| Jennifer Wilson
Contributing writer Remember that moment in “The Devil Wears Prada” when Anne Hathaway’s character, Andy, a new assistant to an Anna Wintour-esque editor at a fashion magazine, is flustered and feeling like a fish out of water, and asks a caller to spell “Gabbana”? She wants to be writing Big Important Stories, and is exasperated by the job she believes is foppish and silly. I had flashbacks to that scene during one of my first meetings with Law Roach—stylist to stars such as Zendaya and Céline Dion—whom I profiled for the Fall Style & Design issue. On a shopping trip in SoHo, this summer, Roach and I popped into a store I had never heard of called Rick Owens; while there, I asked him who designed the shirt he was eyeing. He stopped cold and stared at me. “Everything in this store is designed by Rick Owens,” he replied, incredulous at my question. Fashion novices like me (and Andy) are Roach’s new target audience. In March of 2023, he announced on Instagram that he was retiring from full-time styling. “My cup is empty,” he wrote. Though he still works with Zendaya and certain other clients on special occasions (you can see his work on the past May cover of French Vogue: Dion in a pink garment), Roach is now sharing his wealth of advice with the Everywoman (and man). His new book, “How to Build a Fashion Icon,” is filled with tips for how to identify and cultivate a sense of personal style. At a vintage store across the street from Rick Owens, Roach helped me figure out mine in what felt like the makeover montage from “The Devil Wears Prada.” Like Andy, I learned that fashion is in fact a Big Important Story—about the working conditions of working it on the red carpet and the labor of looking good. (And I did look good in those hot pants—thanks, Law!) | 
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