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"The story of Rachel Zoe is the story of a great balancing act. Her &amp;quot;own chic world,&amp;quot; as she puts it, is the stuff of fashion fantasy and domestic dream. Playing dress-up with Jennifer Lawrence? That&amp;#039;s just her 9-5. And not just with Dior and Lanvin confections, but with her own\u2014the renowned stylist also doubles as a designer, her namesake line a Neiman&amp;#039;s and Nordstrom staple. Add to that her personal favorite role of &amp;quot;Mama Zoe&amp;quot;\u2014to sons Skyler and Kaius\u2014and you might wonder if the petite blonde, contrary to Anne-Marie Slaughter&amp;#039;s dictum does, in fact, have it all. It&amp;#039;s an intuitive question, sure, but not one that Zoe cares to answer. In her newest title, Living in Style: Inspiration and Advice for Everyday Glamour, Zoe seeks to craft an image that&amp;#039;s relatable, she tells BAZAAR, calling in from her home in Los Angeles. From a guide to throwing an unforgettable dinner party to tips on traveling smart, the book showcases its author&amp;#039;s belief that &amp;quot;whether you&amp;#039;re a career girl, mother, grandmother, all three, you can live glamorously even without a lot of time to do it.&amp;quot; Zoe herself is a testament to this mantra. While her afternoons revolve around Jennifer Garner&amp;#039;s next red carpet look, her mornings kick off with something more moms can relate to: a sandwich. &amp;quot;I started my day at 6 a.m. making Skyler&amp;#039;s lunch,&amp;quot; she says with a laugh. &amp;quot;How&amp;#039;s that for glamorous?&amp;quot; It&amp;#039;s true\u2014the image does undercut any glossy notions of style. But that&amp;#039;s exactly the point. The misleading connotations of glamour, Zoe says, cause many women to write off the concept entirely. It&amp;#039;s a trend she hopes to set back for good.  Living in Style: Inspiration and Advice for Everyday Glamour &amp;quot;You don&amp;#039;t have to be obsessed with style to live in style,&amp;quot; she explains. &amp;quot;My number one mission is to show women that, even if all you have time for is a red lip, that&amp;#039;s all you need to feel confident in your day-to-day\u2014which really is the most attractive thing of all.&amp;quot; It follows then that Zoe&amp;#039;s book won&amp;#039;t necessarily indulge lavish whims. Those elements are there, of course: Zoe dissects the genius of a Halston gown in one chapter, and includes an insider&amp;#039;s guide to vintage jewelry in another. But she focuses her work more on the little lifestyle tweaks\u2014the ones within reach\u2014that go a long way. Take her advice on dinner parties, for instance: opting for candles instead of overhead lighting &amp;quot;always delivers a warm glow that makes everyone look like they returned from a weekend in Saint-Tropez.&amp;quot; Then there&amp;#039;s a more prophetic nod to making an occasion of even the small things\u2014such as family dinners\u2014as &amp;quot;it&amp;#039;s the simple rituals that you come to value the most in life.  The stylist admits that this brand of easy glamour hasn&amp;#039;t always been her M.O, making Living in Style not only a career feat, but a personal one as well. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve grown up,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I felt like it was time to talk about it.&amp;quot; Zoe points to motherhood as the spark behind this shift, from an almost obsessively &amp;quot;frantic,&amp;quot; work-driven lifestyle to a more sensible and &amp;quot;practical&amp;quot; one. Of course, with a three-year-old and a three-month-old, a new worldview is to be expected. But in Living in Style, Zoe gives readers a more intimate look into just how much her chic world has changed\u2014style included. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve definitely had to succumb to a uniform of sorts,&amp;quot; she says in a mock tone of shame. &amp;quot;Usually a dark pair of jeans, some kind of knit underneath a great jacket\u2026 It&amp;#039;s pretty much a bad decision to hold a child in your vintage designer jacket made of zippers and spikes.&amp;quot; Make no mistake: Rachel Zoe adores haute couture just as much as ever. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s no secret I love me a sequin,&amp;quot; she recently reminded her nearly 1 million Instagram followers, the caption to a throwback photo of Zoe in a shimmering purple jumpsuit. You won&amp;#039;t catch Zoe trying to soften this side of herself (&amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s who I am!&amp;quot;), and Living in Style is no exception. Instead, she uses her book to expand upon it, portraying a new balancing act that can resonate with a wide readership. Zoe is quick to interject, however, that even with two children and a fresh definition of glamour, some things never change. &amp;quot;No matter what, I will always, always be in my heels,&amp;quot; she states definitively. &amp;quot;At least five inches.&amp;quot; How&amp;#039;s that for glamorous? This article originally appeared on HarpersBazaar.com More from BAZAAR: Your Free Daily Horoscopes and Readings Stunning Red Carpet Dresses in 2014 Best Mascaras of All Time  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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