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Stylist Rachel Zoe Out-Goops Gwynnie With (Almost) Daily Dispatch

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:30:28 -0400

When the Transom signed up to the Zoe Report, the newsletter by stylist Rachel Zoe that began distribution last week, we received a prompt email from Ms. Zoe herself!

“Starting tomorrow, you will receive The Zoe Report, a daily email featuring my current obsessions in the ever-evolving worlds of fashion, beauty, and lifestyle,” she wrote. “I am beyond excited at the opportunity to connect directly with you!”—and us with you, Rachel!—“Looking forward to sending...

Hey, Hey Hargitay: Famous Moms Splash into Water Mill for Super Swag-turday

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:13:52 -0400

“I keep being surprised by how beautiful it is out here,” the actress Edie Falco said as she cooled off inside of the air-conditioned VIP tent at “Super Saturday,” the Brobdingnagian benefit in Water Mill benefitting the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund on Saturday, August 1. “I can’t believe I grew up in a place that is so stunning, that has such natural beauty. Literally, my breath is taken away.”
The Pinkberry yogurt was oozing,...

No to Rachel Zoe: Budgets and Patience Shrinking, Stars Jettison Fame-Grabbing Stylists

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:39:58 -0400

Blake Lively, the tall, shapely, 21-year-old actress, wore a white, backless Roberto Cavalli dress to the opening of the Swarovski Crystallized store last week; a neon-pink strapless Michael Kors dress to the CFDA awards; and a fitted turtleneck dress to the Ralph Lauren show in February. These, everyone agreed, were good choices.

Her baby-blue, low-cut romper at the CW upfronts in May; the backless, one-sleeve, high-slit teal Versace number at the Met...

Oh, Zoe! Packing ’Em in Over at Meatpacking, Griffin Opens Arms to Leo, Kate H., Stylist Rachel

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:55:51 -0400

Open less than two months in the former PM space at 50 Gansevoort, the nightclub Griffin is welcoming famous people!

Actress Rachel McAdams has stopped in (without Josh Lucas), and so has Leo DiCaprio, also notably solo. Stylist Rachel Zoe and actress Kate Hudson were spotted sipping Champagne, a blur of blond hair dancing on blue-velvet banquettes. Designer Charlotte Ronson has been there for some late-night dancing with her boyfriend, and...

The Blond and the Short of It: Rachel Zoe Poaches My Fashion Week Klieg Lights

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:32:23 -0500

"Excuse me! Excuse me!” Shove! Shove!

The tall PR chick with the headset and the plangent voice was clearly intent on publicly buggering me with her clipboard if I did not get the hell out of her way and allow her to escort some celeb or other to its front-row seat.

The rib-mangling crush outside the Rag & Bone fall 2009 fashion show, held at the Cedar Lake Theater...

Fashion Roundup: Marc Jacobs Gets More Exclusive; Lucky Launches iPhone App; Nicole Richie and Rachel Zoe Kiss, Make Up

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:42:32 -0500

The guest list of the Marc Jacobs show on Feb. 16 is being cut from 2,000 (1,100 seated and 900 standing) to 700 (with 500 seated and 200 standing), making it an even more exclusive affair than usual with only "one or two" celebrities attending. [WWD]

Nicole Richie put an end to her infamous feud with Rachel Zoe by hugging it out with the celebrity stylist at a party Ms. Zoe threw in Beverly...

Fashion Roundup: Oscar de la Renta's Great Year; Vivienne Westwood Wants More SATC; Madoff Claims Another Fashion Victim

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:51:33 -0500

While some fashion houses have had to trim down their staff and bow out of runway shows, Oscar de la Renta says that his company has had a good year. He's recently been able to hire even more staff and plans to put on two shows during New York Fashion Week--one for press and one for buyers. [FWD]

Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe was responsible for actresses Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway being dressed up...

Fashion Roundup: It's a Girl for Nigel Barker; Doo Ri Launching New Line; H&M Expands to Israel

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:10:11 -0500

Noted fashion photographer and America's Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker is the proud father of a baby girl. [Us Weekly]

Doo Ri plans to launch a lower-priced, secondary line next year featuring leather jackets, leather leggings, silk-screened t-shirts, and jersey dresses. A name for the line has not yet been chosen. [WWD]

H&M plans to opens stores in Israel. [Reuters]

Holidays shoppers are filing into stores, but aren't buying anything, despite price cuts...

Formerly Slender Rachel Zoe Now Scarily Skinny

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:34:05 -0500

Sensitive celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe, who was spotted hanging around Art Basel Miami Beach last week, resurfaced at a Los Angeles fundraiser on Sunday. Maybe she'd simply fallen victim to the festival's catering cutbacks, but observers couldn't help but notice that the very slender Ms. Zoe was looking particularly angular in her low-cut, sleeveless black dress. Paired with the gown was a puffy white shrug that only served to draw attention to the increased...

Miami Art Basel Attendees Determined to Have a Good Time, Despite Ominous Signs in the Art Market

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:41:28 -0500

The parties at Miami Art Basel, which this year runs from Dec. 4 through Dec. 7, are always decadent. And judging from this week's underwhelming party scene here in New York, some of our socials departed earlier in the week for the pool and rooftop parties in hotels a little further south. While the mega-fetes begin tonight, a few early comers have already been spotted out and about.

As the Miami Beach Convention Center...

Morning Memo: Designer Anand Jon Convicted; Ron Perelman and Patricia Duff Return Court; Rachel Zoe and Nicole Richie Make Nice

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:12:28 -0500

After a two month trial, designer Anand Jon was found guilty of sexually assaulting seven aspiring models, the youngest of whom was 14. [LA Times]

Billionaire Ron Perelman and ex-wife Patricia Duff will return to court next month, this time to discuss the order of protection daughter Caleigh filed against her mother this summer over "emotional abuse." [P6]

A Comme des Garcons for H&M dress is already on eBay (it's a size 8 with a starting...

Fashion Roundup: Rachel Zoe Defends Herself; Charlotte Ronson's New Endorsement Deal; Gay Talese Doesn't Think Much of Diesel

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:09:30 -0400

Rachel Zoe on being called a "pox" by the Times' Ginia Bellafante: “It was the strangest thing in the world for someone who has never met me to accuse me of making our society superficial. Judging the state of society based on me? A ‘pox’? This show is not an effort to solve world issues. It’s a bit of glamour, a bit of an escape.” [LA Times]

The definition of a tall shoe in...

Rachel Zoe Says Journalists Are Big Fat Liars

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:56:27 -0400

It turns out that celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe is not as thick-skinned as you would expect of someone who has spent so much time standing alongside such oft-photographed personalities as Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie. In the most recent episode of The Rachel Zoe Project, which was filmed earlier this year, Ms. Zoe comes across an item on NYmag.com's the Cut blog describing an incident in which she was locked out of Marc Jacobs'...

Rachel Zoe Has No Respect for Our Dwindling Economy

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:04:49 -0400

Today's review of The Rachel Zoe Project in the Times is a little mean and a little extreme with accusations—and sort of perfect.

One of our favorite paragraphs:

Given that Ms. Zoe is already a pox on humanity — exploiting an aesthetic of dissipation, invading our collective consciousness and spraying it with dummy dust — it is amazing that “The Rachel Zoe Project,” which focuses on her career, manages to send its audience deeper...

Cecilia Dean Tells Us About Her New House, But Rachel Zoe Won't Tell Us Much of Anything

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:13:03 -0400

Wednesday night's party on the Mini Rooftop in Chelsea thrown by V magazine in honor of its new issue was a downsized version of last week's Interview magazine bash—same crowd, different venue. The only difference was that everyone appeared a little more worn down by the elaborate Fashion Week festivities that have taken place since.

The roof—a new addition to New York's hip party venues—has a grassy knoll in the center with...

Fashion Roundup: Renee is Late; Justin's a No-Show ... Zoe is Me!

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:41:49 -0400

Carolina Herrera, who was ready to begin her show on time this morning, had to wait for special guest Renee Zellweger to arrive. [WWD]

Rachel Zoe felt sorry for herself, but then she got her own reality show. [NY Post]

Sheer is in for Spring. [The Cut]

Editors at Justin Timberlake's William Rast show were disappointed upon learning that the pop star would not be performing for them. [WWD]

Christy Turlington is studying "maternal...

To Rachel Zoe, Style is Not in the Eye of the Beholder

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:49:59 -0400

On Thursday, September 4, NBC Universal threw a party on the rooftop of Gramercy Park Hotel in honor of Rachel Zoe's new show on Bravo, The Rachel Zoe Project, and invited her dearest fashionable friends for the occasion.

One of the first guests to arrive was designer Gilles Mendel of J. Mendel, who this year has opted for a still life presentation instead of a runway show.

"For many, many...

Fashion Roundup: The Richie Rich Girls; Philip Bloch Blocks Rachel Zoe; Agyness Deyn's Switcheroo

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:55:26 -0400

Aubrey O'Day, of Hairspray and Making the Band fame, will walk in Richie Rich's show for Hot Topic. Ms. O'Day also shot an ad campaign for the line with Lydia Hearst. [The Cut]

Rosanna Arquette was reportedly the friend who discovered make-up artist Paul Starr's body in his apartment on Tuesday. [Vogue UK]

Celebrity stylist Phillip Bloch has an advantage over Rachel Zoe because his new reality show on VH1 called Glam God...

Tamara Mellon May Take a More Active Role at Halston

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:37:38 -0400

Less than a day after designer Marco Zanini was reported to be out at Halston, the fashion house recently revived by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and Jimmy Choo designer Tamara Mellon, Fashion Week Daily is reporting that celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe may also be departing.

"She has no creative control over Halston," said a brand spokesman back in February when Ms. Zoe reportedly failed to appear for Halston's fall show. "Her main...

Morning Memo: Another Secret Weekend Wedding! But This Time It's Only Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz-z-z-z ...

Mon, 19 May 2008 08:33:03 -0400

Justin Bartha, who is dating Ashley Olsen, used to yell and curse at former girlfriend Lydia Hearst. [P6]

Leighton Meester is copying Blake Lively and Penn Badgley by dating Gossip Girl co-star Sebastian Stan. Meanhwile, GG's Chase Crawford was seen hitting on the newly single Jamie-Lynn Sigler. [P6, P6]

Olivia Palermo admits to shopping at Salvation Army, wears $2 dresses. [The Cut]

All the Nicole Richies out there, rejoice! Rachel Zoe is launching her...

Morning Memo: Martha Blogs Perez; Gisele Makes $35 M. a Year

Thu, 01 May 2008 09:41:11 -0400

Martha Stewart blogs, posts pictures of Perez Hilton at the White House Correspondents Dinner. [The Martha Blog via Daily Intel]

After Jessica Simpson cost Tony Romo a chance at the Superbowl, President Bush wants to send her to the Democratic National Convention. Sorry to ruin the fun Mr. President, but we don't think she's either of the candidates' type. [US Weekly]

Kate Moss may not be participating in New York's Fashion Week in September because she's...

George Clooney: The Next Rachel Zoe?

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:54:45 -0500

Plenty of leading ladies relied on the expert advice of their stylists to “play it safe” on the red carpet at last night’s Oscars. (During a brief interview, Jennifer Garner, who looked insanely chic in a black Oscar de la Renta ruffled gown, mentioned her beauty-bestie Rachel Zoe several times.) Sarah Larson, on the other hand, looked to blast-from-the-past actor George Clooney, her boyfriend of seven months, to ensure her ensemble...

Marc at the Mercer: Once-Scruffy Designer, Now Buff and Diamond-Studded, Discusses Doc

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:50:53 -0500

On Thursday, Jan. 31, the designer Marc Jacobs, his boyfriend, Jason Preston, and the stylist Rachel Zoe were sitting on a wooden bench outside the Mercer Hotel. Inside a party was being held for the new shopumentary, Marc Jacobs and Louis Vitton, directed by Loïc Prigent.

What did Mr. Jacobs think of the film? “I thought it was great,” he said. Giant diamonds twinkled on his ears and cuffs. (“I’ve got...

Misshapes to Go Digital (Soon!)

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:03:14 -0500

The expansion and promotion of the Misshapes's je ne sais quoi continues apace. After months of planning, construction and a few obligatory hiccups, the downtown-dwelling, party-deejaying, trendsetting trio’s official Web site will launch, they say, as early as next week. The group hopes that by cutting the digital ribbon in the midst of all the mayhem at Bryant Park, the fashion-minded site can tap into the event's publicity machine.

“There were...

Liv and Liev--Live! But Naomi and Tinsley Want to Leave

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:36:44 -0400

At the Free Arts NYC 8th Annual Art Auction Benefit at the Milk Gallery on Monday, April 23, stars discussed the power of the arts with the Transom.

"Well, just always to encourage someone to seek a creative life is wonderful," said a glowing Naomi Watts, whose dress, by Australian designer Stephanie Conley, gracefully draped her burgeoning pregnant belly. The 38-year-old actress added that she appreciates Live Arts for helping those "struggling with problems." Then...

Notes on Campbell: To Naomi Is To Love Me!

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:00:00 -0400

Naomi struck me … as such a nice young lady. I am always taken aback by that phone-throwing, anger-management-requiring reputation of hers. I have been acquainted with La Campbell since the late 1980’s. She used to model for my old pal, the Turkish fashion designer Rifat Ozbek. When I first came to New York, I slept, for two whole years, under a rolling rack of ladies’ garments in the Ozbek wholesale showroom. This was...

What's Rachel Zoe Pushing Now?

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 05:26:59 -0400

The vampire and stylist-to-the-emaciated-girl-stars Rachel Zoe followed in Lindsay Lohan's red-headed wake at the Prairie Home Companion premiere on Sunday night. (More on all that in tomorrow's paper.) But what's Ms. Zoe working these days? "I love the new YSL bags," Ms. Zoe said. "I love, love the new YSL bags--there's a new one that's very boho with gold rings, looks like ones from the seventies, which I love." For shoes: "It's all about platforms--Chloe...

The Transom

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400

The Tiny Big Sister

Last week, the much-maligned stylist Rachel Zoe arrived in New York. She stood in the winter garden at Bottino, all five feet and a few inches tall, in an involuntarily oversized one-shoulder negative-size-four number. Her honey-colored limbs hung limp with several pounds of silver and gold chain attached at the wrist and finger level. Ms. Zoe, who wears her blond hair boob-length and curled in that done-but-not sort...

The Transom

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400

The Tiny Big Sister Last week, the much-maligned stylist Rachel Zoe arrived in New York. She stood in the winter garden at Bottino, all five feet and a few inches tall, in an involuntarily oversized one-shoulder negative-size-four number. Her honey-colored limbs hung limp with several pounds of silver and gold chain attached at the wrist and finger level. Ms. Zoe, who wears her blond hair boob-length and curled in that done-but-not sort of way,...