Currently reigning queen stylist to the stars of the young Hollywood Set, no one influences fashion more at the moment, than Rachel Zoe.

Famous clients include Jessica Simpson, Mischa Barton, Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan, Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson, Brittany Murphy, Kate Beckinsale, Keira Knightley, Jennifer Garner and Salma Hayek.

Claim to Fame

Amy Astley, editor in chief of Teen Vogue sums it up best.

"Rachel is incredibly important in the industry...She has kick-started many of the trends you see today. She, and others like her, have opened up the fashion industry so it's not just for insiders. Now everyone knows about labels because they read about their celebrities wearing them."

The Rachel Zoe Look

The Rachel Zoe look consists of 1. Huge sunglasses (Think Jackie O), 2. Oversized clothes on pencil thin bodies 3. Deep tan 4. Long tousled hair 5. 70's Glam Boho (Think Tom Ford, Diane von Furstenberg)

Controversy

Rachel Zoe has been criticized for dressing her clients in her likeness, creating mini-me's and dressing them identically? to one another in oversize gowns, they are the so called "Zoe-Bots"?also referred to as "Attack of the Clones".

"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."

She's said to be responsible for the dramatic (and shocking) weight loss of a number of her biggest clients. While she denies she's pro-ana (anorexia) or pro-mia (bulimia), the fact?that to pull off the Rachel Zoe look almost requires you to be skeletal, makes it easy to see why she's been accused?for?"single-handedly bringing anorexia back." - LA Times.

"I don't think it's fair to say that I'm responsible because I'm a thin person, that because I'm influencing their style I'm influencing what they eat. There was this crazy rumor that I was getting diet pills from Mexico and distributing them. I was like, Okay, I've never even tried cocaine. I don't do drugs. I'm too much of a control freak."

The Beginnings of a Fashionista

Born in 1962 in New York to art collector parents, Rachel Zoe grew up in one of New Jersey's wealthy neighborhoods.

Her first trip to Paris at 13 marked the occasion of her first fashion buy - a Louis Vuitton Bag. "I had saved every dime and dollar, and I walked right into Louis Vuitton and bought a bag."