Quotes from Rachel Zoe

Fall 2013 was inspired by the 1970s equestrian lifestyle. I wanted to incorporate the moody and romantic - intricate baroque detailing and classic menswear elements - with something tougher and edgier in a nod to London's rock n' roll underground.

I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.

Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.

I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.

I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.

Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.

I started styling people when I was just eight years old, without even knowing what a stylist was.

I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.

As great as it is, 'Vogue' won't change a designer's business. But if an unknown brand is worn by a certain person in a tabloid, it will be the biggest designer within a week.

I think every woman should have leopard, but not every woman will wear leopard. You have to have courage to wear leopard.

The constant in all the businesses I've become a part of is taking what I do and making it real for everyone. I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a VIP.

I'm a Virgo and I'm more - I don't want to say 'negative' - but I'm the girl who thinks no one's coming to my birthday party, no one's buying my clothes, no one's reading my book, no one's watching my show - that's just how I think.

People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don't mind.

I'm someone that never likes to overpower the girls in hair and makeup.

I don't come from a family of slackers, but I do come from a family of doers.

I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a VIP.

Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.