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"An aspiring designer falls for a fashion mogul? Sounds like a match made in career heaven. But when Rachel Roy started dating Rocawear's Damon Dash (now Roy's husband), he insisted she work her way up from the bottom of the company as an intern. It was a strategy that paid off. In 2005, Roy launched her eponymous collection to great success and has since proved that she's still very much her own woman. Despite her ties to Rocawear\u2014plus earlier gigs styling music videos\u2014don't expect a whole lot of street in her chic. Instead, think polished blouses, pouf dresses, and wooly wide-leg pants. In fact, Roy says that while growing up, Marlene Dietrich movies were more her speed than MTV.\u2014Evonne Gambrell\n\n**\n\nMore on Rachel Roy &amp;gt;&amp;gt;\n\nDIY with Rachel Roy &amp;gt;&amp;gt;\n\nTalk about your favorite designers on our fashion forum &amp;gt;&amp;gt;\n\n**"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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