Style Scoop Q&A: Rochelle Rodriguez

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In our second Style Scoop interview of the day (yeah, we're on a roll!), we had a bit of a chat with FIDM Fashion Design Program Grad Rochelle Rodriguez (pictured at top along with dresses from her line) whose eponymous clothing line launched only this January but is already flying off the racks at Kitson and Planet Blue in L.A. (as well as 40 other boutiques). Now that's haute! --Kim

Name: Rochelle Rodriguez
URL: www.rochellerodriguez.com
Job Title: Designer/Owner
City: Los Angeles, CA
Five sites you must visit daily: Yahoo Home Page, Hotter Than Hollywood.com, Style.com, Perez Hilton's site and Myspace.
Your major at FIDM and Grad Year: Fashion Design, 2005
Your favorite lifestyle publications(s):Vogue, Lucky, Elle, Latina

Favorite designer: Carolina Herrera and Louis Verdad (image: actress Lucy Liu in Louis Verdad with the designer)
Who is your style icon and why? Eva Mendes. She is young, chic, classy and sexy all wrapped together.
What is your dream purchase for summer? Yellow bikini
What is the most beloved item in your wardrobe? Dolce and Gabanna strapless evening gown
You're spending an afternoon shopping in the city of your choice. What's the city? NYC. Start with Scoop for fantastically expensive jeans and shoes and then to H&M for a $5 shirt

If you could own the wardrobe of any film or t.v. character, whose would it be? Jo Stockton, Audrey Hepburn's character in Funny Face (image: the Italian poster for the film)
The ultimate accessory is... my Gucci sunglasses