The Rachel Zoe Project ... Television Show

[eternitygoddess]

I'm unable to understand how Zoe can get a Chanel couture dress for Cameron Diaz in such a short amount of time.

Doesn't couture take several hundred hours to so, and WEEKS worth of fittings? How can Chanel just ship a dress over the day of and expect someone to fit into it?

 

[Zposen]

I can't stand Taylor. I don't care if she is a good worker, Rachel can do so much better. She is just too rude.

That is how I feel too... She's just out of this world with her attitude. She's lucky that her Boss is Rachel b/c most other stylist would have fired her a long time.

I also think that she feels like she knows the job as well as Zoe. I saw on the previews Rachel asked her 'is she ready to be on her own'... it might be time...

 

[Crakk]

^^^ I just don't understand why Rachel doesn't reprimand her. Rachel acts like she intimidated by Taylor. There is no way I would let a subordinate of mine disrespect me quite like Taylor does.

 

[songbirdsel]

oh my this show is so good its ridiculous! Im going to start re watching season one.. ahhh lovee and is it just me or second season episodes are longer?? me likeyyyy
I agree about Taylor but obviously their dynamic has worked for a while and I think having camera crews around would not help.

 

[eternitygoddess]

YAHHHH!!!

I saw a Christian Lacroix HC dress in one of the bags for Anne Hathaway!!!

Rachel should've SO gone with that dress. She ditched Lacroix for Armani!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

* * * * *

I think I died when looking at all those jewelry pieces.

Oh. My. God.

 

[Zposen]

It doesn't seem like Zoe collaborates with her clients, she really thinks through several looks... and the client just picks which looks he/she prefers. She really styles them from head to toe... it makes sense then when she leaves them they are often confused fashionwise *cough Mischa Barton Cough*

 

[songbirdsel]

ha ha too true Zposen! Im thinking though it also depends how much interaction they have at some point surely one has to learn the basics of fashion and our dear Mischa well...

 

[CocoW]

Thanks so much for the link Crakk!

 

[retailqueen]

Thanks Crakk.

 

[nicestthing]

Thank you.

Love Season 2. Amazing.

 

[hautechild]

It took a while for me to get zshare to work but I think it's ok now, thanks so much Crakk!

 

[LUXXX]

I think she collaborates, we just don't see that part of it...I know she doesn't style anyone from the original trio of Mischa/Lindsay/Nicole anymore.

I didn't realize until last season that she had to do everything right down to the shoes.

About the Chanel dress, I think Cameron wore the sample off the runway and that's what they altered. I doubt they made her a brand new one, she wasn't buying it...when it comes to couture actresses are in a second best category. Check out this story:

http://www.laineygossip.com/Nicole_Kidman_to_guest_on_Project_Runway_.aspx

 

[mamasarollingsto]

I can't work out whether I love her or hate her.

i watched the first season totally expecting to hate her (not for any real reason). but i loved her. i just found her a much nicer person than i expected and really liked how much effort she put in.

 

[hautechild]

Oh I love this show! The clothes!

And that vintage bracelet at Cartier, 1394 did they say?! Now that's vintage...

Taylor needs to get a sense of humour and deal with her attitude sometimes, but I did feel sorry for her when they were making comments about her body and she's been working with Rachel for 3.5 years and it looks like she wants to move on...

 

[rainy_spring]

i just started watching the first season, i'm so addicted! i love it! haha. i'm already almost done. its a great behind the scenes look at her life.

i'm so confused by taylor though! she is so contradictory! she is saying that brad is acting like "he's done this before" and she's upset that he;s acting like that, but when he asks for her help she's all "you need to work without me" and "i dont have time to answer your questions"

but i love the show. i'm totally addicted. and i do find taylor quite funny at times. and i love brad too! so addicted. haha

 

[Nyni]

Can someone upload it with megaupload? please, the other link doesn't work for me!
please...

 

[Libra Skye18]

Thanks for posting the link Crakk.

The relationship between Rachel & Tay is out of wack but having seen this type of relationship occur at some of my jobs over the years I am not surprised. Rachel has treated Taylor more like a friend than an employee and Taylor feels that since she is the one to take over if Rachel is too busy or what have one that her attitude is justifiable.

I am not saying one cannot be a friend to their employee or vice versa but Rachel should have set the boundaries from the get-go. It's as clear as day that while Taylor may love Rachel as a person she damn sure doesn't respect her as the boss- then again it is also clear that Rachel didn't demand respect from her.

I can't wait to see what's to come I just... die.

 

[Libra Skye18]

My Bad if already posted...

The war's over on 'The Rachel Zoe Project'

Once mortal enemies, assistants Brad Goreski and Taylor Jacobson are now BFFs as Season 2 begins. They've managed to find a balance, plus they both really want to work for the celeb stylist.



Rachel Zoe might be the in-demand celebrity stylist who made famous her own brand of bohemian chic several years ago among such partygoing celebutantes as Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. But it was her two warring assistants, Brad Goreski and Taylor Jacobson, who found themselves at the center of the action during the first season of Bravo's buzzed-about reality series "The Rachel Zoe Project."

Goreski, 32, a former Vogue magazine staffer with a penchant for bow ties, became the frequent target of Jacobson's fiery temper, leading to any number of emotional meltdowns that quickly relegated Zoe's eye for wearable haute couture to the background.

By the season finale, during which Goreski committed an Oscars-day boo-boo that sent Zoe's team into a tizzy, Jacobson, 27, gave her boss an ultimatum: "It's Brad or me." Separately, a teary-eyed Goreski also told Zoe he had reached his breaking point.

Jacobson quit for an hour or two -- before apologizing for the flare-up and un-resigning. "You saw it," she said. "I felt bad. I knew he was trying."

It's been a year since that outburst, and over breakfast in West Hollywood, Jacobson and Goreski now appear to be best friends, giggling and blushing as they recalled the good and bad times, which start anew when Season 2 of the series premieres tonight.

They still fight, they say, but they also see movies and visit restaurants together and regularly call each other at 3 a.m. after a particularly ugly work nightmare hits.

Neither wants to leave Zoe's employ any time soon, considering that her growing client roster now includes A-listers Cameron Diaz, Anne Hathaway and Jennifer Garner and that she's working on a product line that will include a wide variety of accessories plus a line of faux fur due out this year.

What happened between seasons to achieve this new spirit of camaraderie? The two say they found a balance that works. "I just do whatever she tells me," Goreski said.

He's only half-kidding. When Jacobson politely asks the waiter for room temperature water, Goreski explained, "If there's only cold water in the studio, it's not pretty." Jacobson smiled but nodded in agreement, pointing out that "the clients like it too."

Jacobson might seem like a newly minted fashion-reality TV star, but the Beverly Hills native has been paying her dues for years.

She assisted with wardrobe for singer Gwen Stefani before moving on to work for other big-name celebrity stylists, including Jessica Paster and Andrea Lieberman.

She said both were demanding bosses who instilled in her a tireless work ethic, perhaps part of the reason she's generally unconcerned with the more overtly glamorous aspects of her job, such as attending parties or schmoozing with the fashion crowd.

Zoe said she often is asked why she tolerates Jacobson's temper. Her reply is always the same: "Taylor's my rock. She's 100% about getting the job done."

When Jacobson first learned of plans for "The Rachel Zoe Project," she said she wasn't keen on the idea -- "I'm an awkward individual," she explained -- but she agreed that the exposure would help bolster Zoe's brand.

Watching herself on TV, however, was a bit of a wake-up call. "I remember thinking, 'Oh, my God. Communication needs to be worked on. Definitely need more patience,' " she said. That idea was reinforced when fans of the show would greet Goreski with hugs but call Jacobson names that, well, aren't suitable for a family newspaper.

"The good thing about Taylor is that she'll make the adjustment," Goreski said. "There are still moments when I have to let her get it out, give her a few minutes. But there's not like that terror anymore."

Added Zoe, "Yes, in a fit of rage, she'll say things, and then five minutes later she'll feel horrible about it. It doesn't come from a bad place."

Goreski, on the other hand, thrives on working the social scene with his boss. He grew up reading Vogue in Port Perry, Canada, and was working as an assistant in the magazine's West Coast offices before joining Zoe's team, a position he e-mailed Zoe about once a month for a year before landing an interview.

His last assignment for the magazine was helping to style then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at her Wasilla home before she made her vice presidential run. (They weren't allowed to get creative with her now-iconic look, he said.)

"Brad reminded me very much of myself when I started, with his enthusiasm and excitement about everything that had to do with the red carpet, the designers, going to fashion shows," Zoe said.

Jacobson said she is more singularly minded: "I love fashion, the art of it, but I don't like the red carpet. There, you have to please the masses, you have to be so conscientious. It's not about the fashion."

There are exceptions, she qualified. In tonight's episode, for example, Diaz dons a stunning, one-of-a-kind pink Karl Lagerfeld gown to rave reviews. "That was a moment."

During tonight's premiere, however, Jacobson seems to be getting impatient all over again. After four years at Zoe's side, she wants to move away from styling clients to working on the upcoming Rachel Zoe product line.

So even if they all better understand one another, life isn't exactly problem-free as the second season gets underway.

"We're like the son and daughter you wish you never had," Goreski said.

"Those two have weeks where they're inseparable and weeks where they want nothing to do with each other," Zoe said. "But I can't work without them."



Link: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-rachelzoe24-2009aug24,0,712984.story

 

[hautechild]

Can someone upload it with megaupload? please, the other link doesn't work for me!
please...

I reuploaded it: megaupload.com/?d=6MCSW5JK

 

[chanelnumber5]

Such a great first episode. Rachel is so passionate about her job, its inspiring to watch! And the vintage jewelry *faints*. Taylor seriously needs to work on her attitude though. I know her job is stressful and she does get relied on for alot, but she just seems so ungrateful when you consider how many people only dream of having her job