Pretty good over all 
1 & 2. Alexandra & Theodora Richards, daughters of Rolling Stone Keith Richards and model Patti Hansen
Why they're on the list: They combine sass and style, mixing thongs and Abercrombie & Fitch with Vera Wang and Arden B.
Defining fashion moment: Stealing attention at the Paris couture shows.
3. Chloe Sevigny, indie actress
Why she's on the list: Her daring style predates Carrie Bradshaw's.
Defining fashion moment: Wearing a dress by recently deposed YSL designer Alber Elbaz to the Golden Globes in 2000.
4. Nicole Kidman, Oscar-winning actress
Why she's on the list: Vogue's current cover girl is grace embodied.
Defining fashion moment: Her chartreuse John Galliano gown at the 1999 Oscars.
5.Bjork, elfin Icelandic performer
Why she's on the list: Sheer guts. Bjork's favorite designers are beau Matthew Barney, Gaelyn & Cianfarani, and Kim Jones. Defining fashion moment: That swan dress.
6. Karen O, lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Why she's on the list: She's a radical, wearing funky ripped and graffiti-covered frocks.
Defining fashion moment: When she first doused her dress in Heineken at a show.
7. Debbie Harry, Blondie lead singer
Why she's on the list: She's still a perfect muse at 58.
Style secret: Still wears the duds Steven Sprouse made for her in the '70s.
8. Fran Lebowitz, author
Why she's on the list: She's prone to white shirts and black blazers by pals Calvin Klein and Diane von Furstenberg.
Defining fashion moment: Once tried to get herself banned from all fashion shows by slagging them off in a column.
9. Iman, model
Why she's on the list: No one makes an entrance like this towering Somalian beauty, who blends vintage Halston, Donna Karan and Isaac Mizrahi.
Style secret: She shops on Style.com.
10. Diane Sawyer, co-anchor of "Good Morning America"
Why she's on the list: Sawyer looks modern and never premeditated.
Style secret: Her closets are arranged by color.
11. Diane von Furstenberg, designer
Why she's on the list: Her eclectic taste: patterns, fur, buddy Christian Louboutin's super-high heels.
Defining fashion moment: She attracted as much attention as her signature wrap dress when she launched it in 1974.
12. Diana Taylor, New York State's superintendent of banking - and Mayor Bloomberg's significant other
Why she's on the list: Taylor has updated her overly taupe wardrobe with Oscar de la Renta and Armani.
Defining fashion moment: Five pages in Vogue's August issue in which she was seen in a gorgeous Chado Ralph Rucci gown.
13. Liv Tyler, actress
Why she's on the list: Her old-fashioned but sexy style is dictated by her own good taste, not trends or her size.
Style secret: At 5-foot-10, she's a fan of flats, including Marc Jacobs ballet shoes and Converse All-Stars.
14. Molly Simms, model/actress
Why she's on the list: The model-actress has finally got her fashion groove on.
Style secret: "If you're at home and it doesn't look good in the mirror, it's not going to look good anywhere else."
15. Stephanie Seymour, model and designer
Why she's on the list: No one looks better in vintage Azzedine Alaia than Seymour.
Defining fashion moment: Her transformation from big-haired rock star girlfriend to a glamorous '90s society woman.
16. Thelma Golden, director of the Studio Museum of Harlem
Why she's on the list: She's not afraid to use bright colors and dazzle a room of staid museum donors.
Style secret: Insists on standing out from the crowd.
17. Olivia Chantecaille, cosmetic businesswoman
Why she's on the list: Simple, studied elegance.
Style secret: A great complexion is essential - she favors her own Rose Water toner.
18. Kelly Ripa, TV hostess/actress
Why she's on the list: An un-self-conscious style: "If it's clean, I put it on."
Style secret: Looks for cool fashions and avoids the fancy couture.
19. Jane Krakowski, Tony-winning star of "Nine"
Why she's on the list: Her image as Ally McBeal's sl*tty secretary has been blown away by her parade of elegant looks.
Style secret: They're called legs! And lots of 'em.
20. Nan Kempner, socialite
Why she's on the list: She has one of the biggest - and most expensive - wardrobes in America.
Style secret: She's so skinny, she gets a discount, since she fits into sample sizes.
21. Julianne Moore, actress
Why she's on the list: Her stunning turn in dark green YSL at the Oscars this year.
Defining fashion moment: When she went mainstream, she rose to the challenge in consistently superior gowns.
22. Sarah Jessica Parker, "Sex and the City" actress
Why she's on the list: She knows which of Carrie's outfits to leave at work (knickers, hotpants) and which ones to bring home (floral printed coats, Manolo Blahniks).
Defining fashion moment: Her "SATC" contract demands that she gets to keep her character's clothes.
23. Christy Turlington, model and activist
Why she's on the list: Turlington's style is totally New York - from her Marc Jacobs eveningwear to her own line of Nuala yoga togs.
Style secret: Right now, it's pregnancy chic.
24. Zoe Cassavetes, actress
Why she's on the list: Like her best friend Sofia Coppola, she has a West Coast style that works - and a pal named Marc Jacobs.
Style secret: She favors A.P.C. and Agnes b.
25 & 26. Carolina Herrera and Patricia Herrera, mom/daughter design duo
Why they're on the list: Though their personal styles are quite different, they complement each other perfectly.
Style secret: Patricia and her two sisters are equally uniquely iconic dressers.
27. Toni Senecal, host of WB11's "Toni Time"
Why she's on the list: Senecal has a sexy appeal that translates onscreen. She favors Dolce & Gabbana, Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood.
Defining fashion moment: Remember Robert Palmer's infamous "Addicted to Love" video? She was in it.
28. Meredith Viera, co-host of The View
Why she's on the list: For a daytime TV star, she's approachable and pretty, not plastic. And she dresses her age.
Style secret: High heels for seated segments only.
29. Elliot Puckette, artist
Why she's on the list: This smart Southern gal prefers Levis and T-shirts over fancy designer labels.
Style secret: Her paintings and Brooklyn brownstone were featured in "The Royal Tenenbaums."
30. Hope Atherton, artist
Why she's on the list: The cool downtown girl everyone wants to have at their party.
Style secret: Dressing outside the box: a pair of antique bloomers as a blouse.
31. C.Z. Guest, gardening guru
Why she's on the list: This columnist hasn't had a bad clothes day in her 83 years of getting dressed, wearing Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Calvin Klein and shops at Bergdorf Goodman.
Defining fashion moment: Her first Mainbocher suit.
32. Lauren Bacall, actress
Why she's on the list: Old school glamour lives here. It's WASP-y chic.
Style secret: She's still got it enough to attract her new friend Nicole Kidman.
33. Bebe Neuwirth, actress
Why she's on the list: On stage and off, her fitted, sexy style works.
Style secret: Short dresses do wonders.
34. Amy Sedaris, writer
Why she's on the list: She's a genuine eccentric.
Style secret: "I dress like a deaf person, meaning I like loud patterns, shiny, colorful things,"she says.
35. Jaqui Lividini, senior VP at Saks Fifth Avenue
Why she's on the list: Sak's diminutive fashion diva has hot designer outfits.
Style secret: "She never met a heel she didn't love," says a colleague.
36. Holly Dunlap, designer
Why she's on the list: A dramatic flair - Day-Glo bright and decidedly girly.
Style secret: "I usually start with the shoes and work my wardrobe around them."
37. Jane Mayle, designer
Why she's on the list: Her simple, slightly retro style.
Style secret: She's influenced by 1950s film star Monica Vitti.
38. Sally Albemarle, sculptor
Why she's on the list: No one ever tires of watching her enter the room.
Style trademark: Elaborate beaded chokers, which accentuate her long neck.
39. Jennifer Connelly, actress
Why she's on the list: Her outside the fray style works: it's calm, elegant and never exaggerated. Defining fashion moment: Sticking a Gardenia into her long, black Narciso Rodriguez gown at the Golden Globes.
40. Cecilia Dean, founder of Visionaire magazine
Why she's on the list: Dean is always the most-photographed girl at whatever party she attends. Style secrets: Believing it's better to stand out than to blend into a crowd.
41. Marina Rust, writer
Why she's on the list: With her smart, elegant style, she's destined to become a fashion icon.
Style secrets: Rust lets them all out of the bag in her first-person pieces in Vogue.
42. Mary J. Blige, singer
Why she's on the list: Few singers have the stage presence - or the kick-butt wardrobe - she has.
Defining fashion moment: Chosen to rep M.A.C. cosmetics.
43. Cayli Cavaco, Teen Vogue
Why she's on the list: Her lifelong friends include Anna Sui, Marc Jacobs and Zac Posen. Any questions?
44. Milla Jovovich, model-turned-actress
Why she's on the list: Jovovich always looks different with her cute-retro-dresses and high-heeled-sandals.
Defining fashion moment: Scoring ad campaigns for Donna Karan with Jeremy Irons.
45. & 46. Sarah Easley/Beth Buccini, co-owners of Kirna Zabete
Why they're on the list: The Virginia-born best friends are the talk of our town due to their colorful fashion sense.
Style secrets: "I'm either sporty or designer," says Easley. "I like things mixed up and off the beaten path," says Buccini.
47. Amy Fine Collins, writer
Why she's on the list: Collin is the most impeccably turned-out journalist in town.
Defining fashion moment: Buying her first dress by Geoffrey Beene, the famed New York designer.
48. Bee Schaffer, fashion prodigy
Why she's on the list: Anna Wintour's daughter has been tagged a "fashion editor in training," but at just 16, she dresses with off-the-rack age-appropriateness.
Defining fashion moment: Her black-and-white Narciso Rodriguez slip dress at the 2003 CFDA Awards.
49. Eva Amurri, actress
Why she's on the list: Susan Sarandon's daughter has a penchant for dresses by Diane Von Furstenberg and Jill Stuart.
Defining fashion moment: At the Costume Institute Gala, wearing a Zac Posen gown on her body - and the designer on her arm.
50. Kate Spade, handbag maven
Why she's on the list: She modernizeda signature look - featuring pretty skirts and dresses, sweater sets and neat updo's.
Defining fashion moment: The day she and husband Andy sold their first trademark canvas bag.
Has she done anything since Boys Don't Cry?
