Celebrity Stylist Law Roach Releases Fashionable Self-Help Book

Law Roach will share his insights into fashion and styling with a wider audience when the self-described “image architect” releases his first self-help book on October 1.

How to Build a Fashion Icon: Confidence Tips from the World’s Only Image Architect follows Roach’s journey and the knowledge he’s gained along the way. With this new venture, he hopes to become a self-help tycoon.

“I wanted to do something that would allow people who might never need me to dress them on the red carpet to have a piece of me at an affordable price,” he said in an interview with Time“My career is in a very niche market, but this is what I can give to people who love me and whom I may never meet.”

The book also explores his “notes on confidence” and belief in his abilities and success. Roach, who became a household name for styling his muse, Zendaya, also spoke about their journey and how he positively looks at rejection.

“The best way to think about it is that the ‘no’ answers are there to protect you from things that weren’t meant to be there in the first place,” he shared. “When you see something positive, it doesn’t seem so bad—you almost become grateful for it. If it’s something I thought was really meant for me, there’s a ‘yes’ somewhere. You just have to find a way to get there. Zendaya and I started our careers in fashion together.”

He added: “Nobody really knew her, nobody knew me, so nobody wanted to lend us clothes. It forced me to be more creative and become a better stylist. I made the world a smaller place to get the things I needed for her.”

For Roach, it’s about building a more inclusive fashion landscape. Having already found mainstream success, he wants others like him to continue to break barriers.

“The way I move the narrative when it comes to what it’s like to be a celebrity stylist is a bigger part of my legacy that’s going to be remembered and talked about,” he explained. “Knowing that you belong in this room, that you deserve a seat at this table, because we’re just as talented as our white counterparts. My career is an example of how I truly believe that I deserve my place in fashion, so I made that happen.”

He continued, “Now I’m not just opening doors, I’m helping to keep them open for people who look like me. My career is an example of how I truly believe that I deserve my place in fashion, so I did it. Now I’m not just opening doors, I’m helping to keep them open for people who look like me.”

In addition to her book, Roach is set to launch a digital platform in November to make the fashion industry more accessible. Both ventures promote self-love and self-expression for everyone, in and out of fashion.

“How to Create a Fashion Icon is not a book about fashion. The fashion icon is you, and you can become your own icon — no matter what industry you’re in.”