What ever happened to the days when Rachel Zoe was the stylist of all the waif-ly girls in Hollywood? As cookie-cutter as that particular look of 2006 was, it was solid. Really solid.
After spending a couple of years on top, it appears Rachel decided to surprise us all at the Marc Jacobs’ Fall Collection by intentionally (or not) rising to the top of fashion don’ts. As much as I appreciate her departure from unrealistically long hair extensions (turning instead to admittedly fabulous blonde curls), and her skin no longer looks like it’s been rubbed with sandpaper…the combination of loud yellow labels with sparkly stripes, pleats and shoes I can’t even begin to understand…is too much.
Yes, while Zoe is no longer the celebrity stylist dreams are made of, she is dominating a new category and teaching her bright young fashion pupils how not to dress by offering real life outfits of horror. Maybe in another life of a teenage school girl those shoes would have been passable…but it’s too much and at the same time soo not enough here.


