Taylor, the peroxide-haired “senior assistant” who seemed to hate her boss Rachel Zoe, has been fired. There was no reason offered by either Rachel or Taylor (who Ashley likes to refer to as “the awesomely bitchy one”). Along with Rachel and fellow assistant Brad, Taylor was one of the stars of The Rachel Zoe Project on Bravo, which just finished airing its second season. Today, Taylor emailed all her contacts the following note:
After four amazing years at Rachel Zoe Corporation, I’m saddened and exhilarated at the same time to announce my departure. After much thought and consideration, I have decided to take the challenging leap to go off and style on my own.
After the jump, let’s revisit some of Taylor’s finest (and most disgruntled) moments.
Some awesome person has posted every episode of The Rachel Zoe Project on YouTube, and I spent more time than I’d like to admit this weekend getting caught up on the show. I’m still holding on to my theory that second assistant Brad is a producer plant designed to create more drama. Even though he’s cool and even-tempered, he always gets pulled into drama-inducing situations (like the dresses trapped in Tennessee). In this episode, Brad got a night off from his job and was going to go out on a date. But Rachel, like any conniving boss, had other plans…
Also, this is one part of the whole episode, but I would just like to say that Rachel Zoe must have gotten a fee for every time she said Marc Jacobs’ name, because it was seriously absurd.
I haven’t been watching much of Bravo’s The Rachel Zoe Project, but Ashley sends me regular reports about it (she’s obsessed). I’m not a fan of the stylist and don’t know why she needs her own show, but I am enjoying the hell out of her two assistants, Taylor and Brad. Taylor is the longtime assistant who feels comfortable enough with her boss to occasionally be like “Rachel, that is a really fucking dumb idea.” She feels threatened by Brad, the new hire, who is cute and innocent and totally a plant by Bravo to stir up trouble. In this clip, Brad tells Rachel the bad news that some dresses being sent via FedEx are trapped in Tennessee because of bad weather.
Thanks to STA reader Brett for giving me a heads-up about this week’s issue of TV Guide (the one with House stars Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard on the cover). Damian Holbrook’s “Countdown” column lists the five best and worst TV assistants ever. He includes some of my recurring faves (Joan, Lloyd, Betty) and some who haven’t gotten much time here because their shows ended before the site began (Karen Walker from Will and Grace). Here’s the list:
5. Betty Suarez (Ugly Betty) - Never mind that she dresses like a color-blind hobo and has picked up zero style tips from the fashion mag for which she toils. La Suarez is so faithful to Mode–and the Meade family–that she barely has a life outside the office. Of course, when you have hotness like Daniel, Gio and Henry all on staff, that’s perfectly understandable.
4. Agnes DiPesto (Moonlighting) - Anyone who could answer the Blue Moon Detective Agency’s phones in rhyme and fall for Booger from “Revenge Of The Nerds” is OK by us. Plus, with all the bickering between David and Maddie, the fact that she kept on reporting for duty earns this one Employee of the Year!
3. Waylon Smithers (The Simpsons) - So maybe he’s a little too into serving Mr. Burns, but ya can’t say the guy isn’t devoted. After all, the only thing he loves more than his job is his Malibu Stacy doll, and it’s not every employee whose computer starts up with a nude photo of their boss. We should probably thank God for that.
2. Lloyd (Entourage) - He entures the gay-baiting abuses of superagent Ari Gold, the idiocy of Drama Chase and the indignity of fetching human feces for his boss’ prank against a competeing power player. All with a smile and an unswerving loyalty to his leader.
1. Joan Holloway (Mad Men) - As the curvy wonder says, the only way to succeed is to be more than just a secretary. And based on the after-hours “work” she put in with the head honcho Roger Sterling, we’d say this office administrator is a real up-and-comer.
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