- Anna Wintour
Anna Wintour (born November 3, 1949, in London) is the editor-in-chief of American "Vogue", a position she has held since 1988. She became interested in fashion as a teenager. Her father, Charles, editor of the "Evening Standard", often consulted with her on how to make the newspaper's coverage relevant to the youth of mid-1960s London. After dropping out of school at 16, she began a career in fashion journalism. - Vera Wang
Vera Wang (born June 27, 1949) is an American fashion designer based in New York, NY, USA. She is known for her wedding gown collection, among other specialties. She was raised in an affluent family and attended The Chapin School as well as the Sorbonne in Paris. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in art history. Her mother often took her to fashion shows in Paris. Her father started and owned a chemical company. - Marisa Miller
Marisa Miller (born August 6, 1978) is an American supermodel. She is known for her many appearances in the "Sports Illustrated" Swimsuit Issues and Victoria's Secret catalogs. - Jimmy Choo
Dato' Jimmy Choo OBE, born Jimmy CHOW Yeang Keat, is a London-based women's luxury fashion designer best known for his exquisite hand-made shoes. Choo is a Malaysian of Hakka Chinese descent who was born in Penang in 1961 into a family of shoemakers. He made his first shoe when he was 11 years old. He is perhaps the most famous of alumni of Cordwainers' Technical College in London, from which he graduated in 1983. The college is now part of the London College of Fashion. - Zac Posen
Zac Posen is a contemporary fashion designer. Posen grew up in New York City, attending Saint Ann's School. He went to design school at Central Saint Martins in London, where he began to conceive his distinctive aesthetic. At 16, he interned at the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute, under the tutelage of Richard Martin, followed by an internship with Nicole Miller and a position at Tocca. - Bridget Moynahan
Kathryn Bridget Moynahan (born September 21 1970 in Binghamton, New York) is an American model and actress of Irish descent, best known for her roles in films such as "Coyote Ugly"; "I, Robot" and "Lord of War". She is also pregnant with Tom Brady's son. - Jessica Stam
Jessica Stam (born April 23, 1986), also known simply as Stam, is a Canadian supermodel. - Gemma Ward
Gemma Ward (born November 3, 1987) is an Australian supermodel and actress. One of the most well known models in the world, she is considered a model of the moment by many fashion insiders and fans alike, with her baby doll-like look inspiring a new craze in fashion. - Angela Lindvall
Angela Lindvall (born January 14 1979 in Midwest City, Oklahoma), is an American supermodel, known for her distinctive walk, and actress. She has appeared on the cover of several magazines such as "ELLE", "Harper's Bazaar", "Marie Claire", "Numero", "Vogue", "I-D" and "W". She was a Victoria's Secret model, most recently appearing in the 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2006 fashion shows, and has also appeared in the Fendi, … - Chanel Iman
Chanel Iman is a Korean/African-American model from Atlanta, USA. Iman walked down the runway for the first time in the Fall/Winter 2006 season for fashion brands like Custo Barcelona and DKNY, since then she has modelled for top brands like Dolce & Gabbana, Issey Miyake, Kenzo, Marc Jacobs, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Valentino, Bottega Veneta, Dsquared2, Hèrmes, Moschino, Oscar de la Renta and Stella McCartney. - Ana Beatriz Barros
Ana was discovered by the Director of Elite Model Management who was in vacationing in Brazil - Ellen von Unwerth
Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954 in Germany) is a photographer and director, specializing in erotic femininity. She worked as a fashion model for ten years herself before moving behind the camera, and now makes fashion, editorial, and advertising photographs. Ellen von Unwerth found fame when she first photographed Claudia Schiffer for Guess? Jeans. She has been published in top magazines like "Vogue", "Vanity Fair", "Interview", "The Face", … - Patrick Demarchelier
Patrick Demarchelier is a French-born fashion photographer. Born in Le Havre in 1943, Demarchelier has lived in New York City since 1975. He has worked for magazines such as "Glamour", "Mademoiselle", "Vogue", "GQ", and "Rolling Stone". Since 1992 he has worked with "Harper's Bazaar", becoming its premier photographer. Demarchelier was awarded the contract for the 2005 Pirelli Calendar. - Izabel Goulart
Izabel Goulart (born October 23, 1984) is a Brazilian supermodel. She is best known as one of Victoria's Secret Angels. - Steven Meisel
Steven Meisel is an American photographer, who obtained popular acclaim with his work in US and Italian "Vogue" and his photographs of friend Madonna in the latter's 1992 book "Sex" designed by Fabien Baron. He is now considered one of the most successful fashion photographers in the industry, shooting regularly for both US and Italian "Vogue" and lately "W" (also edited by Condé Nast). - Lily Cole
Lily Cole (born May 19, 1988) is an English supermodel and actress. - Lauren Weisberger
Lauren Weisberger is a Jewish American novelist and author of the 2003 bestseller "The Devil Wears Prada", a speculated "roman à clef" of her time as a put-upon assistant to "Vogue" editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. - Carolyn Murphy
Carolyn Murphy (born on August 11, 1975), is an American supermodel. Murphy was born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, and grew up throughout Northwest Florida, spending most of her childhood in a trailer park in Panama City, Florida. At the age of 16, she was spotted by Mary Lou Nash, owner and operator of Mary Lou's Models, a modeling agency. Nash saw Murphy's potential and soon she was modeling in local ads and magazines throughout Florida and Alabama. - Craig McDean
Craig McDean (b. 1964, England) is a British fashion and portrait photographer based in New York City. McDean began his photographic career in London as a photographer's assistant to photographer Nick Knight. His early editorial work was featured in magazines such as "i-D" and "The Face", which led to advertising campaign work for clients such as Jill Sander and Calvin Klein. - Gia Carangi
Gia Marie Carangi was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carangi, who was of Italian, Welsh and Irish ancestry, was widely considered the first "Supermodel". Cindy Crawford, who also appeared on the covers of several fashion publications during Gia's time, was later referred to as "Baby Gia", due to her resemblance to Gia. Carangi was also the first to present unusual poses, facial expressions and gestures. - Doutzen Kroes
Doutzen Kroes (born January 23, 1985) is a Dutch supermodel. She was born in the town of Oostermeer, in Friesland, The Netherlands and is signed by DNA Models. Kroes has made the covers of "Time", "Vogue", "Harper's Bazaar", and "Numero". She also appears regularly in the Victoria's Secret catalog and was featured in their fashion show in 2005 and 2006. Kroes has also been in campaigns by Gucci, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Escada, … - Reem Acra
Reem Acra is an internationally known American fashion designer. She studied in Paris, as well as New York and began her career. She is known for her exquisite bridal designs. Her designs are sold in famous clothing boutiques such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. She has been on several popular magazines including "In Style", "Town & Country", "Vogue", "Women's Wear Daily", and "W". - Helmut Newton
Helmut Newton, born Helmut Neustädter born at Innsbrucker Straße 24 in Berlin- Schöneberg, Germany, was a German-Australian fashion photographer noted for his nude studies of women. The son of a German-Jewish button-factory owner and an American mother, Newton attended the Heinrich-von-Treitschke-Realgymnasium and the American School in Berlin. Interested in photography from a young age, he worked for the German photographer Yva (Else Neulander Simon). - Bert Stern
Bertram Stern (born 3 October 1929) is an American fashion and celebrity portrait photographer. His best known work is arguably a collection of 2,500 photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe over a three day period, six weeks before her death, taken for "Vogue". Stern published "Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting" in 1992. - Jeffrey Steingarten
Jeffrey Steingarten is an American lawyer and culinary critic/columnist. He is a regular columnist for "Vogue" magazine. He has also written for "Slate". His 1997 book of food-related essays, "The Man Who Ate Everything", is a Julia Child Book Award winner and was also a James Beard Book Award finalist. In 2002, Steingarten published a second collection of essays entitled "It Must've Been Something I Ate". - Sasha Pivovarova
Sasha Pivovarova (born January 21, 1985) is a Russian supermodel. Born in Moscow, Russia, Pivovarova began modeling after a friend introduced her to modeling agency IMG. Her first show was Prada, and soon she went on to do the Fall 2005 campaign for the brand. Pivovarova has been compared to Australian supermodel Gemma Ward. She is close friends with fellow models Vlada Roslyakova and Snejana Onopka. Pivovarova has modeled for such brands such as Chanel, Valentino, Prada, … - Liya Kebede
Liya Kebede (born January 3, 1978, in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian supermodel who has appeared on the cover of US "Vogue" twice. - Isabeli Fontana
Isabeli Bergossi Fontana is a Brazilian supermodel. Fontana was born in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. In 1996 she made it to the finals of the Elite Model Look Contest when she was just 13. The following year she moved from Brazil to Milan, Italy, to start her modelling career. In 1999, at the age of 16, she appeared in the Victoria's Secret lingerie catalogue. - Caroline Trentini
Caroline Aparecida Trentini is a Brazilian supermodel. She was born in Panambi, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Trentini is the youngest daughter of Lourdes and the late Jacó Trentini, who died when she was one year old. Her older sisters are Franciele and Élen. Although she had never worked before, Trentini's mother got a job as a public employee when her husband died and raised her daughters single-handedly. - Patrick Robinson
Patrick Robinson is an California-born American fashion designer who has worked for such names as Giorgio Armani, Anne Klein, Perry Ellis, and Paco Rabanne. A graduate from the Parsons School of Design, Robinson has been a member of the Council of Fashion Designers since 1994 and was named one of "Vogue"s 100 rising stars in 1996. - André Leon Talley
André Leon Talley is the editor-at-large for "Vogue" magazine and has been a front-row regular at fashion shows in New York, Paris, London and Milan for over 25 years. He uses his influence to promote dozens of young fashion designers. He mentors young talent in other fields as well. His most famous pairings of late have been with designers Tracy Reese, Rachel Roy, and singer/actress Jennifer Hudson. He is known as a very close friend of pop diva Mariah Carey. - Herb Ritts
Herb Ritts was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits in the style of classical Greek sculpture. Consequently some of his more famous pieces are of male and female nudes in what can be called glamour photography. He was born in Los Angeles, California to a prosperous family who owned a furniture business. - Joy Bryant
Joy Bryant (born 19 October 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model for Tommy Hilfiger. Bryant was born in The Bronx, New York, USA; her mother was 15 years old at the time. Bryant attended, but did not graduate from, Yale University and studies acting in NY and LA with Tony Greco. - Fernanda Tavares
Fernanda Tavares is a Brazilian supermodel. Tavares was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, and she was appearing in local shows at the age of nine, and at just 13 she won the "Elite Look of the Year." A year later she was invited by agents to go to São Paulo to pursue a modeling career. In 1998, at the age of 17, she was already appearing on the covers of fashion magazines - "L'Officiel Paris", … - Guy Bourdin
Guy Bourdin (born December 2 1928 in Paris, died March 29 1991 of cancer in Paris) was one of the best known photographers of fashion and advertising of the second half of the 20th century. He worked for "Vogue" magazine from 1955 onwards for roughly 30 years. His work for "Vogue", together with another Seventies famous fashion photographer, Helmut Newton defied the standards, ideas and theories about fashion photography in general. - Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh is an American actress who has appeared in numerous films. Leigh's work has drawn high critical praise. Salon magazine praised her as “one of America’s best actors”, Paul Verhoeven, who directed her in "Flesh & Blood", similarly claimed “There is no greater actress working in America”, … - Bridget Hall
Bridget Hall is an American supermodel. She was born on December 12, 1977 in Springdale, Arkansas. At the age of 10, she was modeling in Dallas, Texas where she was living in the suburb of Farmers Branch, Texas, where she briefly attended R. L. Turner High School. Shortly after she moved with her mother Donna Hall to New York City to pursue her modeling career. - Robin Givhan
Robin Givhan (born 1965) is the fashion editor for "The Washington Post". She won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. The Prize gave the rationale for her award as follows: "Awarded to Robin Givhan of The Washington Post for her witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism." Givhan is a native of Detroit, Michigan, where she earned her diploma as a valedictorian at Renaissance High School in 1982, … - Hamish Bowles
Hamish Bowles (born 1963) is a fashion journalist who is the European editor at large for the American edition of "Vogue". He is a graduate of the Saint Martin's School of Art and Design. From 1984 until 1992, he worked for "Harpers and Queen", the British fashion and lifestyle magazine, serving initially as a fashion editor and completing his tenue as style director. In 1992, Bowles joined the U.S. edition of "Vogue". - Beverly Johnson
Beverly Johnson (born October 13 1952 in Buffalo, New York, USA) is a supermodel. Beverly Johnson is the second African-American model to grace the cover of American "Vogue".The August 1974 cover was shot by famed photographer Francesco Scavullo. Donyale Luna,an African-American model had previously appeared on the cover of foreign issues of the magazine. As well as Donyale Luna's appearance Ms.
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