Best Dressed List

THEIR FAVORITE ACCESSORIES RANGE FROM SKULL NECKLACES TO DOGS, THEIR PROFESSIONS FROM PRINCESS TO QUARTERRACK, AND THEIR SHOPPING HEAVENS FROM NET-A-PORTER TO HAUTE COUTURE. BUT, FOR THOSE WISHING TO EMULATE THE INTERNATIONAL CREAM OF 2012'S FASHIONARLE CROP, TWO UNEXPECTED WORDS: VINTAGE AND GRANDPARENTS!

MEN

TDM BRADY VICTOR CRUZ RICHARD E. GRANT PRINCE HARRY JAY-Z

MATT LAUER EDDIE REDMAYNE MDRLEY SAFER VITD SCHNABEL IKE UDE

WOMEN

FAN BINGBING

H.R.H. the DUCHESS o/CAMBRIDGE CHARLOTTE CASIRAGHI JESSICA CHASTAIN

H.R.H. CROWN PRINCESS M A R Y of D E N M A R K ALICIA KEYS DIANE KRUGER

H.H. SHEIKHA MDZA BINT NASSERo/OATAR

LEA SEYDOUX

ELETTRA WIEDEMANN

HALL OF FAME

DZWALD BDATENG ARKI BUSSDN

H.R.H. PRINCESS A L E X A N D R A of G R E E C E

LIZZIE TISCH

H. PRINCE HEINRICH VDN UND ZU FURSTENBERG

ORIGINALS

BILL CUNNINGHAM MICHELLE HARPER JEAN PIGDZZI

PROFESSIONALS

ERIKA BEARMAN STACEY BENDET PDPPY DELEVINGNE FARIDA KHELFA MATTED MARZDTTD

STELLA MCCARTNEY

ROBERT RABENSTEINER ULYANA SERGEENKO CARLOS SDUZA

COUPLES

GINEVRA ELKANN and GIOVANNI GAETANI DELL'AQUILA D'ARAGDNA LIVIA and COLIN FIRTH LAUREN and ANDRES SANTD DDMINGD

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H.R.H. Crown Princess Mary o DENMARK

DCCUPATIDN: Wife of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, future King of Denmark; mother of four. RESIDENCES: Frederik VIIFs palace at Amalienborg, in Copenhagen, and the Chancellery House at Fredensborg Palace. LABELS: By Malene Birger, Heartmade. NOTABLE ENSEMBLE D F 2 012: Canary-colored dress and pillbox hat during the official visit to Seoul, South Korea. STYLE ICON: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

WOMEN

Fan BINGBING

DCCBPATIDN: Actress. RESIDENCE: Beijing, China.

FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "Jacket, heels" FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Vintage!"

FAVORITE ACCESSORIES:

"Sunglasses, big ring, and earrings." STYLE ICON: "I love the stylings of Alexander McQueen, Oscar de la Renta, Elie Saab, and Stephane Rolland."

Near right, wearing a Laurence Hsu gown and Cartier earrings in Cannes; center, in an Elie Saab twinset and tube top converted into a makeshift turban at the designer's ready-to-wear show in Paris.

Diane KRUGER

DCCBPATIDN: Actress. RESIDENCES: Paris, Los Angeles. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING:

"A Vanessa Bruno shift dress." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP:

"Le Bon Marche in Paris." FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "Any sort of hat.' STYLE ICON: "This year has been all about Grace Kelly for me."

H.R.H. the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE DCCUPATIDN: Wife of the Duke of Cambridge, future King of England. RESIDENCES: Anglesey, Wales; Kensington Palace. DESIGNERS AND LABELS: Alexander McQueen, Sarah Burton, Issa, Alice Temperley. NOTABLE ENSEMBLE DF 2012: Pleated Alexander McQueen dress worn at the Queens Thames Diamond Jubilee pageant. STYLE ICON: Diana, Princess of Wales.

Alicia KEYS OCCDPATION: Musician. RESIDENCE: New York City. FAVORITE ITEM DF CLOTHING: "My Polo jean shirt! It's such a staple piece that it makes anything cool." FAVORITE PLACES TD SHOP: "Intermix and Curve." FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "My Givenchy shark's-tooth chain. It's my perfect tomboy-chic accessory." STYLE ICON: "Bianca Jagger—she's classy and tough!"

Lea SEYDOUX OCCDPATION: Actress and model. RESIDENCE: Paris. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "A blue Prada top." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Vintage shop or Prada." FAVORITE ACCESSORIES: "Bags and shoes." STYLE ICON: "Anyone from the 1950s, a period in time full of elegance and grace."

Charlotte CASIR4GHI OCCDPATION: Fourth in line to the throne of Monaco, represents Gucci's "Forever Now" campaign. RESIDENCE: Monaco. NOTABLE ENSEMBLE OF 2012: Green Gucci gown worn at the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival.

WOMEN

Jessica CHASTAIN OCCUPATION: Actress. RESIDENCE: Venice Beach, California. NOTABLE ENSEMBLE OF 2012: Strapless black-and-gold Alexander McQueen gown worn at the 2012 Academy Awards. NOTABLE ACCESSORY: Harry Winston jewelry.

Elettra WEDEMANN OCCUPATION: Fashion model, entrepreneur, and aspiring triathlete. RESIDENCE: New York City. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "Rick Owens burnt-leather jacket." FAVORITE PLACES TO SHOP: "Otte,inthe West Village, and No. 6, in Little Italy." FAVORITE ACCESSORIES: "My 1920s hnoi et tor engagement ring and my childhood charm necklace." STYLE ICON: "My grandmother Florence Wiedemann."

H.H. Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of QATAR OCCUPATION: Wife of H.H. the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani; chairperson of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development; UNESCO special envoy for basic and higher education. RESIDENCE: - Doha, Qatar. DESIGNERS: Stephane Rolland and Jean Paul Gaultier. NOTABLE ENSEMBLE OF 2012: Turquoise Ralph & Russo dress worn at Windsor Castle to commemorate Queen Elizabeth IPs Diamond Jubilee.

WOMEN

Eddie

REDMAYNE

OCCUPATION: Actor.

RESIDENCE: London. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING "Orlebar Brown T-shirts" FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP:

"Liberty of London."

FAVORITE ACCESSORY:

"Engraved bloodstone cufflinks from

la Christopher Bailey." I STYLE ICON:

"My pa."

Morley SAFER

OCCUPATION: 60 Minutes correspondent. RESIDENCES: New York City and Connecticut.

FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "Blackwool opera cape with red silk lining from Harrods, circa 1910. Purchased at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, tag sale, 1957." STYLE ICON: "Oscar Wilde."

MEN

Matt

LAVER

OCCUPATION: Co-anchor,the Today show. RESIDENCES: New York City and East Hampton, New York.

FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING:

"A solid navy-blue tie." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP:

"Richards men's store, in Greenwich, Connecticut. It's not only where I buy most of my clothes—it's where I sold clothes as a kid in college!" FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "A very simple pair of brown cap-toe lace-up shoes." STYLE ICON: "Any member of the original Rat Pack."

Victor CRUZ OCCUPATION: Wide receiver for the New York Giants. RESIDENCE: Lyndhurst, New Jersey. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "Mypeaked-lapel, midnight-blue Calvin Klein Collection tux." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "My shopping obsessions are satisfied at mrporter.com." FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "My Royal Oak Audemars Piguet watch." STYLE ICON: "CristobalBalenciaga."

Vito SCHNABEL OCCUPATION: Art dealer. RESIDENCE: New York City. FAVORITE ITEMS OF CLOTHING: "Flannel shirt; Stussy T-shirt from the 90s that says, CHARLIE DON'T SURF." FAVORITE PLACES TO SHOP: "RL, Levi's store, Charvet, Turnbull & Asser, Melet Mercantile, and Zoltar the Magnificent." STYLE ICONS: "ErrolFlynn, Herbie Fletcher, Fred Astaire, Baron Elie de Rothschild, Feo Castelli."

MEN

OCCUPATIONS: Rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur. RESIDENCE: New York City. NOTABLE ENSEMBLE OF 2012: White Tom Ford dinner jacket worn at his benefit concert in Carnegie Hall.

Richard E. GRANT OCCUPATION: Actor, screenwriter, and director. RESIDENCE: London. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "My grandfather's three-piece tweed suit." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Richard James. Perfect fit." FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "Union Jack belt. Never taken it off." STYLE ICON: "Count Dracula!!"

Ike UDE

OCCUPATION: Artist. RESIDENCE: New York City. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "Exquisitely fitted suit" FAVORITE PLACES TO SHOP: "Contemporary and vintage shops in New York, Paris, London." FAVORITE ACCESSORIES: "Silk ties and bow ties." STYLE ICONS: "Robert de

Montesquiou; Gabriele D'Annunzio; my maternal grandfather, Paul Osuoji."

MEN

Tom

BRADY

OCCUPATION:

Quarterback for the New England Patriots.

RESIDENCES: Brentwood, California, and Boston, Massachusetts.

FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING:

"My football uniform." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP:

"Amazon.com."

FAVORITE ACCESSORY:

"My dog, Lua."

STYLE ICON:

"Any GQ magazine."

Prince HARRY

OCCUPATION: Apache Helicoptor pilot with the British Army Air Corps. RESIDENCES: Clarence House in London and Highgrove in Gloucestershire. NOTABLE ENSEMBLE OF 2012: Khakis, a white shirt, and bright-blue Russell & Bromley desert boots worn on a visit to Kingston, Jamaica.

Stella MCCARTNEY OCCOPATION: Fashion designer. RESIDENCE: London. || FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "My husband's overworn and overwashed white, messed-up T-shirt." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Any Stella McCartney shop." FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "Wedding band." STYLE ICON: "Mymum."

PROFESSIONAL

Carlos SOUZA DCCUPATIDN: Worldwide brand ambassador for Valentino. RESIDENCES: New York, Rome, and Rio de Janeiro. FAVORITE ITEM DF CLOTHING: "Suits." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "I like high and low—great label suits mixed with high street fashion." FAVORITE ACCESSORIES: "Shoes and jewelry. Stubbs & Wootton for shoes. Jewelry, my line: Most Wanted Design." STYLE ICONS: "GaryCooper and David Bowie."

Farida KHELFA OCCOPATIONS: Actress, director, and ambassador of Schiaparelli. RESIDENCE: Paris. FAVORITE ITEMS OF CLOTHING: "Tux and jeans!" FAVO R IT E PLACE TO SHOP: "Believe it or not, I don't like shopping." FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "Shoes are the most important accessory—shoes make the look." STYLE ICONS: "Katharine Hepburn and Schiap for her tremendous sense of fashion."

Ulycinci

SERGEENKO

OCCUPATION: Designer. RESIDENCE: Moscow. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING:

"Full skirt and high heels."

FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Flea markets." FAVORITE ACCESSORIES: "Headpieces—hats, headbands, bows, kerchiefs." STYLE ICON:

"My grandmother."

Matteo

MARZOTTO

OCCUPATION: President of Vionnet S.p.A. RESIDENCE:

Milan. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "A soft bluejacket with three buttons." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "My tailor in Bologna." FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "My good-luck belt buckle shaped like a horseshoe." STYLE ICONS: "Giovanni Agnelli and my grandfather Gaetano Marzotto Jr."

PROFESSIONALS

Robert

R4RENSTEINER

OCCUPATION: Fashion editor at L'Uomo Vogue. RESIDENCES: Milan and Vigiljoch, in Sudtirol, Italy. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "The double-breasted jacket."

FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Charvet in Paris." FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "Shoes." STYLE ICON: "SalvadorDali."

Erika BEARMAN OCCUPATION: Senior vice president of global communications at Oscar de la Renta. RESIDENCE: New York City. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "My first piece of Oscar de la Renta: an evergreen alpaca belted coat with a fox collar." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Net-a-Porter." FAVORITE ACCESSORY: iPhone. STYLE ICON: "Annette de la Renta."

PROFESSIONAL

BENDET OCCUPATION: C.E.O. and creative director, Alice & Olivia by Stacey Bendet. RESIDENCE: New York City. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "Alice & Olivia pants, especially striped ones!" FAVORITE PLACES TO SHOP: "1stdibs for furniture, and I love Torso, in San Francisco, for vintage-clothing inspiration." FAVDRITE ACCESSORY: "One of my many crazy iPhone cases!" STYLE ICON: "AmyFine Collins. Forever the chic-est woman I know."

Poppy DELFMNGNE OCCUPATION: Model, actress, and British Fashion Council ambassador. RESIDENCE: Fondon. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "A Balmain leather baseball jacket in black and blood red." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Selfridges in Fondon. They stock all the young and cool British designers. It's like my second home." FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "A pair of Maison Michel lace earrings in navy." STYLE ICON: "Lady Amanda Harlech."

Ginevrci ELKANN and Giovanni Gaetani

DELIAQUILA D ili

RESIDENCE: Rome. HER DCCUPATIDN: Film producer and chairman of the Pinacoteca Agnelli. HIS DCCUPATIDN: Farmer/agricultural entrepreneur. HER FAVORITE PLACES TD SHOP: "Dover Street Market, in London, or any market." HER FAVORITE ACCESSORY:

"My Louboutins." HER STYLE ICON: "Marella Agnelli, my grandmother, and Nancy Cunard." HIS FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "Myold Levi's jeans shirt or a classic Turnbull &Asser striped shirt." HIS FAVORITE PLACE T 0 SHOP: "My tailor, Leonaldo Coco."

HIS FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "IWC Top Gun." HIS STYLE ICON: "Steve McQueen."

Colin and Livia FIRTH

RESIDENCE: London.

HIS OCCUPATION: Actor.

HER OCCUPATION: Film producer and creative director of Eco Age; founder of the Green Carpet Challenge. HIS NOTAOLE ITEM OF CLOTHING: Tom Ford suits.

HER FAVORITE ITEMS OF CLOTHING: "Black trousers and a black top or anything by Henrietta Ludgate."

HER FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Myown eco-boutique on eco-age.com."

HER STYLE ICON: "Jackie O."

Lauren

andAndres

SANTO

DOMINGO

RESIDENCE: New York City.

HER OCCUPATION: Contributing editor for Vogue and co-founder and creative director of Moda Operandi.

HIS OCCUPATION: Music executive. HIS FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "APCjeans." HER FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "Vintage YSL safari dress." HER STYLE ICON: "Currently obsessing on Lee Miller and Mary Jane Russell." HIS STYLE ICON: "My late father, Julio Mario Santo Domingo, and a young Nick Cave."

COUPLES

Arid BUSSON OCCUPATION: Financier. RESIDENCES: London, St. Barth's, and New York. NOTABLE ITEM OF CLOTHING: Dark suits.

Lizzie TISCH OCCUPATION: Consultant. RESIDENCE: New York City. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "Holmes & Yang black suede jacket." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Saks Fifth Avenue, farfetch.com, and the Room at Hudson's Bay Company." FAVORITE ACCESSORIES: "Edie Parker 'Lizzie' bag and JAR earrings." STYLE ICON: "My nine-year-old daughter."

H.S.H. Prince Heinrich VON UND ZU FURSTENBERG

OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur. RESIDENCE: "Schloss Donaueschingen, near the Black Forest, in Germany." FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "My cardinal-red socks." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Online." FAVORITE ACCESSORY "My pugs, Feli and Gioia." STYLE ICON: "Myself."

HALL OF FAME

Ozwakl

BOATENG

D C C U P A TID N: Fashion designer. RESIDENCE: London. FAVORITE ITEM DF CLOTHING: "A Savile Row bespoke suit, of course. My signature high-notch lapel is a personal favorite." FAVO R IT E PLACE TO SHOP: "I love Paris for unusual finds, but then, Portobello is also a favorite. I started out there." FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "My iPhone. I can't live without it!" STYLE ICON: "Edward VIII. The Duke of Windsor dressed in the considered way that all men should."

H.R.H.

Princess Alexandra o

GREECE

OCCOPATION: Child-life specialist. RESIDENCE: New York City. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING:

"A shocking-pink organic gazar Carolina Herrera dress." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Taraboutique, in Patmos, Greece." FAVORITE ACCESSORY:"Eau Profonde fragrance, by Thirdman, and New York City Opera tickets." STYLE ICONS: "Maria Callas, Carolina Herrera, and Mrs. Cohn Firth."

HALL OF FAME

Bill CUNNINGHAM

RESIDENCE: New York City. OCCUPATION: Photographer for "On the Street" and "Evening Hours" columns in the New York Times Style section. SIGNATURE ITEM OF CLOTHING: Blue French workman's jacket. FAVORITE ACCESSORIES: Secondhand bicycle, Nikon camera.

Jean PIGOZZI OCCUPATIONS: Entrepreneur, photographer, and art collector. RESIDENCE: Geneva. FAVORITE ITEMS OF CLOTHING: "My funny shirts; I choose amazing funny patterns and have them made in Hong Kong." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "FimoFand." FAVORITE ACCESSORIES: "A 30-year-old Hermes belt—I love the simple buckle. My iPad, my digital camera." STYLE ICONS: "GianniAgnelli and Howard Hughes."

Michelle HARPER OCCUPATION: Brand consultant. RESIDENCE: New York City. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: "My grandmother's rich red silk Cristobal Balenciaga cape." FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: "Anywhere and everywhere." FAVORITE ACCESSORY: "My heirloom ring. It was designed by my grandfather, who was a great friend of Le Corbusier, and the setting is a mix of unique 1930s modernism and clean Greek classical architecture." STYLE ICON: "My grandmother. For her elegance inside and out."

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ORIGINALS