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.

Award season has arrived, and Rachel Zoe has three days to find the perfect dress for Emmy-Award-winning actress, Debra Messing, to wear to the highly anticipated Golden Globes Awards. Her new assistant, Brad is put to the test when Taylor calls in sick.

It is Rachel's favorite time of year: New York Fashion Week! The entire Zoe Camp heads to New York, where Rachel visits her good friend, fashion designer Marc Jacobs, and views the runway collections of Michael Kors and Donna Karan at Bryant Park.

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 an extravagant shopping spree, while Brad has to prove he can handle working on his own.

In the midst of Oscar madness, Rachel Zoe is hit with a family emergency. The main event is only a week away, and she is faced with the decision to stay in Los Angeles and work, or to attend her uncle's funeral.

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 five of Rachel's A-list clients. The pressure proves too much for Brad to handle.

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 Zoe and Brad race against the clock scouring Fashion Week collections in New York, Taylor is left to pick up the slack back in LA.

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 let them down again.

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 and things only get worse as Rachel steps out of her comfort zone to model for Marie Claire magazine.

Rachel styles a massive photo shoot for Glamour Magazine, while Taylor continues to be defeated by her inability to move up the ranks and contemplates leaving Team Zoe. When Rachel collapses at the studio, it becomes clear that the strenuous demands of her job are taking their toll.

Rachel and Brad travel to Paris for Fashion Week to check out the latest collections and rub shoulders with design celebrities such as Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano and Marc Jacobs. Taylor's left behind in LA to keep the studio running, and her resentment towards her increasing workload grows.

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. Rachel realizes some big changes must be made, or else she can't move forward with the expansion of Rachel Zoe, Inc.

There are major changes in the Zoe Camp as Taylor is fired and Rachel is left to deal with the resulting emotional turmoil. To make matters worse, the team has an important Harper's Bazaar cover shoot with Demi Moore, and all must prove they can cope without Taylor.

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 and it's fashion chaos to the max when actress Molly Sims comes to the studio needing dresses for two events.

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.

Fashion Week begins and Rachel has two clients presenting awards at the Oscars. It's 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 high demand on Team Zoe leaves no time to celebrate.

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.

Back in Los Angeles, fashion disaster strikes again when the gown that Rachel thought she had secured in Milan for Demi Moore's Oscar moment doesn't fit the bill.

Zoe impersonator, Amy Phillips, stops by the studio to shoot a webisode with Team Zoe. Rodger becomes increasingly frustrated with Rachel as tensions rise when he feels disrespected by the team, which escalates into a full blown fight in front of their staff. Shortly afterward, Rodger has a heart-to-heart with Brad and expresses his desire for things to change with his wife. On the styling front, Brad takes on a major advertising campaign featuring Molly Sims.

Team Zoe arrives in New York City for the annual Met Ball, where they're styling four A-list clients, in addition to Rachel attending the gala herself. Back in LA, Rachel is filling her schedule with an increasing list of jobs, including a Bardot-inspired shoot for UK magazine, Love. The rest of Team Zoe is more concerned than ever with their leader's inability to slow down. Rodger's mounting frustration comes to a head after a trip to the fertility clinic.