These ladies—left to right, Vanessa Traina, Jenna Courtin-Clarins, Prisca Courtin-Clarins, Virginie Courtin-Clarins, Claire Courtin-Clarins, Lauren Santo Domingo, Shala Monroque, Alexia Niedzielski, Lily Kwong, and Elizabeth von Guttman —may look good sitting next to the runway, but they’re not just sitting pretty. Enter the new breed of social slasher: Editors, entrepreneurs, artists, eco-warriors, models, advocates for social change, these women do it all and do it with style, inspiring the designers with their original approach to fashion, from the immaculate to the irreverent.
Fashion Editor: Kathryn Neale.
Photographed by Norman Jean Roy
Virginie Courtin-Clarins poses as she arrives to attend the Sidaction Gala Dinner 2013 at Pavillon d'Armenonville on January 24, 2013 in Paris, France.
Virginie Courtin-Clarins and Claire Courtin-Clarins attend The Ninth Annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards at 548 West 22nd Street on November 13, 2012 in New York City.