TOMMY TON | BLOGGER AND PHOTOGRAPHER

Tommy Ton has a shoe fetish. The 25-year-old Toronto fashion know-it-all doesn’t want to wear them. He wants to photograph them and post them on his Jak and Jil blog, which has, in six months, become a breakout hit with fashion enthusiasts around the world.

BENJAMIN CHO | DESIGNER

After dropping out of the Parsons School of Design in 1998 at 21, Benjamin Cho presented two small collections before staging a full-fledged runway show in 2001, which featured sleekly modified trenches, corseted bustiers, and silk fishtail skirts. Though not afraid to experiment with outré accents like heavy zippers and oversize heart prints, Cho thrives when he sticks to what he does best: slightly tweaked classics.

GABRIELLE CHANEL | FASHION DESIGNER AND ICON

Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of the famous fashion brand Chanel. Her extraordinary influence on fashion was such that she was the only person in the field to be named on TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

RUMI NEELY | FASHION BLOGGER AND MODEL

Rumi Neely, Fashion Toast, is an American born blogger and model.

CORNELIA GUEST | WRITER

Cornelia Cochrane Churchill Guest (born November 28, 1963) is an American actress, socialite, author, and equestrian. She is the daughter of prominent American socialite, columnist, designer, Lucy Douglas Cochrane aka C. Z. Guest.