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Bobbi Brown

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:33PM

Brown is the founder of the massive makeup and skincare product line that bears her name.

Mary Tyler Moore

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:33PM

Moore's place in history was cemented with her beloved, groundbreaking series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Tim Quinn

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

Tim Quinn is the resident makeup guru at Giorgio Armani.

Frédéric Fekkai

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

Possibly New York's most famous hair stylist, Frédéric Fekkai's been cutting hair in the city for a quarter century. If you're a beautiful socialite, chances are he's also tried to hit on you.

Paul Labrecque

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

The master hairstylist and makeover guru owns two salons in the city—one on the East Side and one on the West.

Adam Sender

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

An alumnus of Steve Cohen's SAC Capital, Sender is the founder of Exis Capital Management and an obscenely prolific collector of contemporary art.

Sally Hershberger

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

Possibly the most in-demand hair stylist in New York, Hershberger owns the exclusive Meatpacking District salon that bears her name.

Don Michael Randel

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

Randel is the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic groups in the U.S. The $5.6 billion foundation doles out cash to hundreds of education, art conservation, performing arts, and environmental organizations.

Laura Mercier

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

The French make-up artist makes actresses camera-ready-and her cosmetics and skincare line is purchased by decidedly non-superstar women everywhere.

Bret Easton Ellis

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

Since achieving overnight fame at age 21 with his debut, Less Than Zero, Ellis has been one of America's most talked-about novelists—and possibly its most reviled.

George Fertitta

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

New York's "tourism czar," George Fertitta is in charge of packaging and marketing New York City to tourists and corporations alike.

Jay McInerney

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

A member of the literary "brat pack" of the '80s, McInerney shot to fame with his novel Bright Lights, Big City. He's married to Anne Hearst.

Charlie Walk

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

The former president of Epic Records, Walk now oversees his own entertainment company, CWE Media.

Marisha Pessl

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

Pessl is the author of the 2006 novel Special Topics in Calamity Physics.

Nell Freudenberger

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

Freudenberger is a literary prodigy who rose from assistant at the New Yorker to award-winning author with astonishing (and jealousy-inducing) speed.

Malcolm Gladwell

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

Gladwell is known for his book The Tipping Point, which made him into a journo-celebrity and provided the world's marketers and executives a trendy new cliché.

Zoë Heller

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

A British expat who first made a splash chronicling her life as a single Manhattanite, Zoë Heller is best-known for writing 2003's What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal, which was turned into a film in 2006.

Chip Kidd

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

If you've been in a bookstore, you've seen his work: Kidd has designed iconic covers for books by the likes of Dean Koontz, David Sedaris, and Donna Tartt.