Rachel Zoe
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Rachel Zoe
The celebrity stylist\'s job is so much more than merely shoehorning skinny clients into spangly frocks for the red carpet. No, they are now becoming celebrities in their own right
by Julia Robson
Rachel Zoe (pronounced "Zo" as in rhymes with ‘go\'), is possibly the most influential, most infamous, richest and thinnest stylist on the planet. Famous for creating clones of her super skinny lollypop signature look - vintage tops, maxi dresses, flowing hair, supersize accessories, size zero body - on Keira Knightley, Kate Beckinsale, Salma Hayak, Jennifer Garner and Paris Hilton. She transformed Lindsay Lohan from spotty child star to fashion icon and helped make poor little rich girl, Nicole Richie the ‘face\' of Jimmy Choo.
Zoe has a degree in psychology but no formal fashion training and reputedly charges $6,000 a day.
Philip Bloch
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Philip Bloch
Philip Bloch, the ‘godfather’ of celebrity stylists, is credited with spotting the potential of allying celebrities with the fashion world two decades ago. The former Versace model’s trademark is drop-dead glamour. In his heyday in the late 1990s, he dressed virtually every A-list actress for red carpet frock fests globally. He once famously dressed 10 celebrities for Oscar night. "I was like Santa Claus trying to get round everyone," he recalls. Clients include Sandra Bullock, Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, Drew Barrymore, Jacqueline Bisset, Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayeck and Jada Pinkett Smith. He now has a best-selling jewellery line, writes books and remains one of Hollywood’s premier fashion gurus.
Patricia Field
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Patricia Field
Patricia Field, created the costumes for Absolutely Fabulous and helped transform Sarah Jessica Parker from girl with dodgy perm into fashion it-girl, Carrie Bradshaw. She also did costumes for The Devil Wears Prada and Ugly Betty. A fashion guru who knows the fashion industry back-to-front, she has owned various hip boutiques dating from 1966 and dressed most of Hollywood\'s finest. A familiar sight perched front row at international designer catwalk shows. That\'s when she\'s not backstage styling them.
Cristina Ehrlich and Estee Stanley
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Cristina Ehrlich and Estee Stanley
‘Celebutante\' stylists, Cristina Ehrlich and her partner Estee Stanley, are famous for handpicking red carpet gowns for starlets who go on to become big stars. Paris Hilton, Penelope Cruz, Ashley Olson, Alicia Cuthbert, Jessica Biel and Eva Mendes, have all been dressed by this dynamic duo. Their knowledge of strategically applied ‘tit-tape\', butt pads and silicon ‘chicken fillet\' breast boosters has led to the launch of a lingerie line (called Red Carpet Ready-Shapers sold at Fredericks of Hollywood) and a fashion range, Miss Davenporte, loved by youthful clients - and Demi Moore.
Jennifer Rade
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Jennifer Rade
Jennifer Rade, is most famous for helping transform Angelina Jolie from goth to goddess at the 2004 Oscars. She\'s been dressing her ever since and coming up with fashionable images for newly-blonde Avril Lavigne, Kanye West, Marilyn Manson and even Eminem. On days off, Rade styles big budget music and commercial videos. She was behind the groundbreaking California Love (1995) with Dr Dre and TuPac and worked with Apple for a mind-boggling fee for the launch of the iPod.
Andrea Lieberman
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Andrea Lieberman
Andrea Lieberman is the New York stylist and design consultant attributed with turning Gwen Stefani into a global fashion phenomenon. "I never really knew anything about fashion \'til I met her," admits Stefani. She also advises the blonde bombshell on her LAMB line and first introduced her to the delights of the Paris catwalk (Stefani is now a regular front rower at Dior and Galliano). Lieberman\'s ethnic-inspired, rock-chick boho signature look first came to our attention when she dressed J.Lo in the plunging green Versace frock for the Emmys in 2000. Clients include dresses Drew Barrymore and Faith Hill.
William Baker
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William Baker
William Baker is the man who put Kylie Minogue into gold hot pants and, as her creative director, helped orchestrate the Aussie pop tart\'s second coming. Through his choice of clothes for his most precious charge the Mancunian, former theology student has turned Kylie into one of the most influential fashion icons of the Noughties. Baker has also dressed Jay Kay of Jamiroquai, Shirley Manson from Garbage, Björk, PJ Harvey, All Saints, and Victoria Beckham.
Arianne Phillips
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Arianne Phillips
Arianne Phillips is most famous for collaborating on costumes with Madonna throughout her various incarnations in the 1990s to the present day. Most recently the Confessions tour of 2006 and her Hung Up roller disco get-up. She also was responsible for Courtney Love\'s pretty recent makeover and is much in demand in film and music. As you might imagine, Madonna keeps her busy, but she has find time to work on films noted for their striking costumes including Walk The Line, Tank Girl and The Crow.
Britt Bardo
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Britt Bardo
Britt Bardo is the woman responsible for transforming the Olsen twins into freakily fashionable celebrities sporting their unique ‘hobo chic\' look. Bardo likes to create highly personal images for actresses pulling on their own style. Clients are diversely different but uniformly chic, including Kate Hudson, sexy Eva Mendes, glamour puss Jennifer Lopez and gothic girly, Christina Ricci. She recently had to defend a client. "Yes, I\'ve done Britney Spears," Bardo told American celebrity gossip magazine, Touch Weekly. "I make her up and she just takes everything off and does her own thing." But hey, you win some you lose some. Bardo has just signed a six-figure sum to style Nike adverts and is poised to launch her own fashion line.
Jessica Paster
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Jessica Paster
Feisty American stylist-to-the-stars, Jessica Pastor, has successfully worked her magic on set-in-their-ways divas including Mariah Carey and Kim Cattrall. Her impeccable track record of best-dressed includes Jennifer Aniston, Charlize Theron, Kate Hudson, Hilary Duff, Jessica Simpson, Kate Bosworth, Rose Byrne, Michelle Trachtenberg, Kate Beckinsale and Naomi Watts. As well as the red carpet Pastor has made ‘low key\' her particular trademark. Her reward is dressing some of the most beautiful, and consequently most effortlessly stylish, women in the world.
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