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Been 
spending your days wondering why, Nicole Richie and Lindsay Lohan have gradually started to look like each other? Well wonder no more, their “look is the work of celebrity stylist of the moment Rachel Zoe.
With a long list of celebrity clients including Kate Hudson, Mischa Barton, Enrique Iglesias and Salma Hayek, Zoe commands up to approx. $6000 a day for her work and is notably more fashion obsessed than most.
Her look is very glam boho, (think 1970′s, Kate Moss and Tom Ford), and in response to her critics who claim she’s simply creating clones of herself, Zoe says,
“I’m not trying to make people look like me. But when you spend a lot of time with someone, you rub off on each other. I think I’m kind of an older sister to Lindsay and Nicole.”
Majoring 
in sociology and psychology, her background doesn’t consist of any formal fashion training. Previous fashion experience came from dressing herself and friends. After college a move to New York resulted in working for YM magazine as a stylist and after four years Zoe turned freelance.
Describing her job as pressurised and often experiencing sleepless nights, the demand for her work and others in her field, confirms the growing need for stylists within the celebrity circuit.
Like many careers it takes a lot of determination, networking (as who know and who knows you could result in a big break) and most of all originality.
[The independent interviews stylists, Katie Grand, Ben Cooke and Crystal McClory]
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She is so lucky! What a great job.
Artist all have their own personal style and for having that, it should be respected. Salvador Dali, VanGogh, Monet, John Pitri all have a style, does that make them any less valuable? No, it dosent because its a personalized style. So I say Rock on Zoe with your $6000 style.
In contemplating what I want to do with my life next (i.e. after highschool) the thought of being a personal/celebrity stylist has crossed my mind several times. I would love to be a personal stylist and already give style advice to my whole family and several of my friends. Without even initiating it myself I notice how people turn to me for style advice asking spontaneously if “this looks good with that” or “can I wear this color with that”.
Maybe this is my thing…I have so many ideas of what I want to do but I haven’t been able to narrow it down to one thing. I am a huge fan of Zoe and love the way Nicole, Mischa, Lindsay etc. dress (due to Zoe’s styling). Zoe is definitely an inspiration to me.
so how do you contact such an amazing women is she still with the margaret maldonado agency? i hear she is looking for new designers.
She is an amazing stylist isnt she! As far as I know she is no longer with Margaret Maldonado, but you could contact them to see if they have any contact details for Rachel.
She is a known meth addict responsible for getting all of todays starlets hooked on meth and anorexic. I’m not sure she’s someone to look up to : (
[...] O Fábio Ishi tinha ligado pra gente só pra contar que a Nicole Richie ia ser capa da Vogue IT e logo depois a gente viu no glamurama. Daà hoje a foto apareceu (tem mais fotos de dentro da revista aqui), e a gente viu que e a chamada pra uma mega materia de celebrities, fotografada por Steven Meisel. A Nicole Richie já tinha sido capa da Teen Vogue e já fez anúncio pra Jimmy Choo (amazing), mas capa de Vogue IT não e pouca coisa. Mesmo. Ainda mais pra quem passou de coadjuvante da então amiga num reality fajuto pra fashion-starlet do momento. No ‘Simple Life’ ela era a escada da Paris Hilton, gordinha e com aquele cabelo horroroso, sem modos e sem postura. Agora ela e maaaaagra, mega fashion (aprendeu tudo direitinho com a Rachel Zoe), elegante e o passado não mais a condena. A gente e fã. [...]
Adrienne’s right only I heard it was coke, not meth. Same diff, we all know she at the very least encourages her clients to be unhealthy, which is why Richie dumped her. She’s also 44, not 34. What’s she doing trying to be friends with 20-somethings? I think she just wants attention. Zoe once said “I’ve worked with people who are size 8 or 10.” In her world, these are fat people. She’s perpetuating the poor body images girls and women have in this country. Shame on you, Zoe! And your Zoe-bots! Can’t wait until they all dump you. For all aspiring fashionistas, do not worship false idols. Stick to Versace and Coco Channel.
I agree, and we’re not promoting that anyone should look up to her, but its a similar case to that of Kate Moss as in should the quality of someone’s work be disregarded because of their personal life? I’ve heard the rumours too, which if true are quite disturbing! It looks like her career is on a major downward spiral, unless she pulls a Kate Moss on us!
Does anyone have stylist contact information? Or any ideas on where to start?
Thanks.
Stylists often have to fit their celebrity clients into designer’s runway sample sizes of 0-2. Seen Project Runway?…those dress forms they use are size 0. Designers lend out their dresses, and celebs want to be able to fit into them, so they starve themselves to get the freakish physiques of models.
…..That bitch needs to stop going to the tanning bed. ew.
[...] 24th, 2007 · No Comments That Michael is on a roll isn’t he! 2 in a row! I said that he would be the one to watchdidn’t I? Anyhoo, this weeks challenge was to create designs from recycled paper and garbage and other crap that people throw away, follow along with me, will you, as I recap this weeks episode in about 10 seconds…Michael won ANOTHER CHALLENGE, he’s clearly gonna take it all the way…Laura flips out uncontrollably on Kayne and Vincent, a sign that she was maybe off her meds…Jeffrey is a SORE LOSER… he THOUGHT he would be the clear winner, but he THOUGHT WRONG…Kayne and Vincent’s creations barely made the cut because they were both misguided messes…Poor Alison had a hard time this week, the judges thought she made her model look like an overweight cartoon mouse, which is probably NOT the look she was going for… Alison was auf’d, and I must say, I felt bad for her.I am soooo gunning to take over guest judge Rachel Zoe’s job, stylist to the stars… she better stay on top of it! Until next time ya’ll! [...]
[...] Essa e velha, mas e divertida: a Rachel Zoe – superstylist de gente tipo Nicole Richie e Lindsay Lohan – fez uma lista de sapatos essenciais que deu o que falar na internet, especialmente na blogolândia. É uma lista tipo “esses todo mundo tem que ter”, e esses indispensáveis pra ela são uma bota montaria sem salto, um “escarpin eterno” (que ela aconselha que seja preto), uma sapatilha, um escarpin vermelho, um sapato em animal print. A gente acha a lista bacana e tals, mas no nosso trabalho a gente entende todo dia um pouco mais que não tem como fazer essas listas gerais e alcançar todo mundo: dos cinco sapatos que a RZ listou (por exemplo), eu só tenho um – e o resto todo não faz nenhuma falta no meu armário! [...]