The WORST episodes of The Rachel Zoe Project
Every episode of The Rachel Zoe Project ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Rachel Zoe Project!
The series follows the life of celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe and her attempts to balance her professional life with her personal life while dealing with her fighting assistants and her husband-partner Rodger Berman. The Rachel Zoe Project also features Zoe's longtime assistant Taylor Jacobsen and Brad Goreski, Jacobsen's newly hired assistant who clash due to conflicting personalities.
#1 - Fashion Makes The Star, Makes The Fashion
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2008
Rachel Zoe is under pressure to find the consummate red carpet gown for actress Joy Bryant. Rachel's styling associate and right-hand woman, Taylor, has doubts about the newly hired, over-eager assistant, Brad.
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#2 - Maj in Manhattan
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/3/2013
It's shoe time! After reviewing the shoe prototypes for her fall collection and pulling out all the creative stops to make them fabulous, Rachel jets off on the hunt for a Manhattan apartment. But can she ever live in a city with such limited closet space? And will Rodger ever go along with it? Meanwhile, DreamDry has growing pains that bring Rachel's stress to a new level. Thankfully a visit to Bryan Atwood’s shoe emporium gives her mind a rest from her troubles! But when the shoes are off and reality sets in, Rachel must face her own growing pains - is she really ready for a New York move?
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#3 - A Sister for Sky?
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/17/2013
When Glamour Magazine asks Rachel to style a boho chic spread, life is but a hippy dream… until atypical Los Angeles weather takes a surprising turn that threatens the shoot. A trip to New York has Rachel finally strutting the chevron floor of DreamDry, but just as the clothes are stacking up in Rachel’s favor, she’s pressured to expand even more when Rodger, Skyler and Joey starts talking baby number two.
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#5 - Fashion, The Cruel Mistress
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2008
Rachel Zoe and her team are in New York for Fashion Week where they meet up with Diane von Furstenberg and Oscar de la Renta. Rachel handles the stressful time by going on a extravagant shopping spree, while Brad has to prove he can handle working on his own when a scheduling mishap sends Taylor back to L.A.
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#6 - Shut It Down At The Oscars
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2008
The Oscars have arrived and the Zoe camp is in full award mode. Tension grows between Taylor and Brad as the team labors to create the picture perfect "red carpet moment" for 5 of Rachel's A-list clients. The pressure proves too much for Brad to handle.
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#7 - The Golden Globes
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/10/2010
Rachel has four clients going to the Golden Globes – Kate Hudson, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Garner, and a new pregnant client, Paula Patton. Ashley, the new Style Assistant, begins working for team Zoe, but her demeanor is a drastic departure from the force of Taylor. In the middle of Golden Globe madness, actress Molly Sims comes to the studio needing dresses for two events. It’s fashion chaos to the max.
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#8 - Milan Fashion Week
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/31/2010
En route to Milan fashion week, Rachel detours to London to see client Kate Hudson. Rodger is enthused that Rachel seems to be relaxing, and begins to believe she is recognizing the importance of a life outside of work. Unfortunately, the reprieve doesn’t last. As soon as Rachel arrives in Milan, she finds she has lost an Oscar gown from a New York show, and becomes desperate to find an adequate replacement. Rachel and Brad’s fashion mission becomes more and more difficult as they race through the shows in Milan, stressed that they may leave for Los Angeles without the prefect dress they promised.
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#10 - Zoe Couture: Styling the Stylist
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/24/2013
Rachel gets to see her collection all come together for her look book shoot. Then, with gold lame on her mind, Rachel raids her archives for the perfect outfit – or six – for the cover of her new lifestyle book. But with all this focus on Rachel, the question still looms: can life remain as fabulous with another baby? Nobody knows for sure what’s to come, but as Rodger says to Rachel, “It hasn’t been easy, but it has been a wild ride.”
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#12 - New Beginnings, Big Change
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/2011
In the season premiere, Rachel Zoe, Inc. is growing exponentially, and so is Rachel’s family. With a baby on the way, Rodger looks for a bigger house, while Rachel sets her eyes on launching her new fashion line. After an Elle Magazine photo shoot with her hubby, Rachel and Rodger jet off to a round of interviews for a potential new junior stylist to replace Brad. Hoping she’ll slow down and take it easy, Rachel tries to manage it all leaving Rodger concerned for her health and well-being.
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#13 - Hustling for Haiti
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/17/2010
Rachel heads to New York City to spend some quality time with Rodger and take pre-Fashion Week meetings, one of which is with singer-songwriter/fashion designer Gwen Stefani. Rachel’s plans get turned on their head when Naomi Campbell calls and asks her to style a 92-look runway show for charity that will open New York Fashion Week. Rachel quickly flies in Brad, but coupled with a blizzard, zero prep time, and little experience with an event of this scope, it’s a massive undertaking for just the two of them.
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#14 - Fashion Overload
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/12/2009
Rachel’s juggling a high fashion editorial shoot and the launch of the Rachel Zoe brand. But when Taylor threatens to walk out the door, forever, the stress causes a relapse of Rachel’s vertigo and she realizes some big changes must be made – or else she could lose everything she has worked so hard to build.
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#15 - Star Studded Oscar Week
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/2009
Awards season is in full swing and Rachel gives a shocked Brad the sole responsibility of styling Oscar nominated actress, Anne Hathaway, for the big night. This is Brad’s shot to redeem himself from last year’s disaster and prove to Team Zoe that he won’t crack under pressure. Meanwhile, Liv Tyler drops by Rachel’s studio to pick out a new wardrobe.
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#17 - NYC Fashion Week - The Hunt for Oscar Gowns
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/24/2010
Fashion Week begins and Rachel Zoe has two clients presenting awards at the Oscars – Cameron Diaz and Demi Moore. This is Rachel’s tenth Oscar Awards and she wants her regular clients to push their boundaries and move out of their comfort zone. It is also Brad’s first time at fashion week without Taylor, and the pressure is on as he seeks to prove he can find the perfect dress for Rachel’s clients. Rachel and Rodger’s anniversary falls during fashion week, but the demands currently on Team Zoe leaves no time for celebrating their 12 years of marriage.
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#18 - Meltdown
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/21/2009
Rachel enjoys the perks of her growing business as she styles a massive photo shoot for Glamour Magazine and stars in Ashton Kutcher’s hilarious web series. Meanwhile, Taylor continues to be defeated by her inability to move up the ranks and contemplates leaving Team Zoe. But when Rachel collapses at the studio it becomes clear that the strenuous demands of her schedule are too much, causing everyone to worry about her health and the future of Rachel Zoe Inc.
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#19 - OMG, He's Here
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/2011
It's couture shock when Rachel goes into labor. This causes a frantic rush to prepare for the baby's arrival and triggers the hiring of a former staffer to finish the nursery. Elsewhere, Joey braves his first solo style job by dressing actress Molly Sims in New York.
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#20 - Rodger Goes to Vegas and Rachel Moves Out
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/2011
It's Viva Las Vegas for Rodger and his boys as they party it up in Sin City one last time before the baby's arrival. Meanwhile, Rachel and Joey prep for the Oscars, and Jeremiah is home-bound finishing up last-minute shopping for the big move. When moving day comes, Marisa sends Rachel and Rodger to a hotel for the day, so as to stay out of the way.
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#21 - Godzilla Rachel!
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/10/2013
When a 50-foot-tall billboard of Rachel goes up in the heart of Hollywood, Rachel has to face her insecurities. Already feeling overwhelmed by the glare of the spotlight, she then takes on a video campaign that leaves her stammering for the cameras. Back at the office, her handbag collection looks fabulous! That is… until there’s a leather problem that leaves the whole team scrambling.
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#22 - Front Row at New York Fashion Week
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/31/2009
The tension is high, with just days to go until Academy Award Best Actress nominee Anne Hathaway has to walk the red carpet – and Rachel still hasn’t found her the perfect gown. As she and Brad race against the clock scouring Fashion Week collections in New York, Taylor heads back to the West coast to prep for a photo shoot with client Jennifer Garner. Miles away from Rachel, Taylor grows frustrated with her job and wonders about her future as a member of Team Zoe.
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#23 - Dressless for the Globes
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/24/2009
Awards season is right around the corner and Team Zoe has been charged with the task of styling five of the hottest stars to grace the 2009 Golden Globes Red Carpet. Rachel works around the clock to hunt down the best dresses for A-listers Anne Hathaway, Cameron Diaz, Demi Moore, Debra Messing and Eva Mendes. Due to the current economic climate, Rachel is especially challenged this season as designers have decreased the number of couture gowns they are creating.
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#24 - 'Pin Thin' and Pissed Off
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/14/2009
Rachel is distraught when she becomes the victim of another vicious tabloid attack. Taylor tells Rachel to let it go but Rachel can't seem to shake it. Things get worse as she steps out of her comfort zone to model for Marie Claire magazine.
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#25 - Zoe Much to Do, Zoe Little Time
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/27/2013
Rachel returns from Paris exhausted and faces an overbooked schedule, including an InStyle Magazine shoot with actress Jaime King and a hosting gig for a celebrity polo match. But when she encounters issues with her collection that would be better handled in New York, she reaches a breaking point and contemplates getting an apartment in New York.
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