“On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I’m strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I’m obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I think people should look cute all the time.”
― Rachel Zoe
“Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over – I’ve had long hair my entire life.”
― Rachel Zoe
“All those things they say about a baby changing your perspective – it does!”
― Rachel Zoe
“My first job, I worked at ‘YM’ and I had an extremely tough boss who made me cry every single day. But what I took away from that was how I would never be.”
― Rachel Zoe
“My basics are black, white, or neutral, and I’ll wear a ton of jewelry or carry a brightly colored bag.”
― Rachel Zoe
“All of my clients have athletic or curvy, healthy bodies.”
― Rachel Zoe
“You can’t get dressed without good hair.”
― Rachel Zoe
“My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don’t switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a VIP.”
― Rachel Zoe
“Fall 2013 was inspired by the 1970s equestrian lifestyle. I wanted to incorporate the moody and romantic – intricate baroque detailing and classic menswear elements – with something tougher and edgier in a nod to London’s rock n’ roll underground.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I’m a Virgo and I’m more – I don’t want to say ‘negative’ – but I’m the girl who thinks no one’s coming to my birthday party, no one’s buying my clothes, no one’s reading my book, no one’s watching my show – that’s just how I think.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I would do fragrance. I’m a fragrance fanatic.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I have lost my short-term memory – I’m just getting blonder by the day.”
― Rachel Zoe
“As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I think in spring, we don’t want to wear makeup, we don’t want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.”
― Rachel Zoe
“We’ve had Audrey Hepburn, we’ve had Twiggy, we’ve had Veruschka, we’ve had Kate Moss. I’m trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness.”
― Rachel Zoe
“Sexiness should not be overt. Something shapeless that drapes across your hip, hangs off the shoulder; something that cowls in the front, drapes low in the back, that’s sexy.”
― Rachel Zoe
“Every other day there’s something – I’m dealing drugs, I’m starving people. I have never done a drug in my life.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.”
― Rachel Zoe
“When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that’s never good. People shouldn’t succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I don’t think that people should wear dresses two sizes too small. I just think that sexiness is better left to the imagination. It’s just more tasteful.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I’ve always been obsessed with style and glamor and if I want anyone to get anything out of my book, it’s how we can all have them in our lives.”
― Rachel Zoe
“Truthfully, I’ve never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I’ll look at photos and be like, ‘Oh, that’s not a good look.’ But generally speaking, I’m not too thin.”
― Rachel Zoe
“It’s really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, ‘Why can’t I lose weight when I’ve had a baby?’ Well, everyone you’re reading about has money for a trainer and a chef. That doesn’t make it realistic.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I’m not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I would say that I definitely play a different role with my style; I like to mix it up a bit according to wherever I am. I dress differently in New York, L.A., Paris and London.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I always say that I don’t like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I love Fall Fashion Week because it means lots of layering, long sweaters and vintage coats.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I am a child of the ’70s, so I love classic rock – Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, and I also love Coldplay.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I always carry a Tom Ford lipstick and Tachta face blotters to get me through the day.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I think, as a working mom, I have to dress myself differently now. I used to wear very kind of precious clothes. Now I wear more black.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I wear things that kind of can look good for extended periods of time – fabrics that don’t wrinkle, things that don’t stain very easily.”
― Rachel Zoe
“As great as it is, ‘Vogue’ won’t change a designer’s business. But if an unknown brand is worn by a certain person in a tabloid, it will be the biggest designer within a week.”
― Rachel Zoe
“No one wants to stay in the tabloids. But it’s actually not a terrible place to start.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I keep saying I’m going to cut back on styling, but it’s hard to give up.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I will always think of myself as that girl that is 22 starting and really excited about everything and wanting to be amazing at everything. I always wanted to be the best stylist. That was it.”
― Rachel Zoe
“My dad is an unbelievable entrepreneur who balanced his life as a father and a president of two very successful companies.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I don’t come from a family of slackers, but I do come from a family of doers.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.”
― Rachel Zoe
“Girls, to me, growing up were very, very petty and didn’t want me to succeed and didn’t want the best for me.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.”
― Rachel Zoe
“Celebrities are just like us and like any of your friends. I love working with people.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I’m a textbook definition of that perfectionist girl who has huge expectations of herself.”
― Rachel Zoe
“It’s hard for me to take care of myself, let’s put it that way. I am my last priority.”
― Rachel Zoe
“The constant in all the businesses I’ve become a part of is taking what I do and making it real for everyone. I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a VIP.”
― Rachel Zoe
“Tom Ford does everything perfect.”
― Rachel Zoe
“It’s a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.”
― Rachel Zoe
“The thing that I really look for in people is enthusiasm and excitement and, not to sound really sappy, that fire in their eyes.”
― Rachel Zoe
“The worst thing you could ever get is people who think they know everything.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I think, in spring, we don’t want to wear makeup, we don’t want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.”
― Rachel Zoe
“If my client calls me and says, ‘I’m going to a friend’s premiere,’ I’ll say, ‘Come over and let’s do something cute.’ And I won’t bill them for that.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I’m someone that never likes to overpower the girls in hair and makeup.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I don’t deal in pretentious kids’ parties.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I do love being on television and in peoples’ homes. I’m not an actor, so there is a connection that’s real.”
― Rachel Zoe
“People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don’t mind.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I’m not a tough boss in that I don’t raise my voice, I don’t freak out, and I don’t have a temper most of the time.”
― Rachel Zoe
“Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that’s your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.”
― Rachel Zoe
“I started styling people when I was just eight years old, without even knowing what a stylist was.”
― Rachel Zoe
“You have to interpret what’s hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you’re not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.”
― Rachel Zoe
“Something that’s very painful for me is when people wear pants that are too short.”
― Rachel Zoe
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