more jewelry and shoes from Unclaimed Baggage to her ACM looks.

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Tell us a little more about yourself and your background. How did you become a stylist for country artists like Ella Langley and Tanner Adell?

I grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. I had five horses and grew up riding and competing in English riding events. I was also always into performing arts, singing at church and doing local theatre. I was always doing something creative or with animals. My senior year of high school I decided to not go to college, and I moved to Nashville to pursue a music career. I made pop music for a while, but was also styling myself, selling vintage and creating fashion content on social media. A lot of people made fun of me for it, and thought what I wore was weird, but I’ve never had a problem being really authentically myself, which is another thing Ella and I relate on.

I never really knew styling was in my future, but now that it’s my job, nothing has ever made more sense in my life. My childhood, my love for fashion, styling my artist friends even when I was an artist has led me here. I just love working in the music industry because I understand it from being a part of it, and it fulfills me creatively — the little artist inside of me getting to work with these well-known musicians.

(On Instagram, Colvin says she styled Langley, Riley Green, Jamey Johnson and the extras in Langley’s video for her hit song with Green, “you look like you love me.” Watch the video below.)