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Meet Rodger Berman, supportive hubby of Y2K celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe, who worked with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears: they starred in a reality show, launched venture capital funds, and share 2 sons

Celeb stylist and businesswoman Rachel Zoe and her husband Rodger Berman are partners in all aspects of life. Photo: @rbermanus/Instagram
Celeb stylist and businesswoman Rachel Zoe and her husband Rodger Berman are partners in all aspects of life. Photo: @rbermanus/Instagram

  • Before Gen Z got Mimi Cuttrell, millennials had Rachel Zoe: she styled Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicole Richie, and rose to fame at the same time as A Simple Life and Juicy Couture
  • Zoe met her husband Berman at university in 1991 – since then, they’ve worked together on Rachel Zoe Inc. and podcast Works for Us, about their decades-long marriage

Before Gen Z got Mimi Cuttrell, millennials had Rachel Zoe.

The legendary celebrity stylist for Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lawrence and Jennifer Garner became one of the biggest fashion names in Hollywood after dressing Nicole Richie, Mischa Barton and Britney Spears in the 2000s.

But the celebrity stylist has a love story that contributed to her success in the industry too. Meet her hubby of 26 years, Rodger Berman, who’s also her business partner.

How did Rachel Zoe and Rodger Berman meet?

Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe met her partner Rodger Berman in 1991 at university. Photo: @rachelzoe/Instagram
Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe met her partner Rodger Berman in 1991 at university. Photo: @rachelzoe/Instagram
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Zoe met Berman in 1991 when the two attended George Washington University in Washington DC. The couple moved to Los Angeles after graduation, where Zoe was able to pursue her dream of starting a career in fashion. In 1998, the couple got married – which was a handful of years before the reality show A Simple Life, starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, which would eventually usher in a new generation of celebrities who were famous simply for the fact that they’re famous.

How did Rachel Zoe get famous?

Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton arrive for The Simple Life 2 party at The Spider Club in Hollywood, California, in 2004. Photo: Getty Images
Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton arrive for The Simple Life 2 party at The Spider Club in Hollywood, California, in 2004. Photo: Getty Images
Zoe’s rise to fame occurred during this unique junction in pop culture, when she dressed Richie in those Juicy Couture velour tracksuits that became uniforms for millennial girls. As paparazzi photos of Spears, Richie and other noughties celebrities flooded the tabloid pages, celebrity watchers began to wonder why their styles seemed similar, Grazia observed.

That’s when Zoe’s name cropped up. Those flipping through teen magazines realised that Zoe was the person they should be looking to for inspiration … and the stylist started becoming as big a name as the celebrities she dressed.

Rodger Berman pursued finance and banking for his career. Photo: @rbermanus/Instagram
Rodger Berman pursued finance and banking for his career. Photo: @rbermanus/Instagram

Zoe’s husband Berman, meanwhile, was building his own career in the finance world at the time.

They starred on reality show The Rachel Zoe Project