Monday 10 August 2009

vanity fair best-dressed 2008

"everybody in vanity fair must have remarked how well those live who are comfortably and thoroughly in debt; how they deny themselves nothing; how jolly and easy they are in their minds."
- william makepeace thackeray

KATE MIDDLETON Because we're throwing her hats in the ring. Residence: London. Age: 26. Significant other: H.R.H. Prince William. Signature look: Tailored jackets, boots and Philip Treacy hats. Frequented boutiques: Ralph Lauren and Topshop. Sunglasses: Chanel. Notable 2008 ensemble: Black suit and Phillip Treacy hat worn to the Order of the Garter service. From Rex Features.

INTERNATIONAL BEST-DRESSED LIST: WOMEN
CHIARA CLEMENTE, filmmaker
PENÉLOPE CRUZ, actress
KATHY FRESTON, writer
AGNES GUND, president emerita of MoMA
ANNE HATHAWAY, actress
ALICIA KEYS, singer, songwriter, actress
H.R.H. PRINCESS LETIZIA OF ASTURIAS
KELLY RIPA, co-host of Live! with Regis and Kelly
H.H. SHEIKHA MOZAH OF QATAR, wife of H.H. the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, UNESCO special envoy for basic and higher education
LIZZIE TISCH, private banker

INTERNATIONAL BEST-DRESSED LIST: MEN
TIKI BARBER, NBC correspondent, founder of Tiki Ventures
ARPAD BUSSON, financier
DANIEL CRAIG, actor
MATTEO MARZOTTO, entrepreneur, chairman to ENIT (the Italian state tourist board)
BARACK OBAMA, president of the United States
OGDEN PHIPPS II, private-equity investor
BRAD PITT, actor
ROO ROGERS, environmental entrepreneur, co-founder of OZOlab
ALEJANDRO SANTO DOMINGO, investor
CY TWOMBLY, artist

HALL OF FAME
LILIANE BETTENCOURT, principal shareholder of L’Oréal
COUNT MANFREDI DELLA GHERARDESCA, art adviser, curator
CATHERINE DENEUVE, actress and model
LAPO ELKANN, creative entrepreneur; founder and president, Italia Independent and Independent Ideas; founding partner and owner, LA Holding
RENÉE ZELLWEGER, actress

FIRST LADIES
CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY, singer and First Lady of France
MICHELLE OBAMA, First Lady of the United States

FASHION PROFESSIONALS
GEORGINA CHAPMAN, co-founder and designer, Marchesa
TORY BURCH, designer
MATHILDE MEYER-AGOSTINELLI, director of communications, Prada France
DAVID LAUREN, senior vice president, advertising, marketing, and communications, Polo Ralph Lauren
CANDY PRATTS PRICE, executive fashion director, Style.com
RACHEL ROY, designer
STACEY BENDET, designer and founder, Alice & Olivia
FRANCA SOZZANI, editor in chief, Italian Vogue and L’Uomo Vogue
ALI HEWSON, co-founder, Edun fashion label and Nude skin care

SIBLINGS
JANE LAUDER, general manager, Origins, and AERIN LAUDER, senior vice president
and creative director, Estée Lauder
STAVROS NIARCHOS and EUGÉNIE NIARCHOS, jewelry designer for Gaia Repossi

COUPLES
PALOMA CUEVAS, jewelry designer for Yanes, and ENRIQUE PONCE, professional bullfighter
DIANA TAYLOR, managing director, Wolfensohn & Co., and MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, mayor of New York City; founder, Bloomberg L.P.
NATALIA VODIANOVA, fashion model, and JUSTIN PORTMAN, artist
SHELLEY WANGER, editor, Knopf and Pantheon, and DAVID MORTIMER,
president, the American Assembly

FASHION ORIGINALS

PETER BEARD, “escapist”
DUCHESS OF ALBA
NICKY HASLAM, interior designer
IKÉ UDÉ, artist, founder of Arude magazine
BRUCE WEBER, photographer, artist, filmmaker

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